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Songs My Parents Shared With Me - June Garber

Today is International Women's Day. We're commemorating the annual event with a three-part crackaud.io takeover dedicated to late musical trailblazers. Here, rising star Priya Ragu stitches together an exuberant mix built entirely from Betty Davis songs.

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International Women’s Day: Betty Davis by Priya Ragu

Spring is back at last
This is a song inspired by the snow melting into little droplets and streaming into the pond where the birds are singing and swimming now that spring is back again. A song as if I was Keith Jarrett playing piano accompanied by a dream team made of Charles Mingus at the bass, Jack DeJohnette at the drums, Alex Acuña at the percussions, Jan Garbarek at the soprano sax and Miles Davis at the trumpet. 

Everybody has the right to dream isn’t it?

This is the second song of the future album "The Five Seasons".
The first song in two versions was https://soundcloud.com/user-461764443/sets/summer-is-over-which-version

Music & Production: Syrel 
Photography: Syrel (1993)

Selected by Fresh On The Net as one of the 10 Fresh Fave of the week 447. Thank you guys. You made my day. Cheers
https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2022/05/faves447/

Mixture

Spring is Back at last

This piece for my special man.
Forever Love
The lifetime shared with you, there are no regrets,
The ups and downs we conquered each chapter rolling on.
It only seems like yesterday that our paths just met,
Forever in my heart.
Each sunrise bought a new day, we challenged them all,
A loving family and travel, living life as one,
A new journey is about to begin,
Forever in my heart.

Forever Love

Une Fantaisie Opus 25

I have again the honour and pleasure to share with you a piece by my friend Philippe Blanc, it's part of his album "16 Ans"....
he asked me if I would like to play this piece for him.....a little story goes with it, he had composed this for a girlfriend in his younger years, but never told her about this piece.....
I hope you will like to listen to it, as much as I enjoyed playing it....
To listen to more of his beautiful music please follow this link
@philippe-blanc-546541169

Art picture is by Julie Blake Edison on Unsplash....

Mademoiselle  by Philippe Blanc

Welcome Spring with my Spring Equinox Piano Live: Chopin, Jazz, Originals 
22 March 2025; 3:15 PM PST 
https://youtube.com/live/b8XoMviHldA

22 March Newsletter:
https://www.sharonelainechen.com/so/dcPM_tkJs?languageTag=en
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Pre-save: 28 March: Dream of the Wild Rose (Piano Trio)
https://gyro.to/DreamoftheWildRose

Pre-save 4 April: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (version 3)
https://gyro.to/331518ADreamIsaWishYourHeartMakes


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Part of my Disney album/EP Happily Ever After: 
When You Wish Upon a Star (Jazz)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Classical)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Swing Jazz)
New! A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (version 3) comes in April! 

Links in linktree: https://linktr.ee/sharonchenmusic

Upcoming in March! Pre-Saves: Dream of the Wild Rose (Piano Trio); part of my Chinese-inspired album, The Five Elements... The 5 elements are primordial, essential organic foundations of Chinese philosophy which tie in nature with the universe: water, metal, fire, earth, wood. This album is either Asian-type music or Western music with Chinese philosophy, landscapes, poetry, literature behind the music. https://gyro.to/DreamoftheWildRose

I am not always around because of chronic health issues, sorry for the delay..Hear me play live on YouTube..

Happily Ever After

Someday My Prince Will Come

Someday My Prince Will Come: Piano Cover from Disney's Snow White

{Dream of the Wild Rose}

In a hidden valley, where mist swirls in circling clouds 
a wild rose bloomed by still waters..
rooted deep in the earth, She dreamt of 
the little piece of sky which she could call her own.

"O wandering wind," she whispered, 
"carry me beyond the jade mountains, 
where rivers weave like dragon’s breath and the moon rests upon rippling waters."

