If you’ve been around Southern California for awhile, you may remember a sublimely talented baritone named Babatunde Akinboboye (known to some of us back then as Bobby) who appeared with a variety of organizations in the early 2000s and beyond. The first time I heard him sing was with the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, and … Read more
Vocal focus from CCMN* SOUTHERN CA VOCAL EVENTS Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights My head is full of beautiful operatic moments. Just coming out of four incredible days teaching for the inaugural whirlwind of LA Vocal Lab, we worked with 19 talented singers, ranging from knockout newbies to established pros, and couldn’t be more proud. … Read more
So you’re born a future baronet, but with a catch: due to a spell cast long ago by an angry witch, each generation, in order to take the title, must commit a dastardly crime every day, or die an agonizing death. Can an honest man beat the curse and win his true love in the … Read more
(perhaps even both!) Boo! The ghouls of October have arrived, and their activities this week (rehearsal schedules, flu bugs and all) leave us with a truncated issue of Next 7. But use this as an excuse to take a look at just a few of the spectacular items in SoCal’s vocal foliage (and … Read more