Sarabande! That's us!
Here's a photo of Cindy and me taken just before our concert in Vermont, August 2nd.
This was our fourth summer performing together as Sarabande. We have finally found our favorite performance space, the lovely Community Room at the Richmond Free Library, just the right size for us and the most beautiful, rich, warm Kawai grand ever. The seats for the audience? Folding chairs with leather seats and backs--yes, leather! There are also a few very comfy leather couches and big chairs in the back of the room. It's just a perfect space for us and we enjoyed this year's concert more than any of the previous summers' efforts.

One thing we discovered this year that helped us, too, is that we don't have to stress ourselves out. True, it's classical music and yes, there is a certain amount of technical difficulty to what we choose to play, but if we just relax and enjoy every moment--from choosing the repertoire, rehearsing, planning, writing the program notes, rehearsing, more rehearsing, and finally performing--we have such a good time. That's how we did it this year and it showed in our music.

I hope to be able to link you to our new website soon (it's still under construction). We'll have soundbytes and such there, maybe here too (I have to ask Cindy's permission first!).

Oh, for those of you who don't know us, Sarabande is a chamber music duo made up of Cindy (left, in the photo) and me. We were little girls growing up together in the '60s and older (wilder!) girls being teenagers together in the '70s in Vermont, and now we're friends all these years later. Cindy plays both flute and piano (but not both at the same time, giggle) and I'm a pianist.

Hope the photo shows up ok. We look fairly relaxed, huh?