A Story and Song…How I Got Started

A Story and Song…How I Got Started

As is the case with many of my most valuable life experiences, I was dragged into Shands Arts in Medicine (AIM) at the University of Florida, kicking and screaming. If you had told me sixteen years ago that I would be playing music in the hospital on a regular basis,...
Music is the Gift that Keeps on Giving…

Music is the Gift that Keeps on Giving…

During the holiday season, it’s easy to get stressed out,  aggravated and even exhausted – especially for a musician!  For me this time of year is packed to the brim with concerts and events that I’m musically responsible for: at church, the...

Bedside Singalong

Some days you go in and you’re really in the flow. And the things that you expected to happen don’t happen, but the most amazing things happen that you didn’t expect. I was doing referrals and met a woman on the elevator who saw my keyboard and told me that her...

Creativity as a career: Keeping the balance

I am so lucky to have this piece written about me by Robin Rice in her Spotlight on the ChangeMakers feature.  Her web site is www.bewhoyouare.com and she has lots of information about her work.  You can subscribe to her Be Who You Are e-zine.   Her interview with me...

The “art part” of the brain is different…

In his biweekly online newsletter, The Painters Keys, artist Robert Genn made some interesting points about the relationship between art and the aging brain. Here’s an excerpt. For more you can go to the link at the bottom of this post. Creativity and the onset...