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Mike and Michaela - Omaha, NE

5/30/2020

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Venue: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass
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My Role: Mike and Michaela had a beautiful, intimate wedding ceremony celebrated with their closest family and friends. They hired me as their music coordinator and vocalist, so I helped them through their music planning process and collaborated with the parish pianist to make sure she had all the music she needed as well as setting up a time to rehearse together. My favorite thing about working with Mike and Michaela was that they came with ideas of songs that were particularly meaningful to them that they wanted as part of the Mass, and although they were perhaps less traditional songs for a wedding, Mike and Michaela stuck by their choices and that made the music and ceremony so much more meaningful for them I'm sure, and for me as the performer knowing that these songs were particularly special for the couple on their special day.
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Mark and Morgan - Lincoln, NE

3/25/2020

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Venue: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church (UNL Newman Center)

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass

My Role: I was hired as the music coordinator and one of the vocalists. I met with couple to discuss all their music choices, which instruments would play on which song, and offer my insight on various parts of the Mass. I then got in touch with the other four musicians, which were all friends/family of the couple, and made sure they had all the music they needed, sent them practice videos, and made sure they knew when and where rehearsal would be before the ceremony.

My "Save-the-Day" Moment: Due to the Coronavirus, things didn't go quite as planned... originally Mark and Morgan were supposed to get married on April 18th and have a choir of four people with an organist, pianist, and guitarist, but because of the 10-person limit on gatherings all that changed, and with only three days notice I was able to attend as their 10th person without even an accompanist, and so I provide all the vocal music a cappella, and used recordings for the instrumental music. I arrived at the ceremony an hour and a half early to do a sound check with the venue's live-streaming equipment and met with the priest before the ceremony to discuss any last minute changes. Because their wedding was now taking place during Lent, the main things I had to change (with 30 minutes until the ceremony) was changing the Celtic Alleluia to the Lenten "Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ..." and rewriting the the acclamation verse to fit this setting, and I also had to get creative with the offertory hymn since it had an "alleluia" in the refrain.
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Retreat - Gretna, NE

2/15/2020

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Venue: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Type of Event: Women's Retreat

My Role: I was one of vocalists part of the Praise and Worship Team. We led the women in praise and worship songs during the retreat and during adoration. They always comment at the end of the day how much they love the music and that they wish there was more opportunity in the day's schedule for more music. This year I also played a greater role in actually helping set up and making sure that the musicians had all the equipment they needed set up prior to the event.
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Michael and Bekah - Cincinnati, OH

1/18/2020

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Venue: St. Antoninus Catholic Church

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass

My Role: I was hired as music coordinator and soloist. I met with the couple to offer song suggestions and then helped them choose the perfect songs from their first, second, and third choices. I also suggested a collaboration for the offertory hymn with another vocalist who I knew was invited and it turned out beautifully.
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Professional photography by John Klare Photography, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Special Liturgy - Gretna, NE

12/24/2019

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Venue: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Type of Event: Christmas Eve Midnight Mass

My Role: I was the director for the Christmas Eve Choir. I was responsible for choosing the music, sending out music and rehearsal videos for the choir, and running rehearsals. We added two new non-traditional choral songs to our prelude to add some variety to the type of music the choir is used to singing. We also were joined by several of our parish high schoolers playing trumpet, saxophone, violin, cello, and French horn. The whole liturgy was beautiful.
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Jacob and Katherine - Ralston, NE

12/7/2019

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Location: St. Gerald Catholic Church

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass

My Role: I was hired as one of two vocalists and was able to work collaboratively with the pianist to offer song suggestions to the couple. We had a lot of fun working out the music together!
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Dulcet Duet - Roca, NE

12/6/2019

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Venue: Capitol View Winery and Vineyards

Type of Event:​ Christmas Show

We had fun rockin' out with everyone and ending the night with some classic carols.
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Handel's Messiah - Omaha,NE

11/17/2019

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Venue: The Holland Performing Arts Center

Type of Event: Special Choir

My Role: I was one of approximately 200 choir members in Voices of Omaha's performance of Handel's Messiah. After singing with this choir the first time in 2017, I still was just as emotional the second time around, and I'm looking forward to each year to come!
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Wedding - Gretna, NE

11/2/2019

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Location: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Type of Ceremony: Catholic Ceremony without a Mass

My Role: I was hired as the soloist; the pianist/music coordinator was already hired, so I got to just show up and sing :)
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Anthony and Alicia - Mead, NE

10/12/2019

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Location: St. James Catholic Church

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass

My Role: I was hired as music coordinator and choir director. The couple already knew most of the songs they wanted and I helped make that a reality. They had an SATB choir with 8 singers (including myself) and an organist/pianist. This was a very traditional Mass in terms of music, complete with Gregorian chant Mass parts, traditional polyphonic pieces, as well as the typical hymns. I acquired the sheet music for the musicians and sent out practice videos, in addition to coordinating our rehearsal before the ceremony. This was a hefty line-up, and I made sure that every song fit and was properly featured.
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Wedding - Gretna, NE

