Here, have a sonata
New recording out today, to celebrate the birthday of a real one
New recording sneak peek and lessons from New York
In which I get into the interconnectedness of bigotry and make it about musical theater somehow
On the doomed love cycle
Being an artist is great because you can indulge in borderline unhealthy emotional dynamics and it’s okay because that’s what artists are supposed to do.
On art and artifice
And why I won't talk about AI with you anymore
New recording and performance video on a musical birthday
My recording of Florence Price's Fantasie nègre finally sees the light of day
On sight-reading and having fun
And how I have always been a menace to my teachers
In which I review some pianos
Plus a concert recording
Concert reminder, how to buy me on iTunes, and the coolest percussion concerto
Plus the return of Fun Math
A new recording from yours truly, finally out
Five years later, we are so back
Upcoming concerts and license woes
More stuff I wasn't taught in music school.
On centeredness
Things I learned from being bad at clay and horses and also playing the piano
Lessons on creation and how brains work
When making stuff is too hard.
On platonic ideals and pauses
Thoughts from the scarier half of the recording studio
On fire
Disasters, salad, and the time I was rude to a piano salesman
Elegy for a metronome, Hisaishi at the orchestra, and the joy of jumps
My metronome died last week. Or maybe it was the week before, I don’t know. (Cue the worried texts from my friends going “Sharon are you trying to be...
Some things I know
Meditations on misery and art
It's hard when things aren't hard
Or, why I'm now just confused all the time
See you next week!
Hi! Just a quick note to say there wasn't a newsletter last week and there won't be (a full) one this week because I'm in the middle of moving. (I...
On starting something too late
I'm the adult idiot at the stables and it's amazing
On answering the "What do you do?" question (and failing)
Or, why I just don't tell people what I do anymore