New Video: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Here’s a preview of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star from my new album All Through the Night. I’ll be posting lots of new videos over the next few months, so please take a moment to subscribe to my YouTube channel while you’re there (simply click the red “SUBSCRIBE” button) so you won’t miss any of them! […]

Happy Birthday, Dear Olde Dadd!

Meet my parents, Carley and Jim. That’s us in the photo above, striking a pose at the conclusion of the release concert for my album Thankful Heart, Joyful Mind. My arrangement of the great Irving Berlin tune White Christmas – which just happens to be my mom’s favorite Christmas song – appears on the album and is dedicated […]

The results are in!

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 […]

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 […]

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Today is my sixtieth birthday, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with the release of a brand-new single! Flamingo Walk is now available on all platforms! Spotify Pandora Apple Music It’s a piano rag I wrote just for fun – jaunty and whimsical, just like those  shrimp-eating pink birds I love […]

Turning Sixty

I kicked off my 60th birthday week with my parents and youngest son yesterday. I made all our family favorites for Sunday dinner – pulled pork loin, cheesy potatoes, and green beans with bacon – and afterwards there was cake, ice cream, and presents followed by a fiercely competitive game of Uno. (In typical fashion, […]

Sedona Adventures, Part 1

My flight to Phoenix on Tuesday was blissfully uneventful. I picked up my rental car and made the two-hour drive to Sedona, arriving about 6:30 at the beautiful Arabella Hotel. I checked into my lovely room, took in the breathtaking view from my balcony, and walked next door to my favorite local restaurant, the Elote […]

Goodbye summer; hello Sedona!

I apologize for being so scarce here on the blog. The last two or three months of the academic year were busy ones. I saw my nearly sixty piano students every week, prepared them for three separate studio recitals, and did quite a bit of performing myself. Now I’ve had a four-week break from full-time […]

STILL HERE by Lisa Swerdlow

Lisa Swerdlow is a relative newcomer to the solo piano genre, returning to the instrument after a many-years hiatus on the heels of a grim cancer diagnosis in 2013. To date, she has released two albums of original music to rave reviews; her latest release is a single titled Still Here, in which the artist […]

REFLECTION by Shoshana Michel

Reflection is Shoshana Michel’s fourth released piano solo album and her third as a composer. The positive response to the release of her first album, Soul Whispers, her solo piano arrangements of beautiful songs of Jewish Eastern European origin, led her to resume the challenge of composing; in 2016, a full twenty-four years after she […]