This is such an amazing setting for a summer opera program. Lebanon and Hanover, NH are two small towns yet are intellectual centers for the region. Dartmouth College is a major reason why. My guess is that the festival draws audience and supports from the Dartmouth community. It is an idyllic spot for a summer festival Opera North fills a huge need.

We had a great working session on a very hot afternoon in Hanover. We were able to sit in the round and hammer into some deep questions about where we are and where we want to go. The result was a deeply appreciative and energized group. Some were younger singers considering their unique path ahead and many were active professional singers with quality information to contribute. I feel honored to have inspired some new patterns of thought and really enjoyed making these connections.

Singers were able to commit to some inspiring and tangible “action items” at the close of the seminar:

• Stop procrastinating with school work
• Stop obsessing over my voice
• Apply for as much as I can
• Seek out a manager
• Have a life outside of singing

I retired that evening to the quaint town of Lime, NH and had a nice long run along the Connecticut river and the Vermont border. Gorgeous part of the country.