Musically speaking

So, there you have what's been going on photographically around here (and in Montana; we spent a week in Whitefish with William's parents about a month ago). And now for some musical updates:

-William played a solo guitar recital in September at a local library, it was magnificent. He's scheduling a small Northwest tour for February and, even as I type this, is meeting up with another guitarist in town in the hopes of putting together some guitar duo performances. His thoughts can be found over here on his guitar blog and his recordings can be found on his website.

-I've been playing with a violinist and a cellist as the Protea Piano Trio - we started rehearsing in May and performed our first concert at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham in mid-October. We have two more performances scheduled for mid-November as well. It's difficult music but not impossible, and it is SO MUCH FUN to not be a solo pianist right now. I've spent a lot of time thinking about the social aspects of Irish music vs. the isolation of classical, and I just might have found the best of both worlds in chamber music. We sound like this.

-And, we are playing Irish music every Sunday night in Bellingham and thinking about recording a CD. More on that later, probably...