Songwriting sometimes requires that we crack open those parts of ourselves that we’ve fortified over the years. When we chisel the first...

I bet you know the feeling: You meet someone who simply understands what you do and why you do it. For me, a first meeting at a coffee...

“Wow, you’re shorter than I thought!” exclaimed one middle school teacher. “You’re taller than I realized! And I'm even wearing heels!” I...

"I never fit inside the box they said was made for me." This is the first line of a song I started a few years ago. I was working at the...

Songwriting allows us to communicate, to connect, to feel and to learn. Just as novel and essay writers often don’t know exactly what...

This crazy, pandemic-fueled school year has come to a close, and I can finally sit back and reflect on what it meant for me and for the...

My original songs often write themselves – at the start. Those initial sparks come from many different places. Sometimes, they start with...

In the spring of 2019, I was selected to be the lead teaching artist for the Lullaby Project. When I read the job posting, my heart...