It’s only five more days until the second concert in the Green Dot Journey Live Streaming Concert Series. The hour long performance will include violin works by Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well as a photography back drop featuring the work of Stephen Schmidt. I met Steve at a house concert in Connecticut in September …
Isadora had just moved to Reno from Connecticut when I called her about playing with me for the Green Dot composition premiere. She and I hit it off magnificently and I was really sad to leave her so soon after our first collaboration. I hope to do it again soon!
It’s so exciting to see this campaign becoming a reality. It was really fun putting all the details together with Engrid Barnett and now I look forward to pushing it onwards to completion with the help of my wonderful friends and Green Dot supporters. I am so blessed to be a part of such an …
Jules Pegram was a pleasure to get to know during the premiere weekend in Reno last August. Isadora and I had a blast learning his piece and loved being able to discuss it with him before the performance. The first movement, Lullaby For a Starry Evening is wonderfully introspective and contrasts nicely with Flurries, the …
I am practicing a lot right now, with the streaming concert coming up as well as the composer cd recording session with my brother Ben on December 6th. I’m still trying to adjust to projects taking a lot longer than the time I originally give them. Everything seems to come together later than I planned …
I have put together a RocketHub campaign to fund the composer project CD and the composer video projects. Over the next 6 weeks of the campaign I will be sharing behind-the-scenes interviews and video footage of the Composer Project Premiere weekend. Click here for more information about RocketHub. Videographer, Andrew Ardans did a fabulous job …
Indiana, more specifically Warsaw, Winona Lake, Ft. Wayne, and Indianapolis already hold a good deal of memories from growing up and attending Butler University almost 10 years ago now (wow)! In spending a couple months back here, I’m discovering a new side to everything. Ft. Wayne now holds Jiana, my lovely and intelligent niece. Indianapolis …
I was going through my computer files and came across a short video (see below) from my Beethoven Sonata days. I can’t believe that was already almost 4 years ago! Here are some pictures from what I’m pretty sure was the best year of my life so far… Click here for video: Kerry concert 11:12 …
I’ve had this poem near by for over ten years. It’s very dear to my heart and has pushed me beyond my limits more than once. You Decide You are the person who has to decide whether you’ll do it or toss it aside. You are the person who makes up your mind whether you’ll …