🎵 When I move my body… it feels like Freedom!
Watch Jon Batiste performing Freedom from his Grammy-winning album of the year at the 64th Grammy Awards. Compare this super colorful production of the tune to his video release of…
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Canon in D Like You’ve Never Heard It Before
Canon In D (Pachelbel) Performed by Hiromi Uehara in Marciac, 2010
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Stand Up Straight
Walking through my neighborhood, I’m listening to a podcast called “Happier”. The hosts, Gretchen Rubin and her sister, Elizabeth Craft, have a segment they call “Try This At Home” which…
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Dream Blues
This blog post was going to be about how Lil Nas X was named musician of the year by GQ and how excited I am about a mainstream mag naming…
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National Clarinet Day
Who decides these things?! According to the interwebs, Nov. 16 is National Clarinet Day. But why that day? No one seems to know. And to make matters worse, a group…
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Grand Opening Third Eye Books!
Juneteenth Celebration I’m writing this post as I listen to the phenomenal music by Donna Jones and The Delegation, part of the Juneteenth Celebration live-streamed from The Jack London Revue.…
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????School’s Out For Summer! ????
See You In September  (bye-bye, so long, farewell) “See You In September” was a hit by The Happenings in 1966. I was 8 years old and that song’s melody and…
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Where do dead reeds go?
To the compost pile! Remember, cane reeds come from bamboo cane. They are grown and harvested and usually stored for a couple of years to ‘age’ and ‘cure’ the cane…
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
“Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was…
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Let Every Voice Be Heard
I awaken around 3:30 this morning with these words on my lips. I think to myself, “That sounds like a familiar lyric.” I open my voice memo app and record…
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My Fave Zoom Tricks
In today’s post, I’m sharing some of my favorite Zoom tricks and tips.
The power of the spacebar
Pinning Video
Using reactions
Nonverbal feedback
Winter Recital Prep Underway
Production has begun on the Winter Recital to be held, Sunday, December 6 via a Zoom gathering. Save the date on your calendar. Send me an email to request an…
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