It’s official: Thankful Heart, Joyful Mind was awarded Best Holiday Album 2019 by Enlightened Piano Radio! What a thrill it was to perform in the Cinquième Salle at the beautiful Place des Arts in Montréal, Québec, Canada! What a surprise it was to hear my name called as the winner in my category! Other award […]
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So Many Good Things!
I spend the first three days of August at Piano Haven Studios in beautiful Sedona, Arizona (click HERE for the story) recording all the new music I have been working on over the past year. The first of three new albums is available for pre-order (click HERE) now! All Through the Night is a collection of […]
Sneak Peek: WISHES IN THE WIND
My latest album, The Presence of Wonder, will be available for pre-order on March 15th! To celebrate, I’m sharing here the third in a series of videos created from snippets of some of my favorite pieces from the album. This one is called Wishes in the Wind and I can’t help but break out into […]
Album Review: LOOKING FOR UTOPIA by David Peoples
David Peoples is a composer, performer, recording artist and music professor. His latest album, Looking for Utopia, is a departure from his previous work, which is best described as traditional, experimental, or jazzy. Here, the piano is the centerpiece but the album is truly a collaborative effort. Through the miracle of technology, Atlanta-based Peoples recorded […]
Spotify: 2018 Wrapped
Thanks to the support of friends and fans, my music was streamed by 1000 fans in 53 countries in 2018. At the conclusion of my first full year as a solo piano artist, I couldn’t be more pleased! If you aren’t already following me on Spotify, click HERE. I am already looking forward to 2019 […]
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 […]
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; […]
Album Review: Where Giants Roam the Earth by Milana Zilnik
Milana Zilnik is an extraordinary pianist, composer and singer-songwriter. Milana was born in Ukraine, lived in Israel for many years, and has resided in Canada for the past ten years; this has provided her with rich experiences to draw from in her musical story telling. A performer and recording artist since childhood, she improvises like […]