I grew up in a musical family where my mother Helen Ruth MacLachlan taught my sister and my brother and then me the early classical ABC and Boris Berlin piano books. My father Sandy MacLachlan was an avid bagpiper.

My first formal piano teacher was Barb Good, a kind and wonderful neighbour down the street who encouraged many children to embrace the love of piano.

When I was a little older, my parents sent us to a prominent Kingston piano teacher Donna Gobin to learn the more advanced grades.

We studied under the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music which included recitals, festivals and exams.

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"Resolution Dream", a gentle solo piano composition about the coming together of two people. The melody floats around with thoughts introduced that are repeated, then later modified or challenged with new ideas, pausing briefly to reflect on each suggestion. Eventually, the voices come together in a quiet resolution that ends the dream with only two harmonious tones.

Resolution Dream - Spotify, Apple, YouTube

In 2024, I released Shades of Donna, an album of the classical pieces that my teacher Donna Gobin either taught me or inspired me to learn.

Many of these pieces were taught to our own children. Perhaps for those of you who either took piano or have children that studied, you may recognize some of these pieces.

Composers include Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Czerny, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and others.

Shades of Donna - Spotify, Apple, Youtube