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Impetus: Program Notes

I'm excited to share my senior recital on Saturday, October 29th at 4:00 pm! Following is the livestream link and the program notes....

Stasis

Recently I’ve been exploring composition and learning more about my creative process. And I found that sometimes you don’t feel like...

A Stanley’s Summer

Here's a look into my summer as a teacher by day and a jazz pianist by night! As a teaching fellow with Breakthrough Cincinnati, I saw...

Validity

These past few months, I watched myself grow exponentially “better” at my craft, but that ability was simply locked within all along....

Process

This semester I’ve had the pleasure of witnessing my career and musical trajectories shift big time. And though it’s been stressful, I’m...

Her Voice

Recently I’ve been struggling in my relationship with classical music, and Florence Price has been the glue keeping the pieces of my...

To Share an Idea

Meet Becca—we both love pants! Every day she inspires me with her ability to share stories. She motivates me to share musical ideas with...

The Process of Progress

The process of progress can be hard to see when you’re in the thick of it. Which is why I’m thankful for friends like Becca (featured in...

Livin' with a Swing

In the grand scheme of things, music is a form of expression. And when you think about expression in music, there is no good/bad or...

Women Do Jazz

Last fall, I decided to explore the world of jazz because I wanted to engage with music in a different way, and because I wanted to...

The Concerto

Maggie the pianist has been years in the making. Some might say she got a late start, or that she doesn’t have the background, but yet...

To Be An Amateur

The further removed you are from childhood, the further removed you are from what it feels like to be an amateur. As you grow up and try...

Oh to Fly Away

Recently I got to fly above the world and its troubles for a while. I joined my brother’s flying lesson and sat in the back of this tiny...

Meet Noah

Even though it’s so fulfilling to share things you have created with others, be it art, music, or even food, it’s important to create for...

Jazzy Contemplations

So I do jazz now! It’s definitely a work in progress, but my first semester of jazz piano lessons has proved to be very exciting thus...

A World of Potential

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about a lot of different things, and I wanted to share what's been brewing in my head for the...

MY breakthrough

Grit, ramen, rock-paper-scissors, slothy, ender’s game, blueberries—all of which seem like random things unless you were in my...

Two Decades In

There have been so many moments in my life that I thought I had everything put together. Let's just say that I have been wrong A LOT. The...

Breakthrough

I believe in the power of education. I believe that every student can do anything they put their mind too. I believe that students learn...

Program Notes

Tumultueux. My most adventurous piano endeavor yet. And it sounded like crap until I finally got the notes under my fingers and wrapped...

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