Now that the heat is on, steadily, the humidity in the studio is dropping like a lead weight- so I have a pair of steamer/vaporizers on 12-hour timers hocketing duty. The piano needs around 40-50% to be happy, and that’s what it is! #piano #humidity #steamer #climatecontrol #winter #musicstudio

Last day of teaching piano at UNH for the semester. Now what will I do with all that free time? 🤷🏼‍♂️🤔🥂
Why: compose, practice, stream, and record, of course! All while Salvatore stares at me.
#unh #universityofnewhaven #teaching #endofsemester #music #piano

Had the most wonderful Adult Advanced Piano Performance Class today. The players were so invested, and the group had wonderful comments and questions. I love my job. #piano #pianoclass #masterclass #brahms #chopin #bolling #scriabin

Slowly getting these fingers and hands back in working order. It’s been a large mountain to climb. I can improvise just fine, but replaying others’ works requires a different level of focus and physicality that had been somewhat jeopardized by psoriatic arthritis. I will beat this. I must. I am.

At age 60, I decided to finally take the summers off as a teacher. We know teacher pay sucks. Several large expenses (Hamden property tax ripoff I’m looking at you) zeroed out my bank account! And, of course, September paychecks don’t come in till later. So learning how to navigate this, still. 🤦‍♂️⛈️😬

Our little deck garden is shaping up and producing food for us daily (my Much Better Half is doing it, not me).

I have to keep reminding myself that I like to sing, and should keep doing that…while I still can! Thank you to @lysguillorn.bsky.social for this truly special creation that only a true lovely being would create for another. ❤️ it is guarded by powerful forces. #thankyou #kindness #goodegg #goodhuman

Lovely day today in New England!

It’s so lovely to have students coming here now and playing on my new piano. It’s still going through An acclamation., But it sounds so good.
#piano #musiclessons
#musicstudio

Revisiting a set of songs that I premiered over 11 years ago, and then never performed again. Notating them, re-recording them, and then releasing the music. So much work, but so worth it. #songs #composing #writing #musicnotation

The growth charts of younguns I’ve taught over the years.

This is only a small part of that wall. ❤️

Heartfelt congratulations to the winners, their teachers, as well as composers Kaori Nakano and Alexandra Skevington, of the Fisher Piano Competition. Two world premieres tonight, super hot and very musical piano playing from middle school and high school divisions!

Hello World. I’m here now. :-)
Here’s Ziggy: