Campbell Vertesi

I did some early spring cleaning on my computer tonight, going through old files that I don't need anymore and the like.  I found some of my old recordings, from the very first concerts I gave in Vancouver.  At that point I had been studying with Joseph Shore for all of a year and a half, and had quite recently switched to one of his students (Eric Hominick) when Maestro Shore moved away.  I was a complete baby to singing,  and to music.

And in many ways, I was a better singer than I was when I left IU.  Actually, there is an honesty, an ease and a clarity in the sound that I am working very hard to recapture NOW, almost 6 years later. 

Sometimes, the best way to advance is to return to the beginning.