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		<title>Holidays 2009 &#8211; Where Has This Year Gone?!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; we are checking our Christmas lists, stuffing ourselves with food, and having a brief respite from the fall&#8217;s hectic schedule.  2009 was a busy year, and it feels strange not needing to pack my bags and hop on a plane while hurriedly relearning something from the standard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter?  In October?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, there was frost on my car.  We are halfway through October &#8211; I was a little surprised and more than a little disheartened!  I should start buckling down for the six months of winter Cleveland is destined to have.  Oh well&#8230;
It has been a chaotic last month.  Since my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tchaikovsky, or&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After checking my reflection in the bright lights of the dressing room mirror, I retune.  I didn&#8217;t particularly need to, but I figured I should check the strings before going onstage for 40 minutes.  A-D, D-G, A-E.  Yup, all good.  I start the first movement of the Tchaikovsky, jump to the sixths in the cadenza, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mozart, Grieg, and Franck Program Notes for May 2nd Recital</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 07:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, there are nineteen standard sonatas for &#8220;piano and violin&#8221; left by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Eighteen of them are straightforward, classical in nature, and each in a major key. The lone sonata written in minor, his e minor K. 304, was composed under somber circumstances.
During the concert season of 1777-1778, Mozart was engaged to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greetings from Lerner Tower</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello from University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio on a balmy April day.  No, I&#8217;m not the one laying in a hospital bed&#8211;I am visiting a good family friend who just had double bypass surgery.  Actually, this generous woman has hosted a number of private recitals at her residence.  I bring Chinese food and laughter to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring 2009 &#8211; Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first weekend of spring 2009.  Wow.  Remember when all the concern and hoopla surrounding Y2k was in the media &#8211; and now it is 2009.   Many of my high school classmates are married or starting families;  we have a new administration;  the recession is affecting everyone;  yet ticket sales are up more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s &#8211; with the glass half full&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know&#8230;it&#8217;s been forever since I&#8217;ve blogged&#8230;since last year, actually!   I needed to wait for many things to settle down and the dust to clear before penning thoughts, events, and stream-of-consciousness prose.  It has been a ridiculous holiday season, but one that&#8217;s (already) been memorable!

For starters, I must thank the Portsmouth Symphony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn &#8211; or, bridging different time zones each week&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Boise, Idaho!  It is a gorgeous day here &#8211; no clouds in the sky, visibility extremely clear, and everyone seeming in good spirits.  I have thoroughly enjoyed this trip to the Northwest, and the Boise Philharmonic members are extremely gregarious and play quite well together.  Not to mention, I&#8217;m here with one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Words of Wisdom for Autumn 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Perhaps it is music that will save the world&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Pablo Casals

&#8220;I consider music as the noblest language, bringing comfort, joy, inspiration and peace to mankind.  I think it is vital that music be preserved, and if music can help &#8211; then let&#8217;s have music!&#8221;  -  Henryk Szeryng


I Believe&#8230;
I believe-
that we don&#8217;t have to change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Travels</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from the sky-lounge of DFW International Airport!  It is a hot, humid day as Dallas has been relatively cool due to Hurricane Gustav last week.  I am on my way to Abilene, Texas&#8230;on Monday, I am playing a recital at Abilene Christian University, opening their 2008-2009 series with pianist Cheryl Lemmons.  I have extra [...]]]></description>
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