안녕 친구! Hi Friend! May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month! I thought it’d be a nice way to kick off the month by sharing my first live interview on Korean radio! Playing live on radio or T.V. is always nerve-wracking, especially if you are still managing a mild to moderate case of post-quarantine stranger danger. […]
안녕 친구! Hi Friend! YOU GUYS. Cherry blossom season in Korea is freaking out of control beautiful. Nothing I’ve ever seen in America quite prepared me for this literally breathtaking display of shameless gorgeousness. I mean, I was literally walking around, gasping and shrieking out loud like a Kpop fangirl. I hate when people use […]
안녕 친구! Hi Friend! It’s been about month since I arrived in Korea and just a few weeks that I’ve been out of quarantine. Soon after my quarantine ended, I had a birthday and I was kind of nervous for it, being alone in a new country. I needn’t have worried, however, as some of […]
안녕 친구! Hi Friend! Now that I’m past the halfway mark of my quarantine, I thought you might enjoy some food porn. Although, I must admit, I feel a little guilty about sharing, especially when I know that so many folks aren’t able to travel right now. But if you’re anything like me, you like […]
Hi Friend! 안녕하세요! Hello from Seoul, where I’m in quarantine before I begin my Fulbright grant residency! Here’s some music by Isang Yun (1917-1995), the Korean composer whose oeuvre reflects one of his main creative objectives: to blend Korean traditional music and Western avant-garde techniques. While much of his music is post-tonal and post-serialist, this piece, “Die Hungrige Katze (The Hungry Cat),” from “Li-na im […]
Hello friends! I hope you are staying warm and safe out there…So, I have some pretty big news to share: I won a Fulbright Award! This has been a long time coming — what with Covid wreaking havoc everywhere it was really uncertain whether the Fulbright program would be able to go forward this year. […]
Hi Friend! Here’s music from the brilliant composer and violinist, Jessie Montgomery: her Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin, written in 2014. I love both the pensive vibe and the surprising and luscious harmonies. Deceptively difficult, I so enjoyed learning this delightful piece and hope you enjoy! Stay safe, warm, and healthy <3 Like what you hear? Please Like […]
Hi Friend! Some more music as we round the corner into February (WAT? When did *that* happen?? O.o) Please to enjoy, Bach’s Adagio from his Sonata No. 1 in g minor, BWV (I’m always tempted to put BMW, lol) 1001. Like what you hear? Please Like and Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for more videos and music!
Do you struggle with Imposter Syndrome? Today, we revisit a chat from 2019 with my friend, playwright and fiction writer, Jennifer Fawcett, where we talk about: how do we give ourselves “permission”?; the importance of making your own “stuff”; struggling with “who cares” and Imposter Syndrome; how powerful and necessary it is to tell our own […]
Hi Friend! One silver lining of this seemingly never-ending pandemic is that I have time to practice for practice’s sake. Usually I’m practicing in “putting out fire mode” aka, I have a concert and I just need to NOT FALL ON MY FACE. Normally I wouldn’t have time (nor the inclination) to practice Paganini’s knuckle-busting Caprices for […]