Original Compositions

WHAT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC !! I loved every minute of it….so peaceful and restful. You have done a great service to people who need serenity in their lives. It just causes the stress to melt away. Thank you for this lovely effort.

Thank you for sending me your new CD. I can’t believe it has been 30 years since you were my piano student. What an accomplishment this album is. I found the pieces very meditative and reflective. The pieces on the album all tie together nicely and their melodies all convey a sense of serenity and peace.

A copy of your CD found its way to me. I have listened to your music several times already. This morning, as I drove to work alone with your tranquil melodies – letting it take me places – letting the notes seep in, I felt tranquil. Your music is beautiful.

…please don’t ask me to pick a ‘favorite’…the entire CD is like a big bowl of ice cream (my favorite food) with 13 different, wonderfully delectable flavors!!!!! Yummy for the heart and soul…. I took a three hour road trip Friday afternoon and listened to it the entire time….Bless you, for sharing your ‘gift’…….

I was so moved by your CD. I am a massage therapist and I played it while I was giving a massage and was overwhelmed by how moving and inspiring the melodies were to me. The music became a partnership with me as I worked with my client during their massage session. I listen to relaxing music all the time during my sessions with my clients, but I have never been so moved and impacted personally by music as I was by the music on your CD. The pieces truly took me to a place of “tranquility and peace”. Thank you for sharing the music that you have created.

I just finished listening to your CD for the first time. I envision your CD being played at a wedding, or background music in a restaurant. The piece entitled Echoes surprised me with the solo cello introduction played setting a reflective tone to the piece. I could see this piece as part of a movie score as it seems to lead the listener on a journey of some sort. You are a lady of awesome talent. You did a magnificent job in composing and playing these pieces.

I just listened to your CD and it brought tears to my eyes. The pieces are so moving and inspiring.

I have a crazy imagination — I am very moved by certain types of music (especially yours) and I see vivid pictures in my head sometimes when I let my mind go. My dreams are often like movies — sometimes I don’t ever want to wake up. Your music has the ability to put me into a “dream-like state,” where I feel many of the same powerful emotions I do in my dreams. Only music that reaches deep down into the core of a person and touches their psyche can do that — and your music does. Thank you for sharing your God-given talents with the world for us to enjoy. I can’t wait to hear more music from you!

Your song “Tranquility” reminded me of a love song–remembering someone you love, exchanging wedding vows, pledging your love to someone very dear. The hint of oboe adds the right touch of seriousness. Reverence. The peaceful, soothing violin adds a touch of sweetness and steadiness.

I played Cynthia’s music when I was care giving for an elderly client who was a former pianist. She was almost 90 years old, confined to the bed, and with no strength, even to feed herself. But when I played Cynthia’s music, this lovely lady lifted her hands, and the two of us “air played” the piano in time with the recording. It is a beautiful memory for me.

I just listened to your album and in the song “Echoes”, the melancholy violin sounds like it’s crying. Brings to mind barren, burnt fields that used to be green, mist or fog rolling over once emerald hills — something tragic happened in this once beautiful land —now it’s desolate and isolated. The mournful cello sounds like desperation. Someone must make a difficult decision. Taking a long, arduous journey. The fluttery parts of the piano going up and down the scale are like flashbacks to a happier time, but the sad, serious violin says it’s time to leave this barren.

Your song Echoes surprised me with its introduction not being played on the piano. It sounded rather sad and reflective.

I can see the piece “Echoes” as background music in a movie where the forlorn heartbroken girl is missing her beloved as she plays the piano. She gets lost in the memories and dreams of what could have been. And the pauses are like, well the first one is like her catching herself so lost in thought. The second one is like her choking back emotion. The ending is like either where she just can’t go on playing, remembering. or where he walks in the room, coming back to her. A very “Jane Austin” scene.

I love this song. ”Lavender Fields. “Nature, spring, new life, ocean waves swelling up and down, wind blowing across expansive fields, tall grass and lavender flowers waving in the wind. At the end, a butterfly slowly comes out of her cocoon and flutters off into the wind. She flies across the lavender fields, celebrating her new life and God’s creation around her.

Your song, “Hope for Spring” brought to mind someone trying to overcome obstacles. Struggling, but hopeful. A once dormant spring bulb slowly pushes its way up through the cold, hard ground, reaches toward the sunlight, grows tall and begins to flourish into a beautiful, colorful flower.

I live in Vermont and was very drawn to your song entitled “Snowfall in Vermont.” It made me think of looking out the window on a cold, crisp winter morning, Crystal white sheets of ice glimmer in the morning sunlight. There is a frozen lake. Snow is floating down from the sky — I think of the delicate, intricate lace patterns of a snowflake — each one unique. I envision a ballerina or a figure skater gracefully making figure eights on the frozen lake. She is contemplating, waiting. Twirling, skating. The part where the piano harmonizes with itself is like two people skating in unison together.

Your song, “The Search “made me think of going on a long journey, not sure where you are going, but seeking something meaningful and purposeful in life. The notes going up and down the keyboard are like a weary traveler on her horse, meandering up and down, over peaks and valleys, wandering across distant hills in a vast, unknown wilderness.