I'm a conductor, musician and singer. This is my second career, after building and selling a software business.

To stand in front of 70 musicians and singers and lead them all through hours of opera, you must know what you want and know how to get it. I'm demanding, opinionated, and stubborn, with just a touch of selfishness thrown in.

I'm also funny, good-natured, fiercely loyal and protective of my people; musicians have told me I'm more fun than anyone else they've worked with. My friend Amy calls me the "biggest music geek" she's ever met. Who knows if by biggest she was referring to my knowledge of music or my 6'3" height? The geek part fits, either way.

I'm educated and well traveled; when I see something I want, I go after it. I've been on national TV in France (ask me why). I'm passionate about food, wine, languages, history, psychology, music, film, theatre, travel, people, new experiences, and passion.

I inherited my father's generosity and my mother's love of all animals. I grew up boating on the Chesapeake Bay. Recently I played a small part in a Bollywood film. I've toured North Korea. I make a decent Poulet au vin jaune avec morilles. Once I drove across America alone in just over three days.

I have a Steinway grand piano that was played by composer Arthur Sullivan -- a fun fact which I only discovered years after acquiring the piano!

Right now I'm conducting operettas and musicals. Recently I taught a great group of kids how to sing the musical Annie. I'm translating an Offenbach operetta into English, and preparing the world's first edition of the full score of "The Rose of Persia" by Arthur Sullivan (the manuscript of which I just spent a week examining at Oxford). Did I mention I'm a music geek?

Two of my best friends once asked me to officiate at their wedding, dressed in my conductor's white tie and tails. I'm still honored and humbled, and had a great time, since their wedding had a Gilbert & Sullivan theme.

- Making love (aka Sex). I know, you hear that a lot. But I actually study the subject. I'll know if you try to fake it. I'm dominant in the bedroom and I like to explore, but I also love it when it's sweet, slow and sensual. I'll challenge you.

- Understanding people and their motivations. Negotiating. Seeing the "big picture." Leading.

- Programming computers. I founded and sold a software company.

- Traveling. I pack light and can be ready to do almost anything in 15 minutes or less. I'm also great at serendipitously stumbling into interesting events or unknown cool places without having the least idea how I've done it.

My height, at least that's what I hear most often: "You're really tall!" I smile politely but I always wonder if they imagine they are doing me a great favor in pointing it out to me. ;-)

I'm often told I dress well. Strange that most of my pics here show me in jeans...

I'm quick-witted and often joking. There is nothing my twisted mind won't make fun of. This has gotten me into trouble sometimes. ;-)

Usually, I smell good (or so I'm told...)

On TV I'll admit I'm hooked on The Big Bang Theory.

In Films, too many! Particular faves are Casablanca, Annie Hall, and The Madwoman of Chaillot.

In Books, also too many. I read several dozen each year. John Gardner's Grendel is a life-long favorite. As is Beowulf for that matter.

As for shows in the theater, you've never seen my favorite shows, but here is a sample: Les Bavards, La Perichole, La Belle Helene, La Vie Parisienne (which I just saw in Lyon - wow!), The Rose of Persia, The Gondoliers, L'Etoile, and a bunch of others.

Good food, good wine, good friends, good lover, good music and good health.

How to better express myself in French. (But I'm biased now, as I am typing this in Burgundy.)

In the theater.

I'm terrible at remembering dates -- birthdays, holidays, etc.

All of my pictures were taken several years in the future. In reality I am younger.

Who are we kidding? I've never once been messaged first by any woman I've subsequently dated.

If you'd like to break that trend though, feel free to try ...