Becky Dornon

Voice part: Alto 1

Season you joined the Chorale: 2010-11

Birthplace (state or country): Japan

Education/Vocal Training: I'm an engineer, and I never had a voice lesson until I was 36.

Do you make your living as a musician? A little bit, but I keep my day job, too.

If so, where else do you gig/teach/conduct/sing/perform? Churches and funerals are the majority.

If not, what else do you do as a “day job”? IT@CST.edu

Where else do you sing NOW? Claremont United Methodist Church, and I just launched CeciliaChorale.org. Do come hear us! I also do a recital now and then to get my Brunhilde out.

Recent solo roles or guest appearances: Messiah

Recordings/TV/Film: “All Opera” and “10 Spirituals”

Highlights of your musical career: Semifinalist at Classical Singer Magazine International Vocal Competition and, of course, joining the LAMC.

Favorite choral work: There are so many choral treasures, and I'm always in love with whatever I'm working on at the time (the more fortissimos the better), but I guess I do have special feelings for Hymn to St Cecilia by Benjamin Britten and Adagio for Strings transcribed by Samuel Barber for eight-part choir, as a setting of the Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God").

A defining moment or favorite onstage experience: The first time I noticed that I was in front of people but that my knees weren't trembling anymore

What are you listening to these days?: NPR

Anything you’d like to add about yourself?: I love to ski and scuba, but I'm not ready to skydive...