Music, Art, and Everything in Between

Last night (December 13, 2012) I played a unique house concert in Sugarhouse, Utah.  I play with  a group of musicians who play early music: medieval, renaissance, and baroque.  We even play Turkish music, and a few years ago we played Jarabe tapatio from Mexico.  This group appreciates all music! There are recorders, drums, bells. Most of the times Mary Amanda plays harp but she played keyboard tonight. A few of the musicians also sang songs, as did the audience!  Our program was the following: One of the fun parts of these concerts is that we wear Renaissance garb, most of it made by Mary Amanda or by the musicians (or a seamstress they know). I think I shall have to get back into sewing and sew myself a little tunic. If you think about it, Renaissance garb really does come in handy because one never knows when they will need it! One of the highlights of the concert was when Anna, Sidney, and I played Pachelbel's Canon in D. I haven...

Walking past La Casa de la Cultura on Saturday, April 21, 2012 was different than most Saturdays. Normally, it's closed. This time, it was open. Students and teachers from The Day-Star School were taking tickets at a table situated at the door. The main themes of the event were “The Divinity of Art and Music” and “I love Honduras!” A few students did works of art that were different, but had high quality and strong meaning. Once the patrons entered the building, they were greeted with a painting of a red and blue Guacamaya, the national bird of Honduras. Next to it a meticulously painted crying boy, a brown tree in a sunset of rose and gold, and a painting of the yellow Casa de la Cultura itself. All the paintings at the art exhibit were set up on wooden easels. Dioramas of Mayan pyramids were lined up on the center of the floor. One group of students created diorama which contained figures of clay primitive people and branches from live trees. Two eighth grade gir...

It's about time! My 30th birthday recital. Bruch from my 30th! http://youtu.be/Q4bqnO6TZlU Not like I've had 30 recitals, one on each birthday, but it was my wonderful celebration with lots of good musician friends and family and other random supporters.  Hope that this link works.