Category: Music Career

Day 153: A Perk of Teaching Music

Posted on January 3, 2019

One of the big perks of teaching music is that I get to write music for my students. Today I have been working on a new piece for one class in which…

Day 138: Burning the candle…

Posted on December 19, 2018

So I’m sitting at the computer eating a late lunch.  I have my first piano lesson of the day in under 20 minutes, and I will be teaching for the next 3…

Day 127: A Year of Firsts

Posted on December 8, 2018

This year has been a great year for examining my life and figure out what was working, what was not working, and making changes to increase my overall enjoyment and satisfaction. There…

Day 121: The Joys of Working with Great People

Posted on December 2, 2018

Tonight I am thinking about the joys of working with great people, specifically the wonderful hosts who’ve brought me in to perform at their homes, organizations, and facilities over the years. I…

Day 118: Have Fake Book, Will Travel

Posted on November 29, 2018

In case you didn’t know, I’m a classically-trained professional musician.  I was trained to play classical piano starting the summer after 6th grade (prior to that I played a little on my…

Day 113: It was music all the way, baby

Posted on November 24, 2018

It’s funny how significant memories stay with us, those moments where we saw with great clarity who we are, and what we are about in this lifetime.  We can look back on…

Day 104: My Little Music Community

Posted on November 15, 2018

I have been teaching piano for over 12 years now, and have been running my own piano studio here in Sacramento for close to 7 years now. Tonight I ran one of…