Amy – Page 2 – Ten Thousand Stars

All or Nothing

I’m afraid, like many people, I have a rather binary, all or nothing……

Summer of Inhabiting the Rests

Some of my students have discovered a whole new meaning to the concept of…

Practice Holes

In March. I played a piece for one of Matt’s choirs called Songstream by Alice…

The Amaryllis

No matter what happens, I’ve always known I was inheriting the amaryllis.…

Over the Boat

Composer Alice Parker tells this story about the years when she was working…

79 Letters: A Crisis of Practice

In retrospect, I believe it started with the purse. In late February my mother…

Basketball Fingers

“So, do you know what today is?” I asked the unsuspecting student who was…

You Garden

It is the time of year when I am facing an entire garden in need of pruning.…

Movable Do

I should start with a disclaimer: I love the French. I love France, a country…

Sun Salutations

One day last summer, during one of those hour-long yoga flow classes, I…