As a musical theater performer, my dream has always been Broadway.  As a chorister and Artistic Director, my dream has been to catch the attention of major composers and perform/record at the level of the original recordings of popular choral works.  As a musician it has been to perform at a level where the audience forgets the act of my playing the music, and gets lost in the sounds and musical landscapes being created in their ear and head.  To play the biggest concert halls, the biggest theaters, to perform the most famous composers, to shake hands with the height of the craft: is that what it means to reach the top?

Or is reaching the top something different?

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