I have lots of ideas for projects! Some of them are great and come to fruition, others stay on post-it notes and travel from place to place with me until I loose them or just wait until it’s the right time. I waited for many years on committing myself to this type of project because it can be very intimidating to commit oneself to learning 52 new pieces in a year and preparing them to a performance level all within 7 days. For whatever reason though, this year I decided to take the plunge and it has been well worth it so far! I’ve learned 16 new pieces that I didn’t know before the start of the year and so much more about the women behind these pieces. I chose to have this focus on the project because I wanted to take time to honor the voices of women composers in an intentional and purposeful way and this is just a small part of how this project fits into the larger narrative of my work. I’ve listed the YouTube playlist below and a link to the call for scores.

-Ciyadh

P.S. I'm currently obsessed with this new planner / journal that I absolutely do not need.