A firefly, drifting by, paused to greet her.. 
"I will be your wings, your eyes, your legs
Night after night, he returned, 
speaking of gardens enshrined in clouds.. 
of cranes rising over pine-clad peaks, 
of lotus petals drifting above mirrored lakes.
Though the rose had never left the earth s
he had vividly wandered through mountains and rivers.. 
through the silence of time..
until one autumn morning, the firefly did not return..
Yet Rose did not grieve. 
She had traveled far, in her shared adventures and dreams. 
Beneath the sky’s endless reach  
She stood, a crimson brushstroke against the vast sunset.

~SEC

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From The Five Elements album - Chinese-inspired poetic landscapes and philosophy..

New!! Spring Raindrops 春雨如情 EP ☔️ releases 18 April. Pre-save/listen link in bio. 
Spotify Countdown Spring Raindrops EP:
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/537b6awORQPStigetrQb8c?si=680e845e2ea74fa4
https://gyro.to/SpringRaindrops

Happy Easter Week! 🐣

Upcoming YouTube: (links in 14 April newsletter)

🎹19 April, 2:45 PM PST: Someday My Prince Will Come (swing jazz) full piano performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b9-Po1Ub1M 

🎹19 April, 5 PM PST: Easter Piano Live: Quiet and Uplifting Piano Music (X, YT, Insta, FB, LinkedIn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3I1rFskT4w

🌼14 April  newsletter: https://sharonelainechen.com/so/f8POrND4f?languageTag=en 

Follow @sharonchenmusic for lives, originals, performances, covers.. 


The Five Elements

Dream of the Wild Rose 野玫瑰之夢

Dream of the Wild Rose 野玫瑰之夢 (Piano Trio)

REWRITE MY HEART (demo). A heartfelt prayer for renewal, this song asks for brokenness to be healed and life to be rewritten with hope, grace, and strength. The lyrics move from shadows to light, weaving themes of forgiveness, courage, and restoration—anchored in the refrain, “Only You can rewrite my life, only You can rewrite my heart.”

The reflection behind the song reminds us that true strength doesn’t come from pride or possessions, but from building character and pursuing values that outlast society’s illusions. At its core, this track is about transformation—choosing hope, depth, and eternal meaning over the fleeting treasures of this world.

Rewrite

Rewrite (demo)

Good Love 2.0

Classically Trained in Guitar, Singer-Songwriter, Educator, Speaker, Published Writer. 

Victor fell in love with the guitar during his high school years.  His live solo performances attracted the attention of many.  Within a few years he was playing guitar and bass in bands at dance clubs in New York City.
 
A turn of events led him to study music at a conservatory in New England.  Besides the traditional course work in music theory and 20th Century composition, he studied classical  guitar and took piano and voice lessons. During this time he gained experience in choral work; he toured with the school choir and orchestra performing throughout the USA.

Over the years he has had the privilege of performing at notable places such as St. Bartholomew's, Willard Chapel (Auburn, NY), Battle Creek Tabernacle (MI), General Conference Chapel (MD), World Trade Center (Boston, MA), Women's Christian Temperance Union (Watertown, NY, Chapter), public parks, Protestant congregations and at an international interfaith convention in Washington, D.C.

In the 2000s Victor toured with the Pro Arts International Choir as a musical feature, performing with the Gypsy Rebels (profile picture) at Disneyworld (FL), Disneyland (CA), Museum of Latin American Art (CA), La Sierra University (CA), and Atlantic Union College (MA). He directed the first Classical Guitar Clinic for Pine Tree Academy for two years (ME).  He has also had the honor of having been invited for a private performance in honor of Jennifer Smith, the former Premier of Bermuda (1998-2003).

Later Victor toured New England with Bill Malia, a Christian recording artist, and performed at Soulfest 2007, the largest Christian music gathering in Gunstock Mountain, New Hampshire.  In the Midwest, he has performed in La Porte, Indiana  and two appearances at Andrews University Classical Seminary Series.  In Canada he has performed in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. 

Until this day, his performances have been heard at live concerts or private settings.  Currently he is working on recording his first album featuring his original compositions.  It is scheduled to be out by the spring of 2019. In the meantime, enjoy his demo work on SoundCloud.

Rewrite (demo)

Victor Pryr