Elizabeth had an exciting year, marked by significant projects, travels, and changes. Here are 13 highlights of '13:
1. Appearing alongside Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, Dave Grusin, Mark O'Connor, Terence Blanchard, Shelly Berg, Eric Owens, and Desmond Richardson at Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center for a special, one-time-only "Jazz at the Philharmonic" event
2. Meeting and playing for Yo-Yo Ma and Nancy Pelosi at the Green Music Center
3. Performing at Disneyland for the MTNA National Conference's closing gala
4. Presenting on creative risk-taking at the EG Conference
5. Performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in subscription concerts with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
6. Filming and releasing The Rite of Spring: A Musical Odyssey, a 10-part film homage to Stravinsky's seminal work
7. Traveling to Iceland for the first time for a chamber music residency with Decoda
8. Recording an all-Mozart piano duo album (to be released in February 2014)
9. Starting and shaping a new residency at Sonoma State University community as Weill Hall Artists-in-Residence with Trio Ariadne
10. Autumn trip to London (special project TBA)
11. New partnership with Alfred Music Publishing and a guest blog for Gramophone
12. Concerts in Palm Beach, Santa Fe, Hawaii, and other breathtaking places throughout the US
13. Anderson & Roe's second tour of China (including recitals at China's top concert halls: the NCPA in Beijing, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shenzhen Concert Hall, and Guangzhou's Xinghai Concert Hall)
As always, more music and adventures to come .... Happy New Year to all!