Category: music

New music CD

December 1, 2010 | No comments yet

Alex Cook has a new CD out, “Kindness is a Mountain.” Alex is a very talented young man:  a singer, musician, guitarist, painter, muralist and more. His new CD is a collection of original music that speaks to the heart

Random act of culture

November 19, 2010 | 4 comments

This video has gone viral, but if you haven’t seen it and you love big choral productions and the Hallelujah chorus, you’re going to love this. 650 voices singing with the Wanamaker organ in Philadelphia…

An instrument in tune

December 4, 2009 | 5 comments

Two weeks ago, I got to play the pipe organ in the original Mother Church edifice in Boston. What a treat! If you are unaware, I have a pipe organ background, going back to my days at Stanford University. While

The sound of music

August 17, 2008 | 3 comments

While driving a scenic route through part of the Alps today, we stopped at a viewpoint to take in the majesty of the mountains around us. While our eyes feasted on snowcapped Mount Blanc in the distance, our ears were

My piano teacher

August 8, 2008 | 10 comments

Last Saturday, I received news that my piano teacher of younger years, Cherry Courteau, had passed on. I was asked to play at her memorial service, which I agreed to do. The service was held yesterday. The news of her