In Leipzig, Germany, singing with the Bach Cantata Choir at the 2024 Bachfest

I am in Leipzig with the Bach Cantata Choir of Portland. We sang our hearts out at our concert yesterday at the Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church) with our soloists: soprano Vakare Petroliūnaité, alto Hannah Penn, tenor Leslie Green, and bass Jacob Herbert along with the Leipzig Camerata Orchestra and wowed the audience. In attendance were the Bachfest Artistic Director Michael Maul and Ton Koopman. They and the audience of around 1,000 gave us a stomping standing ovation. So we responded with an encore Alice Parker's arrangement of "Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal," and that drew huge cheers of approval. So we did Portland proud... a great experience!

Now, I'm working on an article about the experience and the concerts that I've heard (including an opera) for Classical Voice North America. More on that later...