8/10/2019

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Location: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass

My Role: I was hired as the soloist; the pianist/music coordinator was already hired so all I had to do was show up and sing :)
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Dulcet Duet - Roca, NE

8/4/2019

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Venue: Capitol View Winery and Vineyards

Type of Event: Sunday Afternoon Gig

​Highlight Video coming soon.
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Dulcet Duet - Lincoln, NE

8/3/2019

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Venue: Gray's Keg Saloon

Type of Event: Friday Night Gig
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Treyvon and Sierra - Lincoln, NE

8/2/2019

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Location: Sacred Heart Catholic Church

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass

My Role: I was hired as music coordinator and choir director. The couple already knew most of the songs they wanted and I helped make that a reality. They had an SATB quartet and organist/pianist. I was able to help them fill the tenor position; the other musicians were friends of the couple. We sang several traditional polyphonic pieces as well as the typical hymns. 

My "Save-the-Day" Moment: The couple requested that the Kyrie be sung, which is not typical for a wedding, but the priest allowed it. It was supposed to be accompanied, fitting with the Mass parts, but the pianist, not being used to this, missed the cue. Once I realized this I jumped in with the chant before there was an awkward silence and the congregation followed right along without missing a beat.
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Dulcet Duet - Lincoln, NE

6/19/2019

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Venue: Deer Springs Winery

Event:​ Wednesday Night Gig
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Dulcet Duet - Lincoln, NE

6/14/2019

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Venue: Rock'n'Joe Coffee Bar

Event: Friday Night Gig
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AJ and Erin - Omaha, NE

6/1/2019

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Location: St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church

Type of Event: Catholic Ceremony within a Mass

My Role: I was hired as the soloist and music coordinator with only three months until the wedding. I worked remotely with the mother of the bride to plan all the music as they were all from Illinois.

My "Save-the-Day" Moment: Originally they wanted a family member to play the piano which was fine with me. Two weeks before the wedding, the mother I was working with told me that the family member had not practiced sufficiently and they desperately needed help finding a new pianist. Within 24 hours I was able to secure a pianist from my network who was willing to play the standard Mass parts and typical hymns. It just so happens that I knew how to play the instrumental piece they wanted for the offertory, so I played that piece, and for the prelude pieces they wanted, I found instrumental recordings and played them through the sound system since the church didn't allow "karaoke singing" with recordings.
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Dulcet Duet - West Point, NE

5/4/2019

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Venue: West Point Community Theater

Type of Event: 11th Annual Red Carpet Gala (Fundraiser)
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Special Liturgy - Gretna, NE

4/21/2019

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Venue: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Type of Event: Easter Morning Mass

My Role: I was the director for the Easter Morning Choir. I was responsible for creating rehearsal videos, sending out music and videos to the choir, and running rehearsals. We were joined by two of our high schoolers on trumpet and saxophone on various hymns. 
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Retreat - Gretna, NE

3/23/2019

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​Location: St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Type of Event: Women's Healing Retreat

My Role: I was one of vocalists as part of the Praise and Worship Team. We led the women in praise and worship songs during the retreat and during adoration. They always comment at the end of the day how much they love the music and that they wish there was more opportunity in the day's schedule for more music.
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Funeral - Omaha, NE

2/22/2019

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​Location: St. John Vianney Catholic Church

Type of Event: Funeral Mass

My Role: I was hired as the solo vocalist. I worked with the parish pianist/music coordinator. The parents planning the liturgy requested two Beatles songs in honor of their daughter for which I was able to provide the sheet music to the pianist and of course sing during the service. I have since gotten to know the parents and have had several opportunities to perform the songs from the funeral service for them on various occasions which has been so special both for me and them in honor of their daughter.
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Dulcet Duet - Lincoln, NE

2/9/2019

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Venue: Rock'n'Joe Coffee Bar

Event: Saturday Night Gig
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Special Liturgy - Gretna, NE

12/24/2018

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Venue: St. Charles Borromeo

Type of Event: Christmas Eve Midnight Mass

My Role: I directed the choir for Midnight Mass. I was responsible for choosing the music, creating practice videos for the choir, sending out all music to the choir, and running rehearsals. We sang three prelude hymns in addition to the music for the actual liturgy.
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Dulcet Duet - Lincoln, NE

12/22/2018

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Venue: Rock'n'Joe Coffee Bar

Event: Christmas Show

Highlight Video coming soon.
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Dulcet Duet - Lincoln, NE

10/10/2018

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Venue: Rock'n'Joe Coffee Bar

Event: Grand Opening

​Highlight Video coming soon.
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Music By Molly - Weddings and Events

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