Oona Grady

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As promised, I'm feeling a bit chatty these days and am trying to keep this newsletter coming out somewhat regularly (monthly-ish).  Here in mid-May I find myself looking forward to playing some music tonight at the Cock…

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As I wrap up celebrating my birthday month, I have a lot to be grateful for. I get to spend my days making music and sharing it with others; pursuing creative ideas in visual art, cooking, gardening,…

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We've made it past Imbolc and St. Brigid's Day (aka Feb 1), marking halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, and I'm starting to notice additional daylight each day.  Plus, here in NYS we finally…

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Last time I wrote I was trying to convince myself that it was still summer.  But with last week's snow and the frosty mornings lately, I'm coming round to believing it's winter.  Well, technically still autumn.  But…

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And with that, it's September!  I'm sure you're all feeling it - the cool evenings, the earlier sunset, a shift in daily activities.  You might be thinking that summer is over, BUT! the equinox isn't until the…

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Reporting in from GrassRoots Culture Camp and Festival.  Such a special week!  We're only a day and a half in, but my time has been chock full of sitting in on fantastic classes, playing music, visiting with…

Hello friends - tagging on last week's message to let you know that I just posted July dates for pop up lessons, in case you are interested.

July 2nd, 9th, & 30th.  All the details are here.

If you…

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I've got lots to tell you - the tl:dr* of it all is:

• won't you please fill out my Media Accessibility Assessment (ie. how do you listen to music?)
• I'm doing a lot of teaching - read all…

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Has it really been four months since I've written one of these, an Oona Notes?  I've been doing quite a bit musically and I have a lot I want to tell you.  But also, there's so much wrong…

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Happy New Year!  I hope you found a chance to rest and renew at some point in the last few weeks, and also got your fill of cheery times.  Though the weather has dipped cold, and I find…

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I've been reflecting lately on this past year, and all the fantastic music making I've gotten to do, trying to find the throughline of what makes this crazy life work (for me!).  I think it comes down to…

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Amid these particularly tense times, on this first early dark evening of Standard Time, I'd like to talk to you a little bit about learning music.  What could be better to help us through?!

First - this is…

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As they* say, life's an adventure - and I can attest that the musical life certainly is.  Recently, through music, I've gotten to go sailing in a ~100 wooden ship off the coast of Maine, take a day…

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It's been a while - or maybe this is your first message from me. 

If so, allow me to introduce myself: I am a musician, teacher, artist, organizer, and life long learner.  I chose that last title because…