#Music

Miles in memories

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...

Memories of a rock concert

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...

Hamilton and me

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:...

“A beautiful trip”

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

Where

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...

The necessity of art

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

Hanging out with an old friend

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...

A night on the town

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

A long day, really

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...

Grand Piano Passion

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

“If you cannot be enlightened, pretend to be someone who is enlightened, and then behave like

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

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...