In her program entitled "Classical Meets the Blues," she explores piano music from J.S. Bach to Christopher Norton including 5 two-piano pieces with dragonfly sister Sue Gould.
Experience 3 different narrow keyboards in this recital: Linda Gould plays on a Yamaha G2 grand fitted with a DS 5.5 keyboard, a digital prototype (NK 5.5) that was launched at NAMM this year and a BLUE keyboard that is also a digital prototype with 5.5 inch octave keys.
Program:
J.S. Bach
Sinfonia No. 3 In D Major BWV 789
Grieg
Norwegian Dances No. 2 and 4 for Two Pianos
Chopin –
Etude Op. 10 No. 4 in C# minor
Debussy
Suite Bergamasque L.75 III Clair de Lune
Gershwin
Three Preludes for Two Pianos
Michael Gundlach
Crazy Blues
Christopher Norton
Latin Prelude No. 6
Latin Prelude No. 2
Rock Prelude No. 5
Gershwin
Rhapsody In Blue for solo piano (Abbr. version)
BIO
Linda is a pianist, author, educator, mom, grandmother and businesswoman. Originally from Calgary, Canada, Linda made her musical debut at the age of eleven, performing with the Mount Royal College orchestra under the baton of J.S. Bach, the great-great-etc grandnephew of the legendary composer.
Linda is the author of Play Piano Chords Today. PPCT is a piano method for teens and adults who want to play current music and learn it quickly (less notes... more music). She loves teaching private and group piano, conducting workshops and classes for teachers, and inspiring students to share their joy of music by playing for each other at her famous Musical Matinees. Over the decades Linda has been on faculty as a piano teacher at Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta and the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Victoria, B.C.
Linda studied under a number of highly acclaimed teachers in both classical and jazz music, including Robin Wood, Peter Turner, Randy Halberstadt, Georgy Sebok, Karel Roessingh, and Lynne McNeil. In 2015, she received the prestigious Tech Teacher of the Year award at the national CFMTA conference in Vancouver.
Her musical performances include solo piano, concertos with orchestras, chamber music, jazz combos and 2-piano concerts with husband, Dave Paulson and with her Dragonfly Sister, Sue Gould. Most recently, in 2022, she was invited to perform in the International Stretto Piano Festival with her new narrow digital piano keys!
Linda launched the NK 5.5 keyboard with her partner Kathy Strauch that is available now.