It seems so unlikely to think that we would put Joni Mitchell, Benjamin Britten, Anton Chekhov and Jerry Herman all on one platter and serve them up at a dinner.  But why wouldn't we?  As artists we are perpetual students, ingesting a million styles and modes of expression.  It may be easier in a sense to specialize and focus on one idiom as a creative artist but will that keep us employed in this ever changing industry?  Even if we stay exclusively in one realm of performance, isn't it fruitful to explore art more laterally and fuel our relationship to the one genre we're working in?  Surely this kind of exploration makes our lives more interesting and it deepens everything we do.  DIVERSITY IS ESSENTIAL.

      Workshops typically include various classes, private vocal coachings, personal consultations, conversations at meals and rehearsals for a final performance.  In the performance, the teachers and students work together as colleagues, learning from each other.  We also explore Anne Bogart and Tina Landau's adaptation of Mary Overlie's "Viewpoints".  This is an amazing study in movement and spatial relationships that puts everyone involved on one page more quickly than anything I have ever seen or done.  We practice traveling seamlessly from music to theatre to television to film.  We discuss how ethics and humanity play a part in all we do and how our work can change the society we live in.  Most of all, we share in the joy of our gifts and have a damn good time!