2020

  • Thurs., Dec. 31, 2020 (8pm ET, check local listings for additional broadcast time(s)): PBS broadcast, United In Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America, a hosted by Renee Fleming and the American Pops Orchestra, featuring Patti LaBelle, Audra MacDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Denyce Graves, Garth Brooks, Juanes, Joshua Bell, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, and more. Taped outdoors before a live audience at George Washington's Estate (Mount Vernon), Alexandria, VA. PBS preview (trailer and three selections) can be viewed here at pbs.org.


  • Sat., Dec. 19, 2020, 9pm-10pm: Online broadcast (YouTube), American Pops Orchestra holiday special: Drag Out the Holly! Featuring Alexis Michelle, Jujubee, Peppermint (RuPaul's Drag Race), NYC drag diva Lagoona Bloo, Pa. Rep. Brian Sims et al. Taped before a live audience outdoors at the Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC. Visit www.theamericanpops.org and register to view. Free; 50% of all donations to benefit LGTBQ+ organizations. Available for viewing on YouTube until Sat. 12/26.


  • Tues., Dec. 15, 2020, 8pm ET (check local listings for additional dates/times) and available on-demand using the PBS app on a smart TV or device: PBS broadcast, Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas, with the American Pops Orchestra, recreating Ella Fitzgerald's 1960 hit recording, authorized by the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation. Hosted by Vanessa Williams, also featuring Norm Lewis (Les MisĂ©rables, Phantom), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carmen Ruby Floyd (Hello Dolly!, Chicago), Morgan James (Postmodern Jukebox, Addams Family), Nova Payton et al. Taped before a live audience outdoors at the Meridan Int'l Center, Washington, DC. Preview (trailer and three selections) can be viewed here at pbs.org. Also available on-demand with the PBS app through Dec. 31, with your smart TV/device.


  • Thurs.-Fri., Nov. 5-6, 2020: Rehearsal and taping, American Pops Orchestra, Drag Out the Holly! (with Alexis Michelle, Jujubee, Peppermint and Lagoona Bloo from RuPaul's Drag Race), for online broadcast Sat. 12/19/20 (see below), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.


  • Sat., Oct. 17, 2020, 7pm: YouTube broadcast, Losing My Mind, featuring the songs of Stephen Sondheim, annual fundraising cabaret for the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC. Rehearsed, recorded and mixed in August-Sept. (see below.)


  • Sun.-Wed., Sept . 27-30, 2020: Rehearsals and taping, New Year's Eve Special for PBS broadcast, United In Music (Patti Labelle, Audra Macdonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Renee Fleming, Garth Brooks, Joshua Bell, Morgan James, Juanes, Denyce Graves et al.), American Pops Orchestra, George Washington's Estate, Mt. Vernon (Alexandria), VA.


  • Sat., Sept. 26, 2020 (POSTPONED until May 14, 2021): PBS broadcast, We Are Family, American Pops Orchestra (see below). Featuring Rayshun Lamarr (The Voice), Nova Payton, Morgan James, Gabrielle Ruiz (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) et al.



  • Mon. aft., Aug. 31 - Fri. eve., Sept. 4, 2020: Outdoor rehearsals and recording for PBS broadcast, We Are Family and An Ella Fitzgerald Christmas, American Pops Orchestra, Meridian Int'l Center, 1631 Crescent Pl. NW, Washington, DC.


  • RECURRING, beginning August 30, 2020: Recording piano tracks for Performing Musical Comedy Songs (taught by Evan Casey) and Auditioning for Muslcal Theater (taught by Tracy Lynn Olivera), Theatre Lab, Washington, DC.





  • SUSPENDED: Mons., Jan. 6-Jun. 1, 2020, 7-9pm: Rehearsal pianist, Potomac Fever, select a cappella ensemble of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, National City Christian Church (Thomas Circle), Washington, DC.


  • CANCELLED: Sat., May 30, 2020, 3pm & 8pm (CANCELLED): Pianist, American Pops Orchestra, Comedy Tonight, Arena Stage, Fichandler Stage, 1101 Sixth Street SW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Waterfront (Green Line)). (Rehearsals: Thurs. 5/28 aft., Fri. 5/29 aft./eve.)


  • CANCELLED: Wed., May 20, 2020, 7pm: Pianist for performers to be announced, Artspeak! (educational lecture series for musical theater students), at a high school in Montgomery County, MD, TBD.


  • RECURRING: Weds., Apr. 15-May 20, 2020: Recorded piano tracks for vocal class (Belters Workshop with Tracy Lynn Olivera), Theatre Lab, 733 8th Street NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red/Yellow/Green Lines)).



  • Fri.-Sat., Apr. 24-25, 2020, 8pm: Recorded piano tracks for the 3rd Annual NextGen Vocal Competition, American Pops Orchestra. Free online registration required (use above link), contribution requested if you want to vote. Preliminary round (30 contestants), Fri. 4/24, final round (10 contestants), Sat. 4/25, winners announced Sun. 4/26.




  • CANCELLED: Sats., Apr. 4 & 18, 2020, 2pm: Substitute keyboards, GUYS AND DOLLS, Ford's Theatre, 511 10th St. NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Metro Center (Red/Blue/Orange/Silver Lines)).


