A little bit about me

Ye random Internet traveler: surely you aren't interested in wading through my entire life story! But I will feed your appetite for information by giving you the following tidbits/trivia:

Josh in an ABS recording session
Me (in the middle) in a recording session with the American Boychoir. We were recording the soundtrack to Wide Awake
  • On September 1, 2006, Jeff Bezos handed me a Nike shoe on stage in front of the whole company (Amazon.com). This is what you get for winning the "Just Do It" award there. Apparently Jeff didn't hold a grudge from earlier that summer when I participated in a nerf-gun-related coup against him at our technology offsite (he started it).
  • I am crazy about choral singing, especially early music (Bach and before). I sing in three choirs, including the unique Compline Choir and the fabulous professional ensemble The Renaissance Singers.
  • I was interviewed for this book
  • I boarded for three years (6-8 grade) at a choir school in New Jersey called The American Boychoir, which involved touring all over the US and Europe, singing with famous people, and recording three CDs.
  • I am a cancer survivor.
  • My instrument in college (for my music major) was the organ, despite the fact that I never took lessons prior to college (and had almost no lessons in piano either).
  • In high school I briefly played the bass in a punk band whose highlight was a song called "Fuck you Jerry Falwell." At the time I didn't know who Jerry Falwell was, and I was sort of oblivious to what the band was all about. When we played at our high school talent show, some people walked out. That made me sad.
  • I have composed one piece for choir. It is a Kyrie based on Gregorian Chant, in the style of Maurice Durufle. It is going to be performed at the 11am service at St. Mark's Cathedral on Feb 10, 2008!