...to the exquisite solo piano music of New Mexico composer Kathleen Ryan.
Music that goes deep, that gets into the heart of things, into your heart ... music that comes from such a still place that it seems to be singing a song that you yourself know and forgot that you know ... music that comforts and inspires at the same time — that’s the solo piano music of Kathleen Ryan.
For Kathleen, music is a doorway to silence. Creating a new piano solo has more to do with listening than with playing or writing. The music comes from the silence, not from the sounds. And such music leads back to silence again.
And what do these piano solos end up sounding like?
Maybe classical: Something Water, Something Light
Or hymns: A Handfull of Quietness
Or folk songs: Simple Love
Touched with blues: All the Pretty Little Horses
And new age: First Only Whisper
Or, combining them all: What the Stars Saw on the Prairie
In short, this exquisite piano music arrives in any style. Listen to more samples of Kathleen’s solos, and choose your own descriptor!
Upcoming Performances
Sunday, March 14, 9:20 am & 10:50 am. First Unitarian, 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE (corner of Carlisle and Comanche), Albuquerque, NM. Kathleen will provide special music for the morning church services.
Newest Release
Under the Greenwood Tree, Kathleen’s newest CD of piano solos can be purchased at CDBaby or by mail order!
Here’s what Kathy Parsons at MainlyPiano.com had to say about Kathleen’s new recording:
“Under the Greenwood Tree is Kathleen Ryan’s third solo piano release, and it’s my favorite so far. ... Ryan’s musical voice is uniquely her own. With the creative goal of making the piano “sing” with the expression of the human voice, some of these twelve pieces are lyrical while others are more improvisational; the emotional content is always conveyed passionately and honestly.”
Read the entire review here.
For Kathleen, music is a doorway to silence. Creating a new piano solo has more to do with listening than with playing or writing. The music comes from the silence, not from the sounds. And such music leads back to silence again.
And what do these piano solos end up sounding like?
Maybe classical: Something Water, Something Light
Or hymns: A Handfull of Quietness
Or folk songs: Simple Love
Touched with blues: All the Pretty Little Horses
And new age: First Only Whisper
Or, combining them all: What the Stars Saw on the Prairie
In short, this exquisite piano music arrives in any style. Listen to more samples of Kathleen’s solos, and choose your own descriptor!