We are in full blown holiday mode around here! Even Bingo, the newest addition to our family, is excited about the big day! My cards and packages are in the mail, the house is decorated, and the packages are wrapped and waiting patiently underneath the tree. With all that behind me, I will have plenty […]
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ON THE OTHER SIDE by Cathy Oakes
On the Other Side is composer and solo pianist Cathy Oakes’ fourth release and her first venture into the world of orchestration. Five years in the making, it is imbued with all the emotion, passion and reverence born of the myriad of life experiences that took place over the course of that time. It is, in […]
Release Day!
Album release day has come and gone; my holiday project Thankful Heart, Joyful Mind is now available everywhere music is streamed and sold! There are physical CD’s and digital albums and there is sheet music – note by note transcriptions of every arrangement, both individual PDF’s and the complete collection. Click HERE to order! I […]
Album Review: Even for a Moment by Gary Schmidt
Following the success of his 2016 album Landscapes of the Heart, Heart Dance Records pianist and composer Gary Schmidt has released his second album Even for a Moment. With twelve new original solo piano pieces and two classical selections, this album is a pleasure from start to finish. The album opens with If This Is […]
The results are in!
I’m back from my whirlwind trip to Europe! My colleague and dear friend Yumi and I visited Leipzig, Eisenach, Paris and Prague, paid homage to Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin, and explored castles in the Loire Valley of France. But the highlight of the trip for me, of course, was performing in the beautiful Berlin […]
Berlin Bound!
I am happy to report that I am well on my way to full recovery from the nasty bug that bit me over the weekend. I managed to get through the week canceling only four piano lessons (I taught 43!) and meet most of the rest of my obligations. Now it’s past midnight Thursday evening; […]
Happy Monday!
I’m uncharacteristically happy to see the dawn of Monday morning. I spent most of the weekend in bed, overcome by the nasty upper respiratory virus that has taken hold in my part of the world. With my trip to Europe just a few days away, I decided not to wait and see whether or not […]
Thankful Heart, Joyful Mind Pre-Sale Starts TODAY!!!
TODAY is the day that my brand-new holiday album, Thankful Heart, Joyful Mind, is now available for pre-order! You get one track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released (October 19th). The special pre-sale price […]
“Thankful Heart, Joyful Mind” – Holiday Album Pre-Sale starts FRIDAY!
I am excited to announce that my holiday album Thankful Heart, Joyful Mind will be available for pre-sale HERE starting THIS Friday, September 21st! Christmas has always been my favorite holiday so you can imagine what a delight it was to create my very own arrangements of twelve of my all-time favorite Christmas songs. I can hardly wait for […]
Album Review: Voyager by Lisa Swerdlow
California native Lisa Swerdlow was raised in a musical family and began studying classical piano at the age of six. She turned to composing at the age of sixteen and has performed in a variety of situations, including playing piano in a rock band and touring with an all female salsa band. After an extended […]