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.

New Original Single 2025

"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

New Cover Song featuring Nora Peterson and Tim Roberts 2025

"Bird on the Wire" is a 1968 song written by Canadian musician Leonard Cohen. This version was recorded by Kingston Ontario musicians Nora Peterson and Ross MacLachlan (The Evening Edition) with special guest Tim Roberts on tenor sax.

Bird on a Wire - 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