this old dog’s got new tricks

Sep 1, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog

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

Aug 30, 2023 | Teaching

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),...

I’m not gonna stay in my lane

Aug 4, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog

Stay in your lane (sourced on Snappa, August 3, 2023) One of the gifts of aging is that we start to see more clearly all the ways in which we are hindered from being our fullest self. Among the most pernicious of society’s constraints is the admonition to...

We are family

Jul 21, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog

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...

Every little thing

May 19, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog

Forest ecosystem (downloaded from Snappa.com May 20, 2023) Spending time in these cedar forests on Salt Spring Island and amongst the marine life on Saturna Island this past week in BC, I’ve been struck about the interrelationship of all things. There’s...