Sorry if you missed The Gondoliers
presented by the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston.
Listen to the segment on KUHF radio,
or click on one of the silhouettes to hear the duet
sung by Joshua LaForce and me.

Not what you expected?  Confused by homonyms?  ...   Try here  or  here.

Welcome to my home-page.  I graduated from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in May 2003.  Below are some links, clips, and vocal selections I have performed over the past few years.
Please click the book on the right to see a résumé of my music.  My work résumé is available here.
- Dennis Arrowsmith

If your system does not support RealAudio® files, you can download a player from www.real.com. (Sometimes it is hard to find the free download, but keep looking, it is there.)

On April 30, 2005 I celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the Houston Grand Opera on stage with Renée Fleming, Sir Elton John, and many others.  Click the photo on the right to read the Houston Chronicle's rewiew of the Golden Jubilee Gala.  Personally, the performance was a fantastic experience.  (Even though I did not get to attend the afterparty.)

I sang the part of Raphael in the performances of Haydn's The Creation at First Methodist Church, Houston downtown on Sunday April 17, 2005.

On the right are links to four excerpts from the performance.  Audio and video tapes, DVD and CD copies may be ordered in the Book Nook at the church, or by calling 832-668-1834.
The program for this service is the Adobe PDF file on the left.  Click the singer above for more information about music at First Methodist.

Click here for all four, or below for any one.

4. Recit: And God made the firmament 2:15
17. Recit: And God created great whales 2:09
20. Trio with chorus: The Lord is great 2:45
22. Recit: Straight opening her fertile womb 3:25

Opera to Go!

Houston Chronicle
(Jan. 14, 2005)

Is that for here, or Opera to Go!?

Opera to Go! is the education ensemble of the Houston Grand Opera that brings opera to schools (K-8) in the Houston area.  During the 2004-2005 school year we have three productions:

The Velveteen Rabbit (August - December),

The Princess and the Pea (January), and

Cinderella in Spain (February - June).

Click the image on the right for Opera to Go! photos.
(Artwork for The Princess and the Pea 
World Premiere T-shirt by Edwin Rodriguez.)

HGO
1955-2005

I performed in three Houston Grand Opera productions the during the 2005 Winter season:

 
Click below for video clips.

Il Trovatore:

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Idomeneo:

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Romeo and Juliet:

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"Vice must be punished, and virtue must rule through terror."  I was Robespierre in the November 2004 TheaterCollide production of DANTON'S DEATH by Georg Buechner, directed by Troy Scheid.  Robespierre coerces the once lofty ideals of the French Revolution into serving him, and keeping him in power.  His henchmen cast a sickly light on the actions of people who claim their only motivation is patriotism.  Sound familiar?

Press Release  (Oct. 24, 2004)

Review  (Nov. 24, 2004)

HGO

During the 2003-2004 season I performed in three productions of the Houston Grand Opera:

 
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Jenufa:

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Barber of Seville:

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Turandot:

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Mozart
Brahms
Barber
Rorem
Hoiby
Hindemith
Bernstein
Ibert

My Senior year recital was February 8, 2003.
In addition to Mabel Kwan, Piano; I was assisted this year by David Campbell, Double Bass and a string quartet of Katherine Bormann, Jessica Tong, Megan Fergusson, and Jennifer Humphreys. The program featured selections in Italian, German, English, and French, including four songs by different composers on Walt Whitman poetry, and the Chansons de Don Quichotte.

Go to the Recital Program or the program Notes, Texts, & Translations document to choose from all the available audio selections, or click a composer's name (left) to begin with his selections.

Recital Program
Notes, Texts, & Translations

Sr. Concert Posters: 1, 2, 3.

Offertory

Libera Me

I am privileged to participate as a scholarship singer in The Sanctuary Chorale at First Methodist, Houston downtown.  Click the window on the right to read more about their 160 year musical heritage.

I was the baritone soloist in the Fauré Requiem performed March 30, 2003 and I sang the bass solos in the Missa in tempore belli by Haydn on June 9th, 2002 - both with orchestra.  Click the round music icons on the left to hear two movements from the Requiem: Offertory and Libera Me.  Click the singer on the right for the solo from Sunday Dec. 2, 2001, Come Thou Dear Redeemer (César Frank).

Mozart
Berlioz
Franck
Massenet
Fauré
Schubert
Rorem

The program included selections in Italian, French, German, and English. Go to the Program or to the complete Texts & Translations document to choose from all the available audio selections, or click a composer's name (left) to begin with his selections.

Aurora Borie Alice with Andrew Einhorn, piano; also Moonlight on the Ganges duet with Amy Krivohlavek.

A link to the cast and crew of the November 2000 Baker College production is on the right.

Music & lyrics by William Finn; book by James Lapine & William Finn; originally produced by the Lincoln Center Theater, NY; vocal arrangements by Jason Robert Brown.

My horse is Valentine in this rendition of the trio, Fugue for Tinhorns, from the November 1999 Hanszen College production of Guys and Dolls.

Bookmarks

I was Robespierre in the Nov. 2004 Theater Collide production of DANTON'S DEATH.

I was a student here during the Summer of 2003.

I received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Shepherd School of Music in May 2003.

I worked as a cabin counselor in Intermediate Boys Lakeside over the Summer of 2002.

I dream of one day running off to join the Cirque...