Always good to play the folk fest in the depths of winter! Such an important time to feel connected through community and music. All 9 performers had played in previous years too! Since my last post, many students also participated in a winter recital at the Wilda Marston Theater in December 2023 but I forgot to take photos ..read more

The Nave is a wonderful community space in Spenard and turned out to be a great place to host our fiddle/ guitar jam session this past September! Very spacious indeed, we had a beginner jam that slowly morphed into an advanced jam. Excited to do more of these next summer on our studio lawn ..read more

This photo was from way back in May but I’m just now getting around to posting it. Another great recital with Kat Moore at the Wendy Williamson ..read more

It felt good to be back in the Wilda Marston Theatre sharing music! Proud of them all for braving the stage to share a song, whether for the first time or what felt like the first time again ..read more

I’m quite proud of this showcase we were able to create here in Anchorage with the help of a great sound engineer, Lucy Peckham, and videographer, Alex Troutman! It was for the annual ArtsNW booking conference held a few weeks ago in Spokane, WA ..read more

The last of the Spenard Yard sessions! It was fun stretching out in the new yard and playing together this summer! The Super Saturated Sugar Strings had a great time playing at the Palmer Alehouse the following night. Not sure what the winter recital will look like this year, in the meantime, stay safe everyone ..read more

First porch jam of the year! It was small but so nice to hear students playing together in real time. Looking forward to the next one, Friday July 16th! Thanks for breaking in the '“porch” guys and gals ..read more

Incredible to watch these amazing young violinists virtually this year ..read more

A song-gram is a song you write for someone as a gift. We’ll be working on these this month using prompts provided by students. The goal is to generate art by turning a written prompt into a musical idea. The twist is that the art is about and for someone else, you are sharing your musical ideas as a creative gift. The songs could turn out all sorts of ways but it’s a way to connect us in a language we could all get better at speaking, music. Sharing that is what it’s all about ..read more

We premiered this live on YouTube a few weeks ago for our virtual recital. So proud of these 15 students, ages 5-19, who navigated and submitted multiple recordings of themselves to metronomes and backing tracks without knowing what the final product would sound like! This was a new collaboration aspect to our second virtual recital this year. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year ..read more