My Dear Boy

My Dear Boy

Gay Love Letters Through the Centuries Originally presented at the Cleveland Public Theatre Developed from love letters written by prominent men throughout history from Marcus Aurelius to Allen Ginsberg, My Dear Boy expresses universal themes of human emotion and...
The Musical Circle of John Singer Sargent

The Musical Circle of John Singer Sargent

Originally presented at the T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center – Montpelier, VT “Had he chosen to become a musician, he would have risen to eminence in one way or the other, in our art.” This was said by the composer Charles Loeffler of arguably the finest portrait...
Eccentricities of the Velvet Gentleman

Eccentricities of the Velvet Gentleman

Erik Satie Originally presented at the T.W. Wood gallery and Arts Center Montpelier, VT Only decades after his death in 1925 was French composer Erik Satie hailed as a genius of contemporary classical music. His work was extremely simple in structure, yet innovative...
Proust In Love

Proust In Love

“Everything I have ever done has always been thanks to Reynaldo.” Originally presented at the Unitarian Churches of Rocky River and Shaker Heights By the age of nineteen in 1894, the musical child prodigy, Reynaldo Hahn, had written many songs about love; however, his...
Trio Amoroso–Robert & Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms

Trio Amoroso–Robert & Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms

Robert & Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms Originally presented at the T.W. Wood Gallery and Arts Center – Montpelier, VT The program relates the story of the Schumanns’ following Robert’s courtship of Clara despite the savage opposition of a father who had...