Music That Moves ME Memories

Hello, I discovered the French born pianist Helene Grimaud from listening to a program that featured her not only as a musician but as a conservationist…

A few years ago I was traveling in California and became stranded on New Year’s Eve by flooding in the Napa Valley. We had hoped to fly home that night…

The last several years I have had the opportunity to perform with Kevin Siegfried’s Portsmouth Singers as part of the Maine Festival of American Music at…

A lot of music moves me, but in some of my best moments I am an activist and music that moves me the most is activist. The folksinger Jim Page hails from…

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This past Spring, I attended a symposium on WWII at the local senior college. My parents were part of the “Greatest Generation” and I was hoping to gain…

My husband Michael died suddenly at age 36 in a diving accident on December 6th 2003. Music had always been a huge part of my life and our relationship.…

Story about Hugo Alfven who composed Three Swedish Rhapsodies. This story is about Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 Welcome, Mr. Alfven… Growing up, I would hum a…

My mother died in 2008 after a long heroic battle with a rare form of parathyroid cancer. She never seemed discouraged or depressed by her fate and lived…

Music that moves me: La Momma Morta from Andrea Chenier When I was 25, my mother was dying. I had never lived through the death of someone close to me. I…