Harp and Piano Studio Recital, Kanata

        Piano Studio Recital

    Students of Sally Rowsell

Guest Harpist, SARAH VEBER

Join us on Sunday June 5, 2016 for Harp selections from Debussy and Tailleferre, in addition to a variety of choices from talented young piano players.

Sarah Veber is a Loran Scholar at the University of Ottawa, currently studying harp with Michelle Gott. She is a multiple award winner in both piano and harp, from Newfoundland.

         Glen Cairn United Church, 140 Abbeyhill Dr, Kanata 

                                 6:30 p.m. Sunday June 5

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Some of my Favorite Budapest Pictures

                                        A  few of my favorite Budapest photos:

Taken at dusk in the Castle District on the Buda ( older) side of Budapest

Matthias Church, Budapest, Castle District

A street at dark in the Castle District

A view of Budapest over the Danube,  taken from the Castle District

Parliament, on the Pest ( newer) side of Budapest

Parliament taken from the Buda side of the Danube

Parliament again, taken from a dinner cruise on the Danube

Inside Parliament; this was the most beautiful and ornate building I toured

Waiting area for journalists in Parliament

Bon voyage! The Tatras mountains of Poland are in the background

A Boston Grand for airport patrons to try in Warsaw airport. Gorgeous!

rowsellpiano Congratulates Piano Students in Ottawa......

                                                     CONGRATULATIONS TO:

                                           Ottawa Music Festival Participants 2016:


Sophia Qien Chen                     first place in 8 and under, Classical

Sophia Qien Chen                     first place in 8 and under, Romantic/Modern



Lucille Yang:                          first place in 6 and under, Canadian

Winston Yang:                        second place in 8 and under, Classical

Winston Yang:                        third place in 8 and under, Baroque


                        Well done, students, on our first Ottawa Music Festival experience!

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Dessert in Budapest

                 For the Chocaholics and Candy Aficionados:

This Buda side shop is filled entirely with chocolate, imported from countries around the world; we even found chocolate from Canada in there!

Next in line is a candy stall in a busy tourist market area on the Pest side of Budapest.

Now, how about some dessert?

          The best Apricot Cheesecake bar none, came from this amazing dessert shop!

                  Salad anyone? It is parsley piled high on top of this crispy duck salad.

The food was amazing everywhere in Budapest, there was no such thing as an inferior meal.

Wine, you ask? Hungary produces its' own Tokaji in various forms, my favorite being a sweet dessert wine. As well, Budapest offers fabulous Roses.

                                 Liszt in Budapest

Budapest is the ideal city to visit as a musician and as a lover of Liszt, both of which I am!


                              I was lucky to visit an apartment dedicated to Liszt:

and down the hall, to hear fabulous music coming from:

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In Liszts' apartment, one can view many of his 

                                instruments, to include a Bosendorfer and a
                                                             Chickering:

Above is a simile of Liszt's sitting room,

and, here is a cast of Liszt's hand:

My favorite is his desk and in particular, its' drawer:


















                           How much does Budapest love Liszt?

They named their airport after him: the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport.

                           Sally Rowsell, Ottawa, M Mus (rowsellpiano.ca)