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August 20, 2008

The album is going to be a collection of lullabies.  Some old, some you know, and some that will be original works by each of us.  The album is intended mainly for the use of helping babies sleep - it will be something parents can play in the cd player in the nursury to help calm. relax, and soothe.

Since the birth of my own first baby this summer, I have been interested to observe what kinds of music do and don't appeal to him.  I think I have a fairly good idea now of what is working with him. This, as well as many requests for this album, is what fueled the idea. 

My mom and I have always talked about doing something together but never could come up with something where our eclectic styles could fully come together seamlessly.  Until now.

While I am still hard at work on my own 2nd album, Portraits, (to be released Fall of '09), this lullaby album is going to be a seperate smaller project that we plan to release within the next few months.  First digitally, and then possibly physically at some point later on.  Or we do a short run of hard copies at first.  We haven't decided.

More info to come later. :)

- Jennifer

July 28, 2008

Dear Friends and Fans,

Yes, I know - finally an update! I have been slacking off on keeping this calendar page up to date that is for sure.

First off, the best news of all: I gave birth to Preston William Thomas on June 13, 2008 at 7:30 a.m. He was born via C-section, but that was not until after I went through 22 long hours of hard labor first. I guess the little guy didn't want to get into the right position to help poor mommy through the process! He was born with a full head of beautiful auburn red hair and blue eyes. He has been an absolute joy in our lives. And even though the longest stretch of sleep I've had since having him has only been about 4 hours, I am loving every minute of being his mom.

Here are a few special pictures of my little angel...

Now that I have the whole pregnancy thing finally out of the way, I am slowly diving back into music. Although it is a very slow process - seeing how I have a newborn around 24/7.

Starting in August, I will be teaching my select few students again - who have endured a 2 month forced hiatus while I was on "maternity leave". I have missed them, so I'm looking forward to see their little fingers on the piano again. And their smiling faces of course.

A fun piece of news - my song "Fly Away" will be featured in an upcoming ski film called Reasons, made by Poor Boyz Productions. They are one of the leading ski filmmakers in the country. As an avid skier myself, I am pretty excited about this. Especially since a lot of these types of films tend to be music videos with athletes doing incredible feats in slow motion - often times in sinc to the music. I have sat through many of these films over the years and the music truly drives a lot of these scenes and gets the audience pumped (usually full of ski bums and sports enthusiasts). So I am really excited to see my song in the film at the October premiere here in Seattle.

"Fly Away" also won #3 overall in the Finals Round of the Ourstage.com competition in May. I don't know what it is about that song - it was by far one of the easiest I've written, and yet it wins all the awards and gets all the movie licensing deals. (The ski film will be its third film).

Anyway, it competed against about 45,000 other songs...so #3 is an honor. I would still like to get #1 though :) So if you have time, please please pretty please vote for me on ourstage - as it helps my standings (huge smile). This is a competition among independent musicians and the winner each month gets not only cash prizes, but promotions, sessions with music biz gurus and more. I won the #1 spot for the Instrumental genre in May so my prize was $100 bucks. Woot! I bought some trip-hop groove samples (music software) with the money. Oh, and a pair of Nike shoes that I found at the Nike Outlet. But to win the #1 grand prize would mean a $5,000 prize and it would help me to cross off a few items on my "I need this for my next album" list. :)

My song "Somewhere" will be appearing in a non-profit promo for orphanages and schools for the children in Sudan (Sudanese American Orphaned Rehabilitation Organization).

I have no concert scheduled as of yet. But I have had requests. Soon...very soon.

Last of all, I can tell you now that the new album is in the works. I am only announcing this here, but the title of the new album is going to be "Portraits". It is going to involve an eye catching array of photography from around the great Northwest. Each song is intended to be sort of a "film score" for each photo - thus inviting the listener to really draw themselves into the landscape and hear what they see. This album will be very cohesive so each song melts into the next. I will be working on this project for the entire next year, and am hoping to have a release date of August 2009. Along with the new album, I will also be releasing an entirely new website as well.

That is all the news for now folks. I do keep my MySpace blog updated though if you would like to keep tabs on lesser important bits of my news, my ramblings, or funny observations. It's all there.

As always, please feel free to send me an email if you ever have questions or comments. Have a great summer everyone!

2007 Fall/Winter Tour Recap

Just a quick recap for those who missed my fall/winter tour - In October, I performed in Eastern Idaho at the PIano gallery with special guest Michele McLaughlin. This was a lot of fun - and I honestly thought maybe I would just get a small handful of people. To my great surprise the place was completely filled up and they had to bring out more chairs to accomodate those standing in the back. Here is a picture from this concert.

Thanksgiving weekend, I performed in a joint concert with Michele down in Salt Lake City, Utah at Baldassin Pianos. We got to perform on a beautiful 9 foot Fazioli piano, which if you aren't familiar with those types, they come from Italy and are one of the finest pianos in the world. Even though we got some heat from football fans about holding a concert on the same day as the UofU/BYU football game, we still sold out. So neener neener to all those who doubted we would fill up. I guess football goers do also attend piano concerts.

And finally on Dec. 8th, in my own backyard of Seattle, I had the pleasure of performing with Jace Vek (a two-time Emmy award winning pianist/composer). We performed in an intimate recital hall at Benaroya Hall (Home of the Seattle Symphony) to a sold out crowd. It was a delight to play with Jace - who is very down to earth and funny. We both played our original songs from our albums, and also threw in a few Christmas tunes towards the end of the concert. We plan to do another concert together towards the latter end of 2008 in Jace's stomping grounds in Pennsylvania. Jace is currently incorporating a multi-media format into his concerts, of which I may partake of in the form of on-stage two-piano duets with him. Stay tuned.

2008 Events

January - August 2008 - Jennifer on maternity leave. No public peformances will be scheduled.

Fall/Winter 2008 - Live performances - TBA.

2007 Events

January 14th - Private Gig, Bothell, WA

January 18th - Tunes now in rotation on www.kzion.com radio

January 26th - Guest Artist on Radio Show "What's My Mantra?" - Salt Lake City's www.grapevineradio.com, 1:30pm Mountain Standard Time (Click here to listen to interview)

February 10th - Playing fiddle w/band at Valentine Sweetheart Dance, Private Gig, WA

April 8th - Easter Performance - LDS Church, Bothell, WA - 9:00am

April 12th - Guest performer for NW Christian Womens Organization - Mill Creek Country Club - 11:45 - 2:00pm

April 14th - 'Key of Sea' Concert - Sherman Clay Piano Recital Hall, 1000 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, 98004, 6:30pm, Free Admission

April 17th - Private Gig - Guest Speaker for youth on music/entertainment careers

April 21st - Premeire for "True Stories from the Latter-Days", indie film by Jason Wilcox, featuring music by Jennifer Thomas

July 29th - Seattle Opera (Private Party)

August 12th - House concert with Joe Bongiorno (by invitation only, sorry)

September 9th - Private gig, Renton, WA

October 27th - The Piano Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID - Jennifer will be performing songs from her album 'Key of Sea' as well as some new compositions. Details to come soon!

November 24th - Jennifer Thomas and Michele McLaughlin LIVE in concert! Salt Lake City, Utah - Baldassin Pianos - Joint concert with pianist/composer Michele McLaughlin, featuring both pianists on a stunning Fazioli piano.

December 8th - Jennifer Thomas and Jace Vek LIVE in concert! Seattle, WA - Soundbridge at Benaroya Hall. Joint concert with Emmy award winning pianist/composer Jace Vek. Seating is limited.

December 16th - Christmas Concert featuring choirs, small ensembles and soloists (Jennifer Thomas - piano, violin and Erika Nisbet - soprano). This concert is meant to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ - most music will be sacred and traditional Christmas songs. Cost: Free, Time: 7:00pm