Deeann D. Mathews
Writer, composer-arranger, pianist, singer, and eater of kiwifruit with the peel
Ever Upward, with Some Careful Window Shopping Along the Way (Charles Koechlin, William Baines, Gounod, Bach, Liszt)
Some time ago, I wrote about my love of Shepard Tones here in Q-Inspired (you probably remember that, @mipiano!) but they can have strange effects on other people in their pure form. Nevertheless,
Living and Walking Upward through Beautifully Impermanent Spaces (Debussy, Hugo Wolf, Civilla Martin and Charles Gabriel, Schubert, Irving Berlin)
I never could get into the idea that Debussy's "Clair de Lune" was about a romantic scene, and at last YouTube served me up a pianist who read the poem Debussy read that inspired the music ... thi
Motivational Mondays: Setting Boundaries Can Be Fun for Everyone Involved (Or At Least, Can Be Handled with Kindness)
As I was out observing the glories of summer on Buena Vista Hill and walking home down one of its residential sides, I passed a door that had a sign you do not see every day, highlighted by the
Walking As a Gift of Love on Highways from Moonlight Nights to Mountain Valleys and National Parks (Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Schubert, Strauss)
Recently there have been several beautiful clear nights in San Francisco with a waxing moon, and YouTube somehow managed to get all my favorite European operatic basses and bass-centered choir pi
