The email arrived last 4th of July weekend, sent by a long-time friend who deals in fine musical instruments. “I’ve purchased 2 Lyon & Healy harps at an estate sale,” heContinue readingComing Home
Embracing Change ~ Engelbert Humperdinck, Kurt Weill and Salsa
Embracing the unfamiliar is uncomfortable, and yet it’s a hallmark of innovation and creativity. “It seems to be one of the paradoxes of creativity that in order to think originally, we must familiarize ourselves with the ideas of others,” states author and educator George Kneller. This principle, the belief that through embracing diverse influences, music could serve a greater social purpose, was the bedrock for most of composer Kurt Weill’s career. … Continue readingEmbracing Change ~ Engelbert Humperdinck, Kurt Weill and Salsa
The Art of Uselessness or How I Became a Movie-Star, Film Producer, Concert Artist and World-Traveler in 42 Days
I’d like to think that lovely sounds, images and words, even if unheard and unseen, remain somewhere in our atmosphere, creating an undercurrent of harmony, an unknowing force of goodness and beauty that unwittingly impacts all of us, permeating our environment with sweetness as we go about our everyday lives. … Continue readingThe Art of Uselessness or How I Became a Movie-Star, Film Producer, Concert Artist and World-Traveler in 42 Days
Today in the Practice Room
March 19, 2020How are you doing? I feel like I haven’t been able to catch my breath for about a week now. My head is spinning, just trying to makeContinue readingToday in the Practice Room
Falling Forward
Falling Forward Michigan is notorious for its fickle weather, but in these waning days of autumn, Mama Nature seems especially capricious. She is unwilling to let go of fall, butContinue readingFalling Forward
Autumn Leaves
The calendar says autumn has arrived, but here in sunny Michigan, summer is reluctant to leave. We’ve had day after day of sun and balmy temperatures – you’d never guess it was autumnContinue readingAutumn Leaves
Hey, Look Me Over!
It has been so long since I’ve written to you that you might have thought I was marooned on a desert island, or completely snowed in for months. In truth,Continue readingHey, Look Me Over!