Concert at the Herrick Library tomorrow!

Check out Thursday's press article!

February Brown Bag -- A Huge Hit!

Congratulations, Brent and James!

YAY for Brent and James for this brilliant news write-up!

Jerome Lowenthal Master Class @ Hope College

What a fantastic master class! Program:

Sally VanderPloeg: Chopin, Fourth Ballade
John Donkersloot: Mendelssohn, Song Without Words Op. 19 no.1
Brent Smith: Schumann, Papillons

Many, many thanks to the Hope College Music Department and to the Patrons for the Arts for helping us to bring Lowenthal to Hope. What an enormously valuable opportunity for our students and community!

Lowenthal is Performing at Hope!

For some reason, it doesn't say anywhere on this article that this man was my teacher at Juilliard! Lowenthal was an enormous influence in my life, and was largely responsible for many of my pianistic and personal idiosyncrasies. We're lucky that I was able to persuade him to come to little ol' Holland, Michigan. :)

http://www.hollandsentinel.com/features/x1793483137/Pianist-Jerome-Lowenthal-to-perform-at-Hope

Congrats to Brent and James!

WOW! Brent won the GRYSO concerto competition!! And, James got runner-up!! Huge congrats, you two! I'm fantastically proud of you both! :) :) :)

Thanks, John D, for posting THIS excellent article on Facebook!

Good luck to Brent and James this Saturday at the GRYSO Concerto Competition! Saint-Saëns' G-minor and Chopin F-minor...can't go wrong either way, right? :)

Day One Hundred

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