In 1888, the eccentric French composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) published three short, atmospheric piano solos called Gymnopédies. The first, marked Lent et douloureux (“slowly with pain/grief”), is perhaps one of the most famous piano solos penned during the late Romantic era. Let’s dive a little deeper into Gymnopédie No. 1 and see what makes it so […]
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Every year on April 22, people around the world observe Earth Day as a way to honor our planet (and bring awareness to any environmental issues). So today’s blog post is a compilation of Earth Day music from my album A Million Skies to help celebrate our beautiful earth. Echoes in the Mist Echoes in […]
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Happy April! Because we are well into spring, I wanted to share some of my favorite relaxing ambient music to help celebrate the new season. Each track takes the listener into a beautiful, flower-filled world full of color, imagery, and life. Relaxing Ambient Music Wildflowers This track is part of my album A Million Skies, […]
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I first came across Tony Anderson through his track Immanuel, a gorgeous combination of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and Carol of the Bells. The effortlessness of the music struck me right away. There’s an electric energy in Immanuel that I love, and that changed me as a musician. I still turn this piece on when I need some calming background music: […]
Read MoreNature is a huge inspiration to me. I love being out in it, and I love incorporating it into my own music. Nature is a driving force in my album A Million Skies, and I can’t wait to share that story with you over the next few weeks (as I release the videos on YouTube). With that […]
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Happy Friday! To celebrate, I have just released a new album called A Million Skies! You can stream/download it on Spotify, Apple Music (iTunes), Google Play, Amazon Music, and pretty much any other streaming service. About A Million Skies A Million Skies (the album) was first realized as a track called A Million Skies that I composed back in the summer of 2018: And […]
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You know the feeling of being swept away by your own imagination? Of losing track of all things reality for a magical place of memories and thoughts and what-ifs? Well, many composers throughout music history have tried to capture this feeling of reverie in their music. From Madness to Daydreams But first, a little background […]
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I’ve been listening to a lot of different styles of instrumental music lately. Instrumental music helps me think, relax, dream, imagine, create, and more! However, my music favorites constantly change depending on what projects I’m working on and what is going on in my life. Right now I’m creating a lot of my own music, […]
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Hello readers! Sorry for not posting consistently over the last few weeks; I was working as a pianist at a music summer camp for middle and high schoolers, but now I’m home and ready to get back into my own music-making! This week on the blog, I want to share some of my favorite pieces […]
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Today I want to share a contemporary piece entitled Elastic Harmonic by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy (b. 1970): Elastic Harmonic and Dennehy’s Style Elastic Harmonic is not Einaudi. There isn’t a singable melody or anything really familiar about this piece. While Dennehy uses minimalism as a compositional technique, his works do not follow the “modern-classical-music” style. And after […]
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