Stay-At-Home Singers Elizabeth Bergeron, Cristalyn Stokes and Ashley Niven love to sing. But they're not looking for fame or fortune. The Bay area trio, known as Encore, prefer "to be able to perform and then, at the end of the day, come home to our own beds." ...more

January 20, 2008

The Opera Lover's Club will present an educational event on opera from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Jan. 19 at the Forest Glenn Retirement Community off Osawaw Road. ...more

January 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Morgan Woods Elementary School celebrated the holidays with many activities for students. ...more

December 26, 2007

A local seasonal treat, Church Street Christmas, is back, starting tonight. ...more

December 21, 2007

Watching the children skip across the church parking lot, singing "Jesus loves me, this I know," it's easy to forget where they come from, said Brandon resident Jo Powell. ...more

December 12, 2007

Watching the children skip across the church parking lot, singing "Jesus loves me, this I know," it's easy to forget where they come from, said Brandon resident Jo Powell. ...more

December 10, 2007

The Thursday Musicale, a 50-woman nonsectarian chorus now in its 60th year, will present a concert on Thursday. ...more

December 5, 2007

Pasco high school students have a chance to dance, sing or act just like major performers under the Broadway lights in New York City. The Richey Suncoast Theater is holding auditions for "Ticket to Broadway" to be held at 6 p.m. on Dec. 9 and 10 at the theater in the city's downtown district. ...more

December 4, 2007

In 1978, the same year that Pavarotti sang the famous duet with his father in Italy, I was privileged to sit in a master's class held for the voice majors of my university and listen to not only his massive and rich voice, but his vocal direction. A small group of us had been asked to sit under him for the day and an even smaller group had been asked to sing for him and let him critique their singing. The few very brave singers in my class that got up and sang for him had my immense awe. I sat in wonder as he answered our questions about himself. He told us about his background and his love of music. He had not had the privileged background that some of the other students in my class had, but he certainly had gone after his dream believing that he could achieve it with enough hard work. ...more

September 14, 2007

In 1978, the same year that Luciano Pavarotti sang the famous duet with his father in Italy, I was privileged to sit in a master's class held for the voice majors of my university, and listen to not only his massive and rich voice, but his vocal direction. A small group of us had been asked to sit under him for the day, and an even smaller group had been asked to sing for him and let him critique their singing. The few, very brave singers in my class that got up and sang for him had my intense awe. I sat in wonder as he answered our questions about himself. He told us about his background and his love of music. He had not had the privileged background that some of the other students in my class had, but he certainly had gone after his dream, believing that he could achieve it with enough hard work. ...more

September 11, 2007