Service to the Community

• ,Member, Pi Kappa Lambda national music fraternity, the purpose of which is “to provide an organization dedicated to the furtherance of music in education and education in music in colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning, which offer music degree programs in one or more fields. The primary objective of the Society is the recognition and encouragement of the highest level of musical achievement and academic scholarship.” http://www.pikappalambda.org

• Program Notes
10b1. “The Creation of Tosca,” English National Opera, 1994.
10b2. “Dawn at Dusk: The Past and Future Meet in Puccini's last Opera,”
program notes, Opera on Original Site (Beijing, China), 1998.
10b3. “The Timelessness of Tosca,” New York City Opera, 1998.
10b4. “Tosca's Twists,” New York City Opera, 1999.
10b5. “To Jump or not to Jump,” season guide 2000-2001, New York City Opera.
10b6. “A Living Butterfly,” New York City Opera, 2000.
10b7.
The Comic Puccini,” New York City Opera, 2002.
10b8. “I love
Lucia,” New York City Opera, 2003.
10b9.
“Being Mario Cavaradossi,” written with Placido Domingo, Washington
National Opera, Spring 2005 Season Book.
10b.10 “Home, Home on the 'Catena'” Playbill for New York City Opera: 1 April
2005: http://www.playbillarts.com/features/article/1673.html
10b11. “La Bohème,” Boston University Opera Institute, 2007.
10b12. “The Twists and Trysts of Tosca” Boston Lyric Opera, Fall 2010.