Remembering my sweet darling Mother who passed as I held her hand 21 years ago. So far away now…it feels like a different galaxy…

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. 🤦‍♂️⛈️😬

Just finished teaching the first “Adult Advanced Piano Performance Class” of the fall semester, and it had a rousing start with Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag, Bach D Major Partita, and Franck’s giant “Prélude, Chorale, and Fugue”. The performer was so into it, they were overwhelmed with emotion after! ❤️🥂

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. 🤦‍♂️⛈️😬

#NowPlaying on Radio Nothing 3589: effin_izzy | Feral Passacaglia | DOOM'd szomorú boldogság @effinizzy.bsky.social @istvanpeterbracz.bsky.social

Ok…it’s back to school/teaching. My summer is officially overrrr…

Gah, I get these annoying dreams right before each academic year starts (not nightmares, just stupid annoying dreams I awake from, saying “well THAT was stupid”). Obviously my brain is done with teaching, does not want to go back after summer. But, have to pay the bills till I’m dead. What a country

#NowPlaying on Radio Nothing 3585: Istvan Peter B'Racz | FERAL SAVIOR | FERAL SAVIOR @istvanpeterbracz.bsky.social

A former student of mine in a special high school for the performing arts, Zwe, is playing bass in this tiny desk concert. So proud to see him doing his thing: www.npr.org/2025/08/18/g...

850 miles later: home! ❤️

Getting ready for another nice long road trip! I love driving and listening to music all day long!!

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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

Besides being hand-fed his breakfast, lunch, and dinner, sitting next to us at the table, he often gets a special catnip treat fresh from the garden after breakfast. He deserves it. Sweet Ziggy ❤️ #cat #catnip

Planning to do the solo performance of “in C” tonight in honor of Terry Riley’s birthday recently. It won’t be a short version. I’ll post when I’m starting soon. #twitch #livemusic #abletonlive #terryriley #minimalism #musicsky #modernmusic #concert #stream #streamer

I've also been told by a little e-mail-birdy that a piece of mine will be on tonight's WPKN show "Leaving the 20th Century with No Regrets" hosted by Scott Shapleigh. 8:30-10:30PM EDT OSA www.wpkn.org

Amazing New Music streaming LIVE for FREE from Yale's School of Music Norfolks Chamber Music Festival. SUPER hot players. All world premieres, Lisa Moore is Conducting: music.yale.edu/livestream-n...

10PM-2AM EDT OSA: I will be co-hosting Rod Richardson’s wonderful “Radio Nothing” show at 89.5FM Bridgeport, CT WPKN. Listen via the app, or at www.wpkn.org

Last night I had my dear friend @shiveman.bsky.social over teaching me piano tuning. It will take some time before I feel more confident about tuning the center octave temperament, but the rest is cake. Give someone a fish, they eat for a day, give someone a pole, and they look at you strangely.

@wpkn.bsky.social is having a fundraiser celebrating CT local concert venues. You can get face-value tickets, WPKN gets a donation of the entire ticket price. Win-win! 2 pairs of tickets are available for our show at Best Video on 6/28 and all of the $ goes to WPKN! givebutter.com/c/WPKNWAVE/a...

Without downloading new pics, where are you at mentally:

Omg so friggin cute… I can’t get over how adorable he is when he looks over the edge in search of the light beam ❤️🥰🐾 #cat #cute #paws #ziggy #

Radio Nothing 3571 The Dictator And His Playthings Edition #ontheair @wpkn.bsky.social 89.5 FM wpkn.org now until 11h55 EDT. Life is not a game.

ALWAYS loved this interview of none other than the true great Oscar Peterson. Incredible piano playing on the absolute TOP level possible. HUGE influence, and elegant god of the piano. Expressing himself musically, as well as verbally- One of my UR-heroes❤️: cultishcreative.com/p/saturday-m... #piano

This is where my more ‘boring proper posts’ go. You know, job and client sensitive, etc, blah blah. Boring. Limiter: ON. But I’ll try to make it more interesting.

Enjoyed hanging to gather and adjudicating with Grace Feldman and Jody Rowitch as well as Elaine Thoma for the NMS Young artist Juries. What a cool bunch of kids with so much promise!

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are DONE for the semester! Yessssssssssssss… One more day to go.

If anyone is into competitions, the Van Cliburn is one of the more famous piano competitions, and it is being live streamed. You can also watch past events. Personally, I’m not crazy about piano competitions, but it is fun to watch as a sports event. cliburn.org/competitions...

If anyone is into competitions, the Van Cliburn is one of the more famous piano competitions, and it is being live streamed. You can also watch past events. Personally, I’m not crazy about piano competitions, but it is fun to watch as a sports event. cliburn.org/competitions...

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are DONE for the semester! Yessssssssssssss… One more day to go.

This lovely thank you letter has elevated my spirits for weeks. Trust me- it matters so much to give thanks to folks who were important, shaped you, or helped you clarify yourself as you developed. It makes it all worthwhile. Go ahead: if you have a special person who helped early on, write them.❤️

Just added more to it yesterday! The younger students get so excited, lol! ☺️🥹

Lovely day today in New England!

We’ve Long Known That Music Eases Pain. Now, Science Is Proving It. reasonstobecheerful.world/how-music-ea...

We are LIVE from SPKRBOX in DETROIT. Breakfast of Champions Minimal Detroit Till 3PM www.mixcloud.com/live/deepspa...

The cognitive dissonance is real

When I started writing, I had a certain idea what I wanted to say. As I began typing on the keyboard, a different voice came out. I’m not sure how to channel this voice other than to start typing, but it is certainly not what I expected. If you are interested in reading any of it, here it is.

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

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

All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online. www.wired.com/story/big-in...

Informative thread for those thinking about releasing something on vinyl #gsglive #musicsky

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

Incredibly psyched for my student Noah Novembsky who won the NMS Concerto competition playing the second movement of Rachmaninoff’s third piano Concerto. They will get to play it next season! Gold star! 🌟 #piano #concerto #musiccompetition #rachmanninoff #winner

The growth charts of younguns I’ve taught over the years. This is only a small part of that wall. ❤️

I just received one of the most beautiful heart-felt letters thanking me from a former student. It made me tear up. Wow. If you have a teacher that inspired you, please don’t wait till they’re dead. Write to them. Let them know. It makes being a teacher in the OSA worth it a million times over ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Only a few more weeks to go with teaching at various "institutions" and then I binge-watch/play games non-stop for a few days until I drool on myself- then FULL FORCE into practicing, writing, recording, creating...yessss #musicstudio #games #bingewatch #practicepiano #relax #focus #write #compose

Ziggy is my meow meow meow meowww #cat #cats #heterochromia #heterochromiacat #polydactyl #cute #ziggy #adorbs

Music from an unsettling dream many years ago, still haunts me. Vid is trying to get the feel of the dream (a LOT weirder)- like I was watching one of those really old silent reels in a viewer where you had to put your face up to a machine- only when I watched it there was a sound (link below)

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!