by Jenny Peters | Apr 29, 2025 | Children and Music, Creativity, Music Lessons
A 12-Bar Blues Tune with Heart, Soul, and the Golden Rule This week in ukulele class, something magical happened — our students wrote an original blues song! 🎸 And not just any song… a 12-bar blues inspired by the Golden Rule. The results? Absolutely amazing. 💫 We...
by Jenny Peters | Feb 11, 2025 | Media Appearances
I recently had the incredible opportunity to be a guest on the Black Soul Music Experience Podcast, hosted by the talented Samuel Wilson Jr. For those of you who might not be familiar with him, Samuel is a DJ and music historian based in New York City. He’s known for...
by Jenny Peters | Nov 14, 2024 | Adults and Music, Creativity, Jenny's Live Performances
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a fiddle workshop in Massachusetts, where some of the legends of the genre—like Darol Anger and Jay Ungar, the composer of Ashokan Farewell—were present. This beautiful piece opens Ken Burns’ The Civil War series and was...
by Jenny Peters | Nov 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
It is a “Fall on outstretched hand.” And it hurts. I fell in front of my house when I tripped over a gap in the sidewalk. I tore the rotator cuff of my right arm. Right now I’m navigating our medical system. And I’m waiting for my doctor’s advice. My doctors said: No...
