This past Sunday I went for my first fitting of the gowns I will be wearing for my Carnegie Hall and Suntory Hall concerts, which was an exciting and wonderful experience.

Time has begun to move rapidly, but in a wonderful way.  The tickets for my Carnegie Hall performance go on sale next week, and last weekend I had the first fitting for my two concert gowns.

We read a great deal about Fanny Mendelssohn the composer, but I must confess I also had a great interest in just who she was as a person as well, which led me to do a certain amount of research.

I find it very interesting that Felix Mendelssohn, Fanny’s younger brother, did not really work to encourage her to bring her own music to the attention of the public.

As I continue my study of Fanny Mendelssohn and her work Das Jahr, I find myself just as interested in who she was as a person, and how her life and work compared to that of her more celebrated brother, Felix. Looking at their lives as composers is a real study in contrasts.

Recently, I had an experience that inspired me, and I wanted to share my thoughts with all of you.

This is my first time studying a work by Fanny Mendelssohn. It's beautiful music, very romantic. “The Year” was written when she traveled to Italy with her husband and son.

Historians have made it very clear that although Beethoven never married, he had many love interests.  In addition to those above there were others such as Eleonore von Breuning, (1771-1841) known to be his first love, and singer Amalie Sebald (1787-1846).

Isn’t this movement wonderful? It is so warm and simply beautiful—one of my favorite movements in all of Beethoven’s sonatas.

Today, I am attaching a practice video of the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27. The more I study his compositions, the more I discover how he is helping me to learn about my own work and what I want to say as a pianist.

I am very pleased to announce my program for my Carnegie Hall Recital Debut!

It seems hard to imagine, but my Carnegie Hall solo debut recital is now a little over four months away.  Hard to imagine because it was more than fifteen months ago that I learned the date had been confirmed, and that seems like it was just yesterday.

As we come to the end of 2025 I want to thank each of you for all you have done to make this one of the best and most exciting years of my life.  Your visits to my website, attendance at my concerts, and reading my blog posts have meant more to me than you know, and have helped me to grow as a musician, artist, and person.

Happy New Year!

Have you ever noticed how clothing can just make you feel better?  I don’t mean feel better in the same way you do when you are getting over a cold or an allergy attack.  It’s more of a psychological feeling you get when you sense that what you are wearing is helping you to express more of what is going on inside your mind and heart, and your mood is being uplifted because when you look in the mirror you like what you see.

Hello, Everyone.  I hope you had a great Christmas.  Even though we are still celebrating what is for some the fifth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (“Five Golden Rings” in case you’re thinking about the song), if you are like me, you are already making plans for the New Year.

As we find ourselves on the verge of another Christmas Season, I would like to thank everyone who  has been coming to my website over the past several months, reading my posts, and visiting my  different social media portals.

In addition to wanting to know about some of the gowns I wear to perform, some of you have been asking about the clothes I wear to practice.  I must confess I do enjoy clothes a lot, as they are not just a form of expression, also, for me, wearable art.

In addition to wanting to know about some of the gowns I wear to perform, some of you have been asking about the clothes I wear to practice.  I must confess I do enjoy clothes a lot, as they are not just a form of expression, also, for me, wearable art.

With Christmas being a week from today, and in case you are interested playing music written  especially for the occasion, certain works continue to remain favorites. Here are some suggestions.