Award-winning classical pianist specializing in the music of Maurice Ravel. First duo in the world with soprano Kristina Cook to perform the complete art songs of Ravel at Carnegie Hall, and release an album of the same titled “Ravel: All of It.” Curator of Whimsical Birdsong, the concert series dedicated to presenting the complete piano-inclusive works of Ravel. Each concert performed is carefully programmed to create the most meaningful experience for the listener, whether that includes a variety of complimentary instrumentations or composers, or purely presents Ravel. Also the founder of the concert series Piano at Noon, the only regular classical concert series in her hometown of Peekskill, NY.
I am a Mefford!! While I'm far from being a concert pianist, I majored in piano and music education at the University of Kentucky. I taught string orchestra in fayette County public schools in Lexington. I'm curious to know if your ancestors came from Germany.