Starr will be performing in concert and celebrating the CD release of her Heart Of Frida at the beautiful Moss Theater in Santa Monica, CA. October 1, 2016. Due to the great generosity of the Mandell Collection and their Hardly Strictly Classical series this show will be free to the public and tickets will be available soon.
Starr’s When Doves Cry – Available now
The first single from Starr Parodi’s upcoming album release, “The Heart Of Frida”, this imaginative solo piano rendition of Prince’s “When Doves Cry” was inspired by Starr hearing the story that Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were often called the “Elephant and the Dove”. Even though this song was recorded months before Prince’s passing, after Starr performed it at a Questlove/Vanity Fair – Grammy event, this recording has a haunting requiem quality that pays tribute to the genius and beauty of Prince Nelson Roger’s composition.
All the sounds on this project both otherworldly and conventional were created on the Steinway in Starr’s studio.
Upcoming Concert! April 23, 2016 At Theta Sound Studios in Burbank w/Christine Brown
photo: Rhonda Mackert
April 23, 2016 – Saturday 7pm Starr Parodi with Christine Brown
Theta Sound Studios
Burbank, CA
Join us for an evening of inspiring solo piano, featuring two award-winning pianists, Starr Parodi and Christine Brown! This is a casual and relaxing way to experience the beauty and power of live solo piano, each performing original music selections and telling the story behind the music.
Common Places video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1Iv3LjRck
Steinway Recording Artist – Starr Parodi’s Solo Piano CD Common Places: piano improvisations, which echos with heartfelt neo-classical, americana, gospel and cinematic themes all played as “stream of conciousness” improvisations, has become an iconic touchstone on the landscape of solo piano recordings. Known for it’s passionate, intimate and ethereal piano improvisations Common Places was the winner of the inaugural Whispering’s Solo piano recording of the Year award in 2007. Mark Vail from Keyboard magazine had this to say about Common Places: “Parodi’s pianistic sense and delivery go way beyond creative. Words that come to mind while listening to Common Places include imaginative, courageous, dynamic, passionate, gutsy, pensive, restrained and euphoric. I’m thoroughly entranced by the whole experience”. Common Places was also lauded by KCRWʼs Chris Douridas: “This deeply passionate and beautiful recording (Common Places) is one of the best albums of the year.”
Starr, who recently accompanied Carole King on her Grammy nominated CD A Holiday Carole, has recorded with or accompanied a vast array of internationally treasured artists such as Celine Dion, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, BB King and Ringo Starr will be playing works from both Common Places and her greatly anticipated upcoming CD The Heart Of Frida.
As a performer, Starr first garnered early national recognition as the late night pianist/keyboardist on the groundbreaking Arsenio Hall Show, she was invited to play at the Kennedy Center for the inauguration of President Clinton and was honored by Keyboard Magazine as one the most influential contemporary keyboardists.
As a composer for film, television & live concert works, Starr with her writing partner Jeff Eden Fair has won multiple BMI awards for top television shows as well as collaborating on films including Bert Stern: Original Mad Man, Conversations With Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter), New Line Cinema’s High Roller, Rysher’s The 18th Angel, television series including Transformers: Rescue Bots, The Starter Wife (Debra Messing), G.I. Joe: Renegades, The Division (Jon Hamm, Taraji Henson), numerous films for television and hundreds of Hollywood’s most visible film trailers (Last Samurai, James Bond, Mission Impossible 2, Harry Potter, Dream Girls, Night At The Museum, X-Men 3 etc…), including their influential & groundbreaking production/arrangement of the James Bond Theme (RIAA Gold Record). In 2009, Starr became the first woman to have her concert orchestral works performed in the 75 year history of the Laguna Arts Pageant Of The Masters, where she currently is a featured composer in residence.
“I record and play this music purely out of joy, purely out of sorrow, purely out of a longing and a searching, a peacefulness and restlessness. These are the common places we all share.” – Starr Parodi
Albinoni’s Adagio video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42OreC33dI
Upcoming Concert in Mission Viejo – Starr Parodi with Louis Landon & Christine Brown January 16, 2016
Saturday January 16, 7:00pm
Starr Parodi
with
Christine Brown & Louis Landon
get your tickets here
Join us for an evening of inspiring solo piano, featuring award-winning pianists, Starr Parodi, Christine Brown and Louis Landon! This is a casual and relaxing way to experience the beauty and power of live solo piano, each performing original music selections and telling the stories behind the music.
