MUSIC
Click HERE to hear MUSICAL BEARS, my original song for children and a Finalist in the 2025 Great American Song Contest!
Original children’s song RAINY DAY PARADE was a Semifinalist in the 2025 International Songwriting Competition! (link coming). Heaps of thanks to creative and multifaceted musician/writer/artist Nicole Jolly for sharing her peppy voice and great ideas :-)
Click HERE to hear PEPPERMINT PARADISE, my original holiday song and a Finalist in the 23rd Annual Great American Song Contest! Oodles of gratitude to silky-voiced singer Kelsey Bentz :-)
ABOUT MY MUSIC
As a piano-kid growing up, I never dreamed I'd have a chance to make a living in music. When I moved West in the 1990s, I was hired to edit famous pianists’ recordings to be played back on modern-day player pianos in restaurants, hotels and hospitals all over the world. It was rewarding and satisfying work and had the bonus of introducing me to my engineer husband, who designed the piano electronic systems. Together, we've since restored an old-timey player piano from pedals to lid and raised two smart and musical sons who are basically mashups of their parents.
I left my musical journey while raising kids, but when my sons were in high school, I returned to the piano and started composing. My musical sensibilities are most influenced by my favorite classical composers, and my desire to make music that creates relaxing, restorative spaces is most likely influenced by having shared the past twenty years with a houseful of high-energy boys and men.
Besides placing in a few songwriting competitions, I’ve written lyrics and melodies for pop and folk performers, including this favorite for Jameson Tabor, and I’ve had contemplative instrumental music placed in UK music library, Dodged a Bullet. I’m currently focused on composing music for children.
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VIDEO
A couple of characters I’ve created for other people’s projects. Silly? Why, yes, they are!
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