Growing up in the 1970s, I studied piano and solfege with a French woman named Mlle. Yvonne Combe, who was a student at Paris Conservatory from 1905-1908 when four famous French composers were alive and Fauré was director of the conservatoire. She emigrated to America and founded The French School of Music in Plainfield, NJ in 1927.

Many alumni performed in Carnegie Recital Hall as children, attended top notch conservatories, became professional artists and composers, taught in conservatories, and sang in blockbuster films, cultivating a lifelong relationship of joy with music.

It took us decades to grasp how powerful her teaching methodology was and why, and this methodology is now available online.

Non-fiction: How Do I Become An Unstoppable Musician? Vol. 1 of 3. Fiction: short stories and cozy mysteries upcoming. Creator of the Unstoppable Musicianship Bootcamp, pianist, composer, and former technologist.

Grew up in NJ, lived in Tampa FL, Birmingham AL, and Jersey City NJ. Currently lives in Phoenix AZ.