  • RECURRING (RESUMED ONLINE MARCH 31-APRIL 14, 2020): Tues., Mar. 10, 17 & 24, 2020, 6-7pm: Accompany vocal class (Singing Better with Charles Williams), Theatre Lab, 733 8th Street NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Gallery Place-Chinatown (Red/Yellow/Green Lines)).





  • CANCELLED: Wed., Mar. 25, 2020, 7:15-9:30pm: Substitute rehearsal pianist, Georgetown Chorale, Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 5080 Wilson Blvd., Bethesda, MD.



  • Fri., Mar. 13, 2020, 7-9pm: Recording session (Dana Nearing), Duke Ellington School for the Arts, 3500 R Street NW, Washington, DC.


  • Mon., Mar. 9, 2020, 6:30pm-8pm: Keyboards for Cabaret Night @ Cured 18th & 21st, with singers Eleanor Todd, Shannon Wollman, and Matthew Schleigh, 10980 Grantchester Way, Suite 110, Columbia, MD 21044, tel.: 667-786-7111. (Rehearsal: TBD.)



  • Thurs., Mar. 5, 2020, 7-9pm: Substitute rehearsal pianist, Congressional Chorus, Calvary Baptist, 755 8th Street NW, Washington, DC.


  • RECURRING: Tues., Feb. 11-Sun., Mar. 8, 2020 (performing Sat. eve. 2/15, Sat. mat. 2/22, Sun. mat. 2/23, Sat. mat. & eve. 2/29, Sun. eve. 3/1, Tues. eve. 3/3, Sat. eve. 3/7): Substitute player, Keyboard 2, Broadway national tour of WICKED, Hippodrome Theatre, 12 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore, MD 21201. (Rehearsals/audit: 2/11, 2/12.)



  • Sat., Feb. 15, 2020, 12pm: Accompany Megan Hilty (Smash!, 9 to 5, Wicked) and Cheyenne Jackson (Altar Boyz, Xanadu, All Shook Up) for Artspeak! (educational arts program), Einstein High School, 11135 Newport Mill Rd, Kensington, MD 20895. Free. (Metro: Red Line (Friendship Heights), L8 bus.)


  • Fri., Feb. 14, 2020, 4:30-10pm: Perform with members of the American Pops Orchestra, inaugural Ruth Bader Ginsburg Awards, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. (Played on-stage at Coolidge Auditorium for RGB presentation, 7-8pm; Great Hall with APO for dinner guests, 8:45-10:45pm.)




  • Fri., Feb. 7, 2019, 8pm (doors open 7:15pm): Pianist/music director, "Hearts & Darts IV: Another Valentine's Celebration with a Twist," featuring Chris Cochran, Rachel Dougan, Emily Gleichenhaus, Becky Levin, Marianne Glass Miller, Dana Nearing, and Garrick Jordan, Maggie's Cabaret series to benefit homeless services and ministries, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, 1830 Conn. Ave., NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Dupont Circle (Red Line)). Suggested donation: $20 (includes first free drink).


  • Tues., Feb. 4, 2020, 6pm: Accompany Natascia Diaz on-stage, at the public announcement of Shakespeare Theatre's 2020-21 season, Michael R. Klein (formerly Lansburgh) Theatre, 450 7th Street NW, Washington, DC.


  • Mon., Feb. 3, 2020, 6:30pm: Play private event for Lincoln Center board member, produced by Nouveau Productions, featuring violinist Philippe Quint, mezzo Jamie Barton (Richard Tucker Award, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition), Morgan James (Postmodern Jukebox) and others, Stanley Kaplan Penthouse, Rose Building, Lincoln Center, New York, NY. (Rehearsals: 2/2, 3pm.; 2/3 aft. @ Carroll Music Studios, 165 W. 55th St.)


  • Sun., Jan. 26, 2020, 2-6pm: Accompany recording sessions for Hal Leonard student vocal competition, vocal studio of Cara Transtrom, United Baptist Church annex, 7100 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA.




  • Thurs., Jan. 23, 2020, 7pm: Accompany Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Ragtime, Dreamgirls, Once On This Island, If/Then, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) and Alysha Umphress (Smokey Joe's Cafe, Beaches, On A Clear Day, On the Town) for Artspeak! (educational arts program), Watkins Mill H.S., 10301 Apple Ridge Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20879. Free.


  • Mon., Jan. 20, 2020, 10am-3pm: Accompany recording sessions for Hal Leonard student vocal competition, vocal studio of Cara Transtrom, United Baptist Church annex, 7100 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA.


  • Sat., Jan. 18, 2020, 2pm: Play memorial service, Silver Spring, MD. (Rehearsals: 1/17 eve.; 1/18 morn.)



  • Sat., Jan. 11, 2020, 2pm: Accompany goddaughter (cellist) in private house concert (Strauss Sonata, Bach Suite No. 6 Allemande (unaccompanied)), NW Washington, DC.



  • Tues., Dec. 17, 2019 - Sun., Jan. 19, 2020 (playing 7:30pm on Thurs. 1/2, Tues. 1/7, Sat. 1/11, Sun. 1/12, Wed. 1/15, Sat. 1/18): Keyboard sub, My Fair Lady (national tour), Kennedy Center (Opera House), 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC (Metrorail: Foggy Bottom-BWU (Blue/Silver/Orange Lines)). (Rehearsal: 12/17; audits: 12/28 mat., 12/29 eve.)


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