Welcome!

Greetings, Music Nerds Everywhere!
Welcome to Miss Music Nerd, where classical music is cool and popular music is taken seriously… but not too seriously. As your host, I will bring you observations, tidbits, ramblings and ruminations about many aspects of music. I’ll report on music events that I attend, and I’ll cover musical goings-on that catch [...]

Announcing: the 30 Days Project

The facts at hand:

I am addicted to the internet.
I have a dissertation to finish, as well as a commission from the San Diego Chamber Orchestra.
My compositional muscles are flabby from disuse.
I need something/someone to whip me into shape.

My proposal:

Starting today, I will write a short piece of music every day for 30 days.
I will record [...]

We’re Here!

Here we are in our new home in suburban Detroit! We got here about a week ago, after a whirlwind road trip from Southern California! We’ll be posting stories of our Detroit adventures on this blog, so stay tuned!
Our current header photo was not taken in Detroit — it’s Piccolo kitty looking out [...]