Halloween is my family's favorite holiday. That is not because we’re crazies. It mostly relates to being from the east coast and growing up around the beautiful shades of orange and brown every year. We look forward to decorating our house in those colors, carving pumpkins, baking pumpkin seeds, and making pumpkin pie. We dress up every year without fail. Even if we don’t leave the house, we’ll still dress up. We have fun playing pretend. 

For both my wife and I, this year will be special. Our newborn girls…

Jurassic Park is an amazing movie. I don’t think anybody would question this statement. To be clear, I’m talking about the original movie from 1993. The rest of the franchise is up for debate. I can clearly remember seeing dinosaurs for the first time and thinking they were enormous, majestic creatures. I was captivated to the point of collecting my jaw off the floor and having to relearn how to blink. 

I was only 8 when Jurassic Park came out, so you can imagine that I had nightmares about the T-Rex and…

Dear Parents, Students, Family, And Friends... 

My wife is sitting across from me, lying on a hospital bed and set up on a machine that monitors our babies' heart beats. We are three weeks away from bringing twin baby girls into the world. At this stage in the process, Kristen is monitored up to three times a week to make sure everything looks good. This is a normal routine for our type of twins. The room is filled with the sound of their heart beats and my fingers typing away on a laptop. We’re excited,…

It happened…we grew, and we grew, and then one day…we outgrew. Six months ago, a number of parents approached me following our annual winter student showcase. As with all of our events, we listened carefully to their suggestions, hoping to continuously improve the experience for students, parents, friends, