this old dog’s got new tricks

Riffing in an improv session at the Shenandoah CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute, July 2023 (photo LD Brown Arts) My blogging has been sporadic: forgive me, dear readers. I have been up to all kinds of new tricks, including riffing, death metal growls, jazz stylings and...

Kimberly adds CCM teaching credential

Kimberly joined Laurier colleague Amanda Kind to complete the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy certificate at Shenandoah University in July 2023. She is pictured above with Director of the CCM Institute, Matt Edwards, Alison Crockett (in background),...

We are family

We are family Dance Jam at Shenandoah, July 2023 (video by Amanda Kind) It’s been a while since I’ve put fingers to keyboard and waxed philosophical on all things voice, singing and identity. To be honest, it was a pretty challenging spring and early...