A book for all musicians who want to learn and apply the fine art and technique of stage presence. (Music)

Ovation Encore (95,458 words) Waking up in a hospital after surviving a plane crash Annie Baldwin had no memory of who she really is. At a Miami church serving as a halfway house for the less fortunate people in the area Annie found herself at home with their grand piano. Unlike her memory her learned piano skills had not suffered a loss. When asked her name she told them Annie Baldwin - Annie because of her bright curly red hair and Baldwin because that was the name of the piano where she happened to be sitting at the time. This is the story of Annie's recovery of her memory and the changes to her life that it brings. Declared dead by the government Annie faces a personal crisis as she finally remembers that she had a husband in the past. The man has moved on marrying her best friend at the time; besides as Annie she had found love herself and a home in the choir of the Miami church where she serves as their pianist.

A spectacular sequel to the ever-popular Opera Cat.

A rock 'n roll classic back in print updated and revised. One of the funniest rock memoirs ever Al Kooper's legendary Backstage Passes is available again] Al's quirkly life from would'be teenage rocker to crashing Bob Dylan's recording session an

Desiree Bjornson's restricted upbringing intensifies her sole vision of becoming a dynamic concert pianist. Her sheltered life, however, is altered the same day she meets her future husband and her only sibling suddenly dies. Other than having to cope with her unforgiving mother and an unbearable step-mother, Desiree enjoys her opulent married lifestyle, despite her husband's obvious desire for a comfortable but not-too-demanding existence. As a young mother-to-be now, Desiree realizes the depth of her present predicament. Through some horrifying delusions as she wrestles with herself, will the right answer finally come to her?

Maestro Sergiu Comissiona’s biography reveals facts about his happy childhood in a Jewish petit bourgeois family in Bucharest – then, “the little Paris of Eastern Europe”, his adolescence under the Nazi specter, and his youth in repressive communist times behind the Iron Curtain. His life changes from the closed horizons of communist Romania to the broad ones of the Western world when he immigrates to Israel, later settling in England, then Sweden and, finally, the United States. His career path, from an ensemble violinist to an internationally-renowned conductor, is followed chronologically and analytically, based on his own accounts, extended research, and revealing testimonials. The Maestro’s rationale of having his biography written was, in his own words, “for the Westerners to understand my deep attachment to my Romanian roots, for the Romanians to know about my struggle for artistic affirmation in the Western world, and mostly for young conductors to realize that through passion, patience and persistence – and by not committing suicide after the first failure – the dedicated commitment to the profession bears fruit.”

A retrospective of twenty years of rock-and-roll history as recorded by the popular genre magazine features iconoclastic photographs, articles, and graphic artist illustrations.