Dima and Mozart: R. I. P.

I set out to write about Mozart because Friday, January 27, 2012, was his 256th birthday.  As a good classically trained musician, I’m supposed to highly value these sorts of things and pay homage to the monuments of musical evolution.  However, as I started doing some research for this piece, fully planning on fulfilling my promise for…

My Husband’s Not on Etsy. Yet.

While I’m on a role with plugging family art products and giving you gift ideas for the fast-approaching Valentine’s Day, here is a suggestion. This CD was recorded by a guy I know, and it is really beautiful music. Massif Trio Plays Shumann, Schubert, and Strauss. German art songs that were originaly written for voice…

A Year of New

Officially starting this new blog now. Nathan’s site is going to be more focused on his professional activities, and this site will have a little different flavor. As this new year is beginning, we have many aspirations and many feelings of “newness.” A new career.  No, I haven’t returned to my childhood dream of being…