Back from a wonderful vacation/choral residency & easing back into things, so here is me and Basil the Splendidly Unbothered, resident cat & greeter at Wells Cathedral. I also saw Hodge, Cathedral Cat of Southwark, but he was napping on a volunteer so I didn't get to make his acquaintance.

SHE'S BAAAACK! 🎉🎉🎉 HAPPY PRIDE! (Our HOA has been grumbling about only allowing seasonal decorations, but we're gonna see how long we can get away with flying the flag past the justifiable window & we're pacifying the killjoys by leaving the 6' unicorn inside this year)

Hey friends, if you'd like to support our neighborhood mosque, which was the target of a deadly hate attack yesterday, they've set up a victim & family support fund here. There's also an interfaith vigil tonight at 6:30pm at Lindbergh Park, & I hope to see you there! goodbricks.org/campaign/ics...

I couldn't be more thrilled to be part of this program, led by the amazing Saunder Choi, featuring his brilliant compositions & arrangements, in partnership with Border Angels. I hope you'll join us 4/25 on this remarkable, deeply personal musical journey! Tix: www.sacraprofana.org/event-detail...

I started Duolingo during lockdown, and while I’m still very much a monoglot, my score isn’t particularly impressive, and my progress could be fairly described as glacial, at least I’ve kept at it!

San Diego friends! I'm singing on this rather splendid (and FREE!) Lenten offering at St. Paul's this Saturday at 7pm in service of prayer and reflection. Come bask in stunning music without the trappings of a traditional service or concert & depart in peace. Video/info: youtu.be/LiGk5WhYloA?...

San Diego friends! We're singing some (literally & figuratively!) stellar music on Saturday! Come bask in soul-healing sonic splendor if you're available! Discount code: InfiniteF&F (for $15 adv gen admission adult) Tix/info: www.sacraprofana.org/event-detail...

San Diego friends! Don't miss tonight's SACRA/PROFANA concert, a holiday-themed smorgasbord of sonic sumptuousness! Bonus: Me singing! Bonus bonus: I get to introduce Andrew Bearden's "Making the Darkness Bright," for which I wrote the lyrics! Tickets/info: www.sacraprofana.org/event-detail...

In the very serious world of church musicianship, we observed Advent 2 and by singing Gibbons's "This is the Record of John" and by hanging a printout of the appointed meme on the back of our music director's stand.

Meanwhile in the temporary kitchen zone, I messed up my frozen breakfast. Thankfully, it seems to be the forgiving sort.

OKAY KIDS it is time for this year's pun costume! WHAT AM I?? Visual clues: 1. My adorable punem 2. The full costume 3. Details, including a barrel, mallet, staves, hoops, and laser measure to make my tool belt look more tool-belt-y 4. BONUS: my very first pun costume from 2008 (Alice in Chains)

Cursed Donald orthography (not THAT cursed).

Devastated to report that we had to let our beloved dachshund Clara go in the wake of a Cushing's-exacerbated heath crisis, despite the heroic efforts of the VCA vets. We are heartbroken, but what a privilege it was to be one of her people & to be there for her at the end. Godspeed, precious girl.

Two of my choirs have wrapped up their seasons, one church choir wraps up its season this Sunday, and then I will be down to only weekly Evensongs for the summer (unless I get called in to sub or either choir gets hired for summer gigs).

Got my music for this Sunday's Eastertide Lessons & Carols service yesterday, and I'm relieved that I already know seven of the eleven programmed pieces. LFG L&C!

It's been a while since so many strangers and acquaintances admired my buns! Hooray for May the Fourth falling on a Sunday! Also fun: responding to "May the Force be with you," with "And with thy spirit."

Y'ALL. If you like choral music, do NOT sleep on this concert! We're singing music that spans more than a few centuries paired with settings of the same texts by contemporary composers, and it's gonna be 🔥🔥🔥! Come for Hildegard, stay for Reena Esmail! Tix: www.sacraprofana.org/event-detail...

HEYYYYYY SACRA/PROFANA is premiering Andrew Bearden's NEW PIECE Missa Sacra Profana TOMORROW (Feb 8)! I had the privilege of writing a secular English text to sit alongside the familiar words of the Mass Ordinary, AND I get to sing on the premiere, too!! Tix/info: www.sacraprofana.org/concerts

SoCal music peeps! A distinguished cohort of music nerds (including yours truly!) are singing this concert chock-full of American choral bangers on Sunday (2/4) at 6pm in Encinitas! Delight the ears and feed the soul!

I am belatedly sharing this year's egregious pun Halloween costume, this year featuring Spouse and the Long Low Ladies! Soooo what are we? ... ... ...

Me: ... is it just me or does the this cloth make the altar look a bit indecent from behind? Canon: *snickers* It's an altar top! #professionalism