Common Places video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1Iv3LjRck
Steinway Recording Artist – Starr Parodi’s Solo Piano CD Common Places: piano improvisations, which echos with heartfelt neo-classical, americana, gospel and cinematic themes all played as “stream of consciousness” improvisations, has become an iconic touchstone on the landscape of solo piano recordings. Known for it’s passionate, intimate and ethereal piano improvisations Common Places was the winner of the inaugural Whispering’s Solo piano recording of the Year award in 2007. Mark Vail from Keyboard magazine had this to say about Common Places: “Parodi’s pianistic sense and delivery go way beyond creative. Words that come to mind while listening to Common Places include imaginative, courageous, dynamic, passionate, gutsy, pensive, restrained and euphoric. I’m thoroughly entranced by the whole experience”. Common Places was also lauded by KCRWʼs Chris Douridas: “This deeply passionate and beautiful recording (Common Places) is one of the best albums of the year.”
Starr, who recently accompanied Carole King on her Grammy nominated CD A Holiday Carole, has recorded with or accompanied a vast array of internationally treasured artists such as Celine Dion, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, BB King and Ringo Starr will be playing works from both Common Places and her greatly anticipated upcoming CD The Heart Of Frida.
As a performer, Starr first garnered early national recognition as the late night pianist/keyboardist on the groundbreaking Arsenio Hall Show, she was invited to play at the Kennedy Center for the inauguration of President Clinton and was honored by Keyboard Magazine as one the most influential contemporary keyboardists.
As a composer for film, television & live concert works, Starr with her writing partner Jeff Eden Fair has won multiple BMI awards for top television shows as well as collaborating on films including Bert Stern: Original Mad Man, Conversations With Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter), New Line Cinema’s High Roller, Rysher’s The 18th Angel, television series including Transformers: Rescue Bots, The Starter Wife (Debra Messing), G.I. Joe: Renegades, The Division (Jon Hamm, Taraji Henson), numerous films for television and hundreds of Hollywood’s most visible film trailers (Last Samurai, James Bond, Mission Impossible 2, Harry Potter, Dream Girls, Night At The Museum, X-Men 3 etc…), including their influential & groundbreaking production/arrangement of the James Bond Theme (RIAA Gold Record). In 2009, Starr became the first woman to have her concert orchestral works performed in the 75 year history of the Laguna Arts Pageant Of The Masters, where she currently is a featured composer in residence.
“I record and play this music purely out of joy, purely out of sorrow, purely out of a longing and a searching, a peacefulness and restlessness. These are the common places we all share.” – Starr Parodi
Albinoni’s Adagio video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42OreC33dI
Upcoming Concert – Nov. 8, 2015 Sunday 3pm – Starr Parodi with Christine Brown in Encinitas
photo: Rhonda Mackert
Nov. 8, 2015 – Sunday 3pm Starr Parodi with Christine Brown
Encinitas Library
540 Cornish Drive
Encinitas, CA 92024
Click here for tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2349459
Join us for an afternoon of inspiring solo piano, featuring two award-winning pianists, Starr Parodi and Christine Brown! This is a casual and relaxing way to experience the beauty and power of live solo piano, each performing original music selections and telling the story behind the music.
Common Places video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI1Iv3LjRck
Steinway Recording Artist – Starr Parodi’s Solo Piano CD Common Places: piano improvisations, which echos with heartfelt neo-classical, americana, gospel and cinematic themes all played as “stream of conciousness” improvisations, has become an iconic touchstone on the landscape of solo piano recordings. Known for it’s passionate, intimate and ethereal piano improvisations Common Places was the winner of the inaugural Whispering’s Solo piano recording of the Year award in 2007. Mark Vail from Keyboard magazine had this to say about Common Places: “Parodi’s pianistic sense and delivery go way beyond creative. Words that come to mind while listening to Common Places include imaginative, courageous, dynamic, passionate, gutsy, pensive, restrained and euphoric. I’m thoroughly entranced by the whole experience”. Common Places was also lauded by KCRWʼs Chris Douridas: “This deeply passionate and beautiful recording (Common Places) is one of the best albums of the year.”
Starr, who recently accompanied Carole King on her Grammy nominated CD A Holiday Carole, has recorded with or accompanied a vast array of internationally treasured artists such as Celine Dion, Carlos Santana, Stevie Wonder, BB King and Ringo Starr will be playing works from both Common Places and her greatly anticipated upcoming CD The Heart Of Frida.
