The End of an Era...

I have decided it is time to put an end to this photo blog. I have been posting pictures much more comprehensively on my Flickr Account for some time now, and I don't want my relatively small readership to get overwhelmed with too many different blogs to check.

If there are any pictures I think are really important for my readers to see, I will post them with a description on my main blog, Behold How Free.

To see a full stock of my latest pictures, please refer to the Flickr Account.

Hannah (soprano soloist), Me (tenor soloist), Melissa (other soprano soloist), and Mike (Hannah's boyfriend)

The final "curtain call" for the Bach B Minor Mass with the Houston Chamber Choir. That's me on the way left! (Where's Waldo!)

Me and some of the soloists from the Bach B Minor Mass

Posing with the lovely Hannah, soprano soloist extraordinaire!

Mezzo-soprano Emily Lodine, composer Stephen Paulus, and composer John Muehleisen.

Conductor Pam Elrod, composer Stephen Paulus, and me.

This was a rehearsal for the largest choir I have ever been apart of - a grand total of 600 people. (Well, one time I sang in a choir of 1,500 people at a youth group event, but that doesn't really count. They weren't really "singers.")

Craig Hella Johnson and Weston Noble leading mass choir rehearsals for our final concert of the festival.

Hanging out in the basement of the Wortham Center in the dressing rooms.

The chorus for Rameau's "Pygmalion" with the Mercury Baroque Ensemble.

(L-R) Randy, Hannah, Kade, Misha, Michael, Penelope, Dan, Shelley

Here is Randy is his AMAZING wig!

I got to see two of my best friends over the holiday time in San Marcos. Mary and Jess and I went to Wheaton College together and have known each other for a long time now. I live in Houston, Jess lives in Oklahoma, and Mary lives in Alaska. As you can imagine, we don't get to see each other very much!

By the San Marcos River

Me and Jess: You have no idea how far back we go! WAY back!

Mary and I being silly

The big New Years Eve party! This is Kelli, Brian, Amanda, and Brian.

Me and Cody and New Years Eve

Danielle getting jiggy with it at New Years Eve

These pictures are from my trip to Ft. Myers, Florida to sing Messiah.
























The four soloists. Yes, this picture does look like the senior prom. It was on purpose... :-)




















Me singing "Comfort Ye."


















My friend Aimee lives in Miami and came across Florida to see me.

Handel's Messiah at Montgomery College

My Music Fundamentals class at Montgomery College

The Buchanan family. Photo by Ashley Brooks.

Thanksgiving at Emmaus

Singing Christmas carols over Thanksgiving. Ha!

Me and Dave Brubek. Doing this concert was an AWESOME experience. This man is an incredible musician.

Members of the Houston Chamber Choir with jazz legend Dave Brubek

Times Square!

My nephew Brycen

My family with my friend Gail

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Fun with pickles

Some friends came over to hang with my family

Kristen and I went to see a cool installation piece next to the Rothko Chapel.

My brother Wes with his son Brycen

The carnage after opening presents. Brycen enjoys watching his new Tickle Me Elmo.

Cassidy with the presents before opening.

My whole family came to visit Houston for Thanksgiving and Christmas this week. This included my parents, my brother, my sister-in-law, and their two children.

Olga and I performed "Songs from the Chinese" by Benjamin Britten

Standing at the crest of Sandia Mountain near Abuquerque.

Olga's recital in Denton at University of North Texas.

Warming up for the Sacred Voices concert

Phil conducting Sacred Voices