Music

The year before, the year after

Thinking about thinking back on the year that was and thinking ahead to the year to be, I received an email this morning from someone who...

Glory

Sky over the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Recently Jian Ghomeshi, on Q, interviewed Simone Kelly, the actress/singer daughter...

How to play basketball

At some point during the workshop, someone must have asked me about how much I work at my art. It’s a common question, one I’ve come to...

I can almost hear the clouds walking across the sky

Jerry’s part focused, initially, on listening. As we sat quietly in the pavilion, we listened to the music given to us by the natural...

Blues in the woods

By the brook, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. When walking through the woods with Lila yesterday afternoon, I was singing the blues...

Direct Perception

A busy week. I went to Dorje Denma Ling in Tatamagouche, N.S. to teach a workshop titled Direct Perception. It was a four day program....

Sounds of the brook

This morning’s words of wisdom came from Paul Simon as he was being interviewed on Q by guest host, Jim Brown. “I don’t write from...

Piano lessons

I was recently interviewed by Nancy Williams for her blog about adult piano students. Although I don’t think of myself as taking lessons...

Music & art & such

This afternoon I was listening to the radio in the car to Eleanor Wachtel, arts journalist and host of Writers & Company, talk to...

Singing in the woods

Jenn Grant singing, 18 July, 2010 , originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Sunday evening, some friends gathered here for a concert with the...

Interlude

On New Year’s Day, my friend Yoko, some of her students and their parents, Aaron and Joanne and I got together here for a musical...

All that jazz

Last week was the Halifax Jazz Concert. I went to two evening performances. The first was the Spontaneous Combustion Orchestra. The...