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a tender, ongoing chronicle of updates, thoughts, new work...3.5.25 Through the Smoke We See Each Other
new video
Filmed and performed live in South Troy, NY
Filmed and edited by Chromoscope Pictures
Sam Torres, audio engineer
Chloe Aimone, piano tech
3.2.25 Who is Sova?
a tender announcement
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think about how I can live into the potential of my given name. Sova will be another reminder. It’s not a turning away from who I am, rather, it’s a conscious decision to choose who I am.”
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2.25.25 Fifth Season of the Lift Series Sells Out
The fifth season of the Lift Series - a series that Sam Torres and I founded and curate, taking place at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall - has sold out its entire run of shows this year! Not only that, each show sold out weeks in advance. I’m endlessly proud of this small but mighty series and the beautiful community that has grown around it. There’s one more show on March 5 with The Ladles!
Learn more
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...
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
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...
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
News
a tender, ongoing chronicle of updates, thoughts, new work...3.5.25 Through the Smoke We See Each Other
new video
Filmed and performed live in South Troy, NY
Filmed and edited by Chromoscope Pictures
Sam Torres, audio engineer
Chloe Aimone, piano tech
3.2.25 Who is Sova?
a tender announcement
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think about how I can live into the potential of my given name. Sova will be another reminder. It’s not a turning away from who I am, rather, it’s a conscious decision to choose who I am.”
Continue reading
2.25.25 Fifth Season of the Lift Series Sells Out
The fifth season of the Lift Series - a series that Sam Torres and I founded and curate, taking place at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall - has sold out its entire run of shows this year! Not only that, each show sold out weeks in advance. I’m endlessly proud of this small but mighty series and the beautiful community that has grown around it. There’s one more show on March 5 with The Ladles!
Learn more
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...
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
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...
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading