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UPCOMING PIANO PERFORMANCES
Friday, October 3, 2025
Friday, December 5, 2025
Friday, April 10, 2026
Friday, June 5, 2026
All performances will take place at:
Grace Presbyterian Church
Walnut Creek, Calif.
7:30 p.m.
Piano Composers Group
Music videos of my piano works can be found on Youtube at the links below. My Youtube handle is @terravitamedia.
Prelude in Tree Minor
An inspiring celebration of the beauty and magical presence of trees in our lives. Redwood, sycamore, birch, and more.
Meditation #1
Enter into the beauty and grandeur of our Universe through images and a meditative piano solo. A video to remind us of our deeper connections and larger reality during a stressful and divisive time.
Spring Eternal
A musical offering for stressful times based on Earth’s powers of renewal.
NEW ESSAYS
Prairie Heart
A Paean to the Open Plains
Magnificent Pedigree
A Paean to Our Deepest Ancestral Roots
Originally entitled “Self as Ancestor,” this essay explores how we become ancestors to future generations through cultivation of the Self. And how our most ancient ancestors, even the stars themselves, power that lineage. (Published in Parabola Vol. 47 No.2., Summer 2022.)
Toward a New Cultural Reverie
A Cosmological Basis for the Ecological Citizen
How does the evolutionary power of discernment contribute to our landscape of formation and give rise to our choices and actions? This essay explores the notion that in a creative cosmos, depth of seeing is depth of being. (Published in Minding Nature Vol. 13 No.2., Spring 2020.)
Radical Presence
Practicing the Art of Wonder
What can we learn from the hummingbird’s love affair with the flower? That which draws us most deeply is what we become. Even more, letting ourselves be drawn to what we truly love is the basis for creativity and deepening complexity in evolution. (Published in Kosmos Vol. 21 No.2., Spring 2021.)
Essays and Articles:
Magnificent Pedigree – Published in Parabola, Summer 2022
Sea Around Us, Sea Within Us
Constant Connection, Total Distraction
Spiritual Ecology: A Practice of the Heart Beyond a Culture of Fear
At Home in the Breath
The Kinglet at the Door
Welcome. TerraVita means living, vibrant Earth. This website celebrates and explores the beauty, mystery, and wonder of our home planet through original music, essays, blog posts, poetry, and more.
See upcoming courses and piano performances below. Please see the tabs above for poetry, original piano music, interviews, essays, my blog, and more.
