Concert postponed: the continuing saga

Church events can affect concert scheduling more than you know.

Almost concert time!

2 days to go! My detailed post about preparing for my upcoming concerts is is my head and my practice log, but doesn’t seem to be making it into written form.  It will, hopefully, after Saturday’s concert! I can tell you what I did on Wednesday and Thursday, though. After being home with the latest [...]

Marilyn Horne Interview

While I am recuperating from the flu bug that’s going around, I thought you might like to see this interview of Marilyn Horne at WQXR’s web site. New post will be up soon, promise!

Concert countdown, cont.

This post is coming soon!  Right now I have the latest flu bug that’s going around.

Concert countdown on mostly unfamiliar music

Purchase information available here. It’s concert countdown time!  The program below will remain the same for 2 performances in MA, on October 29th (Williamsburg) and November 6th (Amherst).  My November 9th concert in New York is part of a 1/2-hour lunchtime series, so the program will be shorter. This program feels particularly demanding because I [...]

Q&A: What’s the point of piano fingering?

There are so many advantages to using good fingerings, it may be impossible to mention all of them. Being tied up in knots is painful! The most obvious answer is that you could easily tangle your fingers up in the middle of a piece.  Then you would have to slow down or stop playing, making [...]

Owl perched on telephone wire!

Owl perched on telephone wire! Broad daylight.

So happy 2 have looked

So happy 2 have looked outside! Gorgeous.

A few min. ago the

A few min. ago the sun came out & it poured rain @ the same time. Rain on edges of dk grn lvs looks like aluminum foil in th sun

I’m looking @ foliage outside

I’m looking @ foliage outside my back door. One tree is gold, red-orange & green. The maple nxt 2 it has large green lvs still.