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a tender, ongoing chronicle of updates, thoughts, new work...1.31.25 Hymn for Slowing
new music + video
We’re all just fumbling around in the dark right now, aren’t we. Reaching out, arms outstretched, hoping someone will be on the other side, ready and willing to hold our hand. To squeeze it gently...
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1.23.25 Longing for a Small Life
I was tuning my portable piano the other day (a sentence I never imagined I’d write), and I thought to myself: This is it. This is all I want. No, I don’t mean tuning specifically. I mean the slow, process-oriented, un-sexy work of making music on a day-to-day basis.
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12.30.24 a haphazard list
some of my favorite culture moments in 2024
a haphazard listing of some of my favorite experiences of culture this past year — books, tv or movies, concerts I attended and/or performed...
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12.4.24 Listening to far off things
Everywhere I look, I see the same emotional whiplash — folks finding care in their immediate community, rage at being abandoned by leaders, solace in a morning walk, disgust at condoned global atrocities, comfort in laughter with friends, fear of what comes next, nourishment in a simple bowl of soup.
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9.19.24 Sounding Softly with Sellers Webb
It’s been a minute since I shared an interview. I’m trying out a new format — three questions, that’s all — and I’m delighted for us to get a glimpse into the ineffable, wonderful Sellers Webb.Continue reading
9.6.24 I want to be a pianist with great hair
When I was a young girl, I idolized pianists like the Labèque sisters and Martha Argerich. They always had amazing hair and played with the most fiery I’m-a-badass attitude. I wanted to be them when I grew up.
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