Two glorious nights with the wonderfully gifted singers of the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, CA. Thirty-five committed, fiercely talented performers, a great band, in the beautiful Margaret A Webb Theatre. Thanks to the kids for working so hard to bring my music to life, and thanks to Karen Rymar andRead More »

I first met Dan Sklar in 1992 when he was an intern at the Goodspeed Opera House and I was there orchestrating “John and Jen.” Both of our lives have changed considerably in the past twenty years; Dan is now the new cantor at Temple Israel in Westport, and he invited me up to doRead More »

A cheerfully random and delightfully chaotic evening tonight at the Academy of Holy Names – what could be more appropriate, after all, than for a Jewish boy to do a concert on Rosh Hashanah in a Catholic girls’ school? Thanks to Lisa Franklin, who brought me up from New York to work with 23 ofRead More »

It has been an amazing week at 54 Below with Shoshana Bean, one of my favorite singers in the entire world. (We’ve still got two shows left tonight!) And if getting to sing with Shoshana wasn’t fantastic enough, I’ve also had my tremendous band, The Caucasian Rhythm Kings, featuring Gary Sieger and Randy Landau andRead More »

Last night was my first concert in New York City in over a year, and it turned out to be a very emotional and powerful experience.  I had three magnificent singers with me: Heidi Blickenstaff, Jenn Damiano and my old friend Destan Owens, who stepped in on two days’ notice when Leslie Odom Jr’s filmingRead More »