I should toot my own horn more.

Here is the introductory paragraph of an email I just wrote to an arts organization in Wilmington, my new city.  I sound pretty grand, don't I?

I've just moved to Wilmington, and I'd like to introduce myself.  As a former singer, I found myself writing, producing, and taking part in other ways behind the scenes with musical organizations run by friends when I was in the NYC area.  Here (hypertext link) is a link to a profile written about me during my brief run as General Manager of a now-defunct small opera group in NYC. As an amateur blogger and occasional writer for other sites and for publication, I've been granted access to wonderful performances by organizations at every professional level, from opera groups featuring young professionals--one of my favorites--to the Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Philadelphia, and even the Metropolitan Opera.  I've written in the same terms about performances I paid to see and performances for which I was given complimentary tickets as a writer.  I've profiled Lawrence Brownlee, Ian Bostridge, and Talise Trevigne, among others, for Classical Singer magazine.  There is a link below to my blog, and the sidebar links there will direct you to other sites I've written for.

Some would say I'm far too modest. Some would say this isn't an impressive list of accomplishments at all. What do you say?