I'm happy to announce my new partnership with the good people at CMG Booking, who are now my exclusive agents for all concerts and speaking engagements.  This is truly an answer to prayer!

If you'd like to book me for your parish or event, please give them a call at (513)593-0089 or check them out on the web at www.CMGBooking.com.

In response to the great suffering I've seen in nursing homes and Hospice, I've decided to give away my cassette tapes to anyone willing to bring them to those in need.  All I ask is a $2 donation per tape to cover the shipping cost.  I will make these available until they are all gone.

So many people are suffering and dying with the drone of the television set in the background, and I've heard over and over again how this music is helping people to die with peace.  Will you help me to bring the healing power of Christ through music to a nursing home in your area? 

I have four titles available:  Sacred Arias, Surrender, The Miracle of Love Rosary, and O Holy Night.  If this is something you would like to do, please contact the nursing home or Hospice for an estimate of how many they would need, and then email us here.  Thank you, and God bless you!

I took two trips up to Nashville this summer to work with Joe Hand on my 2000 debut CD, Surrender.  We've redone five vocals, added the song "Lord, When You Came (to the Seashore)," completely reworked "Psalm of Mercy" (which we got on our first take--pretty special!), and Joe has added his studio magic to several different arrangements.  I'm quite happy with the outcome.  Check it out for yourself!

December 9, 2007:  The CD re-release concert for the new version of Surrender was so much fun, and "the best night of music" we've ever done according to one good friend.  We had a full house at the beautiful church of Our Lady of the Lake, and the evening opened with the angelic OLL children's choir in full regalia (expertly conducted by Janel Ockman).

As to the "firsts", it was the first time I've ever sung in Spanish on a concert ("Lord, When You Came").  I'm sure that only charity kept my Spanish-speakers in the audience from telling me what I really sang!  The other "first" was that I dusted off (literally) my old guitar, which I haven't played publicly since I was in the 6th grade--it still has the late 1970's-era butterfly sticker on it.  Anyway, I got the crazy idea to play the new version of "Psalm of Mercy" on it.  It was fun to do something a bit daring, but James Taylor can rest easy, I assure you.

As I wound up the concert, people started yelling out requests--another first!--so we added the Bach-Gounod "Ave Maria" and "O Holy Night" to the line-up.  My self-professed No. 1 Fan, Max Gold (age 10), then helped me to gave away in a drawing one of each of my six CDs.  Max and his family came all the way from Bakersfield, CA for the concert, which I believe is a record distance!  Max was also able to make his first Communion at the vigil Mass a few hours earlier, so it was quite a night for him.

What made the evening extra special for me was being accompanied by Karen Jung on cello (the cellist on my original Surrender CD), Mel Rogers (my sweet husband) on flute, and Tommy Zanca on piano.  They were a joy to sing with.  If you missed this concert, the next one is at Trinity Episcopal Church on Jackson Avenue in New Orleans (details below).  Albinas Prizgintas will be on piano and organ, and Mel will once again play flute.  Hope to see you there!  I should have a few more surprises up my sleeve by then...