What's in my bag: recording edition

Okay, I’m going to need a lot of naps, because this past week I performed a new-ish solo piano program for a real live audience, and then I went into the recording studio and recorded works by Florence Price and Maria Szymanowska. In between I finalized stuff and signed a contract for the first performance of the Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel concerto. Things are happening and it’s great but I’m also VERY TIRED.

First of all, some of you who get this newsletter were there at the private concert I gave in the Bay Area, and truly, I cannot express how much I appreciate all your support and feedback and amazing vibes. Thank you for being there for me, both from afar and in person.

Second of all, the more and more I work on the Florence Price piece—her Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G Minor—the more I fall utterly in love with it. As with everything, it’s always entirely possible that I’m a weirdo who likes a thing way more than anyone else possibly does, so I was really blown away when everyone I talked to said the Price was their favorite.