Miles Davis died 29 years ago this week. This morning his son and nephew were talking about growing up with him on “q”. He was obsessed...

When I was nine months pregnant with my second child, living in Manhattan, just before Christmas in 1967, I went to a concert by a...

After eight packed days in Ottawa, I came here to NYC for some rest and entertainment. Last night I went to see a Broadway play:...

Yesterday (or maybe the day before, all days running into each other recently) I heard an awesome interview on q (CBC radio arts program)...

When I was in NYC recently, my grandson, who is an extremely accomplished musician and composer, was asked if he worked with a plan in...

Yesterday morning, Steve Reich was talking about his music on CBC radio program q.  One powerful comment he made, loosely quoted, was...

When my children were young, I would often play the piano for hours. Mostly Mozart. I used to say Mozart was my best friend. We certainly...

IMG_3939, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Last Saturday evening I went to see Jenn Grant sing with her new group, Aqua Alta, at the...

IMG_3354, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Yesterday Jo came by at 6:30 am to pick out the work for the exhibit at her gallery, opening...

Nancy M. Williams, an award-winning writer and ardent amateur pianist, is the founding editor of the online magazine, Grand Piano...

I found a great video of an inspirational commencement speech on Rachel Pink’s blog.  It’s great.  The speaker, Neil Gaiman, not only...

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...