Music enhances my connection to humanity.  I process the world around me, and honor my dreams, by creating and playing music. What does it mean to love? To be afraid? To protest injustice? An infinite world of questions can be explored and revealed through music. Putting it together and putting it out there requires bravery, and trust between the creator and the listener. I measure the impact of performances and concerts by how deeply I can share and project music to an audience, and how they engage with it. Profound emotions can run free. Humor can heal.

A collection of songs based on Carl Jung’s Theory of “Shadow Work” Includes Staten Island spoken word artists

I come from a musical family,  rooted in country western and folk music traditions. I love composing and mixing folk, soft rock, and chill. My dad was a musician and guitarist whose spirit echoes inside of me even now in some of my stylistic choices and my approach to writing and playing music. Intellectually and emotionally,  my material engages with family, relationships, and world events. The kaleidoscope of humanity.

We Got This - While I and many musicians face the challenges of the pandemic, we are still inspired in this period of semi-isolation to create, collaborate, and share music through new creative processes and methods. Covid and its multi-layered, profound impact on our lives have inspired these songs. We are all coping with feelings of loss, fragmentation, and confusion, but these traumatic times have also been the springboard to greater awareness and sensitivity, and toward using our time to lead meaningful lives. Although hatred and chaos have long been on display, especially magnified in 2020, this project has reflected our community’s ability to reconnect and to strive toward a soul-filled life. Writing music has always helped me to become more aware. Music gives me a platform to connect with others and move beyond these difficult times.

This project was funded in part by a DCA Art Fund Grant from Staten Island Arts with public funding from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

“We Got This” - video projections - (shown the night of the show)

My ideas unfold organically, and I challenge myself  to learn about and incorporate new elements. I set out to stimulate moods and images for the listener, especially when I am moved by new experiences such as a cinematic journey with a specific POV that resonates. I pay attention to issues that compel me (from women’s rights to Jungian psychology) to create music that is engaging and complex; that investigates diverse topics and meanings; and that develops powerful connections between the musician and the audience. If some word or note touches the soul of each listener, then music can lift us – even if briefly – out of isolation, and we can share this human journey.

I am not afraid to write and play music reflecting my experiences and feelings in life. In this way, the personal can become universal through my artistry.  I perform with conviction and collaborate with integrity. I aim to inspire and uplift people. Music is in my DNA, and I answer the call

Video Performances

Time Capsule