Speaking of being in two places at once...

I'm sure it was a great concert, but I honestly can't say how great it was just yet... not until I listen to my recording of it :-)

I set it all up, did a sound check, made sure it sounds the way I think it should sound

Rajung is Doctoral student at University of Michigan where she studies with Arthur Greene. We met last spring when I was recording The University of Michigan Chopin Project concerts at Britton Recital Hall in Ann Arbor. She won quite a few important competitions including the Ibla Grand Prize and

Sangmi is back!!!

This time with a Russian crew - Scriabin and Rachmaninov. This project turns into a hell of a recording! Can't wait to hear the final result.

Sangmi knows how to work with my piano, and she loves the instrument, and the instrument loves her back and obeys her beautifully

Shiho came to finish up the project from last week's recording session. I think the whole thing turned out quite well, and Shiho was genuinely impressed and happy with my work. That always makes me glad!

Sangmi is a Doctoral student at MSU College of Music studying with Deborah Moriarty. She needed to record a few pieces for a competition CD. She is a powerful pianist and a lot of fun to work with.

Sangmi would not let me take her picture this time, but promised to be ready for her closeup next week when she comes to finish up this project. :-)

Marilyn Mason opened our 2007-08 Fine Arts season with a concert on Molly Grove Chapel's Casavant tracker organ. She is a wonderful musician, of course, but she also turned out to be quite an entertainer with a marvelous sense of humor. She was talking about composers and their works, as well

Folias are recording their third CD on Blue Griffin label - this time the whole CD of original music about water, including their marvelous Lake Superior Suite. This is going to be a very uniusual release that we hope will be their best yet!

Here is a picture of Carmen and Andrew recording

That was a day!

I started with editing for "Joyful Noise" CD of the pianist Juyeon Kang from Orange City, Iowa, that we recorded in early August. It is going to be a marvelous CD with a great program (Bach, Haydn, Brahms, Debussy, Scriabin... does it get any better than that?). Juyeon is a great pianist with wonderful technique that doesn't get in the way of her musicality.

Shiho is Michigan State University College of Music student, and she wanted to record the program that she is playing for her recital this coming Sunday. The program includes Betthoven's Sonata, Liszt's Funeral March and Schumann's Davidsbundler Dances (both books!!!). Quite a program!

I always thought that recording yourself before an important performance is very helpful, and

Lani Smith is an master student in oboe performance at Michigan State studying with Jan Eberle. She heeded to record a few excerpts, oboe soloes from large orchestral works.

Lani has a beautiful round sound and impecable intonation and I think I managed to capture it well with a pair of Schoeps