About me

I am an active composer, music teacher, and organizer of music events. I share an occasional Music as Meditation concert with listeners and fellow musicians and I organize several concerts of new music each year. I use this blog to tell people about my musical endeavors and as a home for my virtual busking basket. If you want to support my musical efforts financially, please look for the donate button on the right-hand side of this page. You can find pages about The Davis Hill Studio on this blog. Look for the orange links on the right-hand side of the page.

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

 Back To School Post


It's that time of year. The goldenrod are blooming. The harvest is coming in. It's time to get ready for the school year. Find out about Music Lessons at Davis Hill Studio by clicking the orange link on the right.

It's always exciting, even for the teacher, to start a new school year. This fall I'm looking forward to

  • Exploring the music of George Crumb
  • Finding ever new ways of reaching my youngest students. I have a new "suitcase for success" to incorporate into my little people's lessons
  • getting ready for Fall Festival with verve and style
  • Sharing the new sound of my piano with you all--Bill Boulton installed brand new dampers on the Chickering and she sounds quite a bit different. It's easier to control the volume, too. 
  • Meeting new students and catching up with students who took a summer break.
We jump in again on August 30th. Get in touch with me soon to reserve your spot in the schedule. 

Here's a calendar to whet your appetite

Davis Hill Studio Calendar Fall 2021

First Day of Semester: August 30

October 8 No Lessons

October 9 No Lessons

October 11 No Lessons

November 11 Workshop Day at Little White Church

November 13 Fall Festival

November 13—No Lessons at FA

November 18 Recitals at Little White Church

November 26 No Lessons

November 27 No Lessons

Last Day of Semester: December 18


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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

 This Forest is Alive

         It's not an opera, not a science lecture, not a symphony, not a feature film…..

It is a collaborative multi-media art project celebrating the amazing idea that forests live in community and that we might learn to live in community with the forests that surround us.

     The first installment of this project is a video with spoken words, nature sounds, a fugue, and pictures of the forest. Robin's Song in Mixed Meter features a Robin diva along with a woodwind trio comprised of Doris Henney playing flute, Judith English playing clarinet, and Nancy Goldenhar playing bassoon. Remaining videos are in development and will be released every so often. Check back here for more. 


Link to Opening Words and Living Forest Fugue


Link to Robin's Song in Mixed Meter

     Lots of people responded to the first video with ideas for further reading. I am compiling a bibliography to further our corporate understanding of forests and our place among them. If you have something to add, please let me know. Please get in touch with me if you want to contribute visual art to this project. You can find my e-mail to the right of this page. 


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