En route to Jacksonville from the Aloha Choral Festival in Honolulu, I had the pleasure of interacting with Christopher Peterson, a former doctoral student who is now a full professor at Cal State Fullerton. Equally enjoyable was visiting with Tina Peterson and adjudicating and conducting a clinic with her choir. Fantastic having time with Bruce Rogers and his wife Robin. It was delightful visiting with Joshua Haberman. Now it is time to prepare for the very long flight home. Thanks to Maia Tomich for the invitation to be on the faculty! Farewell, beautiful Hawaii.
🚨Announcing our Special Guests for our Princeton Summer School, 29 June - 3 July, 2026. What a joy to have Dr. André Thomas, Shruthi Rajasekar and Fanny Wyrick-Flax joining us! 🚨
Sign up via our website by February 15. See link in bio.
I'm so excited to share the legendary London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphonyorchestra just released A New Album, "Shout For Joy" that features the song I wrote, "It's Working"... A huge shout out and thank you to all the amazing musicians who performed my song so beautifully... thank you to my friend and collaborater, John Stoddart, and special thank you to Dr. Andre Thomas, for including my music! I'm so honored! 🙏🏾... @lurinecato Beautiful Job, sis! You can go download and stream the entire recording NOW!
In continuation of our Gospel series with LSO Associate Artist André J Thomas, we are excited to announce the release of ‘Shout for Joy’ - a new album reimagining Gospel classics, brought to life by the majesty of the symphony orchestra with the luminous voices of Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and incredible soloists Lurine Cato and Evvie McKinney.
Out today: The first two singles ‘Hallelujah You’re Worthy’ ft the powerhouse vocals of Lurine Cato and the uplifting ‘Gloria’ ft the extraordinary Memphis grown Evvie McKinney.
Full album out 7 November. Listen via the link in the bio.
#gospel #LondonSymphonyOrchestra
Yesterday, with plane problems, rebooking, and four different airports, flying all day I arrived in Seattle. Now in the Delta One Lounge waiting for my flight to Taipei. Life is good, just tired.
We bid farewell to Wynter and Papa yesterday. We are experiencing a degree of melancholy but are eagerly anticipating our reunion with them in Seattle in December.
