Hi Friends,
We’re coming towards the end of summer. I just managed to take a good long vacation in New Hampshire and am now headed back to Brooklyn.
Right before I left for vacation I did a concert of new music with a really exceptional band led by Gabriele Chakarji. The core members of this group are Venezuelan and we performed some Venezuelan traditional rhythms that were brand new to me. The concert was of the live stream variety and you can see it here.
The fall semester will be starting in a week or so. I have learned a lot about remote teaching in the last 5 months and I look forward to applying everything I’ve leaned to my NYU, New School and private students. I have taken on some high school age students at this time which is a younger age than I have taught before. They are all very talented and committed and I have devised a program that fits them and also caters to individual needs and requests. I still have 3 spaces open for the fall so if you want to study privately with me or have any questions about private lessons just reply to this mail.
My Bandcamp page is fully set up now. Most of my catalogue is available there. On Sept 4 Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share to help artists get through the Covid crisis so if you buy stuff on that day I will get 100% of sales.
This last thing is a bit rough around the edges and honestly I have reservations about sharing it. I decided to anyway because I love the lyrics that Judi Jackson wrote to this song. I thought some of you might appreciate seeing my process more than just the finished project. I have been using this Covid time to really study and get better at piano. I’ve even been taking lessons! Next for me will be vocal lessons perhaps.
Stay safe everyone and thanks for your continued support.
Ari
