Since I was a wee child, music had a magical sway over me. I dreamed of being a singer and of performing on stage.

In 1986, while my daughter was in high school, I decided to take voice lessons. Then, after 5 years of vocal study, I auditioned for the first time in 1991. I was given a small role in a Gilbert and Sullivan production by the Lyric Theatre in San Jose, CA, of "Iolanthe." That was the start of a 12-year long love affair of stage life and performing in various musical productions in the South Bay Area.

In 2000, I peformed a concert in Palo Alto. You can hear the songs that I sang that day by clicking here. For photos, click here for 1st half, here for the duet from La Traviata, and here for 2nd half.

In 2009, I scheduled another concert, to be performed at the Le Petit Trianon theater in San Jose, CA. However, right before the event, I came down with a severe case of laryngitis. It was too late to cancel the concert because many guests were flying in from out of town and had booked hotels. So I canceled the concert for locals, and decided to perform for out-of-town guests by lip-syncing to my rehearsal tapes. We had a fantastic after-concert party. Obviously, there are no voice recordings of that day, but click here for photos.

In 2010, I performed the concert I had planned the year before. This was also at the Le Petit Trianon in San Jose, CA. This was the last time that I performed because age weakens all muscles, including vocal chords. I no longer enjoyed hearing myself sing, so it was time to quit singing. You can hear audio clips of what I sang that day by clicking here. For photos, click here for the 1st half, here for the 2nd half, and here for the duet of "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera. The tenor is Matthew Reeves whose day job is an engineer.