Check it out: the emerald city, urban hubbub, etc.

Last weekend I performed a recital at the Seattle Town Hall. Seattle—the birthplace of grunge and Starbucks, and the site of numerous tech company headquarters—is such a wonderful city! I enjoyed fish of the freshest quality, beautiful views, and warm hospitality. Here I am in front of the famed Space Needle:



February has been an exciting month so far, in addition to the Superbowl (which I unfortunately missed as I was on a flight from Seattle) and Super Tuesday (though I refrain from touting my political views, I must say that this is one thrilling race!). I am currently preparing for a concert at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. On Tuesday evening I will be performing Berio's Linea and Steve Reich's City Life with my fantastic Ensemble ACJW colleagues. I'm thoroughly enjoying rehearsals and I'm loving these revolutionary works of the 20th-century repertoire. I'm particularly having a ball on the keyboard in the Reich piece—this is my chance to play samples of car alarms, slamming doors, motors, and other city noises throughout, as well as a relentless riff on "It's been a honeymoon!" in the positively jammin', techno-like central movement. If you're in NYC, come to the concert and "check it out" [which is, incidentally, one of the main speech samples of City Life].