Donald Braswell II, San Antonio native, appeared at a Pops Concert at the Symphony of the Hills in Hill Country in Kerrville, Texas on June 27, Donald Braswell Fan Club Newsletter Editor, Doreen Lee, re-designed her beautiful account of this amazing singer’s re-entry into the world of symphonic performance to reflect the experiences of the event. It is NOT my work.  Doreen’s article is brilliantly written and I chose to publish it here untouched:
Songs through Silence:
Donald Braswell’s Impossible Dream
By Doreen Lee
“Ed ho sentito nel silenzio una voce dentro me.”
(And in the silence I heard a voice inside of me.)
~Paolo Limiti
When Donald Braswell took the stage on June 27, 2009 to perform as a soloist in a concert with the Symphony of the Hills in Kerrville, Texas, few knew what to expect.  A majority of the audience consisted of locals anticipating a night of classical and crossover music.  The orchestra members, no doubt accustomed to accompanying classical vocalists, went into that performance like they would any other.  However, when Braswell’s soaring tenor leapt effortlessly through the leggiero passages of “Di’ tu se [...]