As a performer, Starr first garnered early national recognition as the late night pianist/keyboardist on the groundbreaking Arsenio Hall Show, she was invited to play at the Kennedy Center for the inauguration of President Clinton and was honored by Keyboard Magazine as one the most influential contemporary keyboardists.
As a composer for film, television & live concert works, Starr with her writing partner Jeff Eden Fair has won multiple BMI awards for top television shows as well as collaborating on films including Bert Stern: Original Mad Man, Conversations With Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter), New Line Cinema’s High Roller, Rysher’s The 18th Angel, television series including Transformers: Rescue Bots, The Starter Wife (Debra Messing), G.I. Joe: Renegades, The Division (Jon Hamm, Taraji Henson), numerous films for television and hundreds of Hollywood’s most visible film trailers (Last Samurai, James Bond, Mission Impossible 2, Harry Potter, Dream Girls, Night At The Museum, X-Men 3 etc…), including their influential & groundbreaking production/arrangement of the James Bond Theme (RIAA Gold Record). In 2009, Starr became the first woman to have her concert orchestral works performed in the 75 year history of the Laguna Arts Pageant Of The Masters, where she currently is a featured composer in residence.
“I record and play this music purely out of joy, purely out of sorrow, purely out of a longing and a searching, a peacefulness and restlessness. These are the common places we all share.” – Starr Parodi
Albinoni’s Adagio video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42OreC33dI
New – First National Of Omaha Spot
New Review Of “Common Places” by Kathy Parsons at MainlyPiano.com
Kathy is one of the true champions of contemporary piano music. She was awarded the MVP award at this year’s solopianoradio.com awards.
Here is the link to her new review:
http://www.mainlypiano.com/2015_Reviews/Parodi-Common_Places.html
starrparodi.com is now up and running – please stop by
starrparodi.com has begun!
Starr has downloads available in her store with many more coming!
The site is new and is beginning to grow – so please stop by when you get a chance and get the latest info on what Starr is up to.
We’ll soon be adding pictures, videos and sheet music as well.
See you there.
Starr will be performing at The Solo Piano Radio Awards Jan. 25 in Costa Mesa, CA
Starr will be performing at The Solo Piano Radio Awards Jan. 25 in Costa Mesa, CA
Whisperings Solo Piano Awards
Jan. 25, 2015 – 3:00pm
Starr will be joining other former and current honorees and be performing live at the solopianoradio.com/Whisperings Solo Piano Awards concert.
Where: Avenue of the Arts Hotel (Grand Ballroom), 3350 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. (Just 3 convenient miles from Orange County Airport)
Tickets available here:
http://www.solopianoawards.com/
JUST IN!!!
There will be a live broadcast on WhisperingsLive.com
So if you can’t make it to the concert you can hear it live at WhisperingsLive.com
(There will be a small $1 charge for the LIVE broadcast)
Feature Article on The Marriage Of Music & Art (and our contribution to the Laguna Festival Of Arts – Pageant Of The Masters)
A Marriage Made at the Pageant of the Masters
Once again this summer, as dark settles into the Irvine Bowl, home of the Pageant of the Masters, rapt audiences will be mesmerized by tableaux vivants, living pictures in the truest sense of the word.
This year it’s The Art Detective, a thriller created by Diane (Dee) Challis Davy and featuring a script written by Dan Duling. There’ll be reference to art thefts and archeological treasures spirited from ancient civilizations. Art sleuths will train their magnifying glasses on who-done-its involving art and mysteries surrounding figures such as Édouard Manet’s muse, model and fellow artist Victorine Meurent.
“We will delve into art thefts during World War II, Howard Carter and his discovery of King Tut’s tomb and David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge, an exploration of the little-known drawing and painting methods of Dutch and Flemish masters,” says Davy. She also mentions movie posters, a portrait of Charles Dickens, the infamous Jekyll and Hyde and a statue of Sherlock Holmes.
The curtain will rise, the pit orchestra begin to play and the narrator break into his spiel. But first let’s shine a light on how Bill Liston composed the music for Rembrandt’s Night Watch and Starr Parodi and Jeff Eden Fair (a married couple who work collaboratively) wrote just the right music to accompany The Heist, a reenactment of the infamous 1990 robbery at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum…….
you can read the rest here:
http://lagunabeachartmagazine.com/hidden/current-issue/486-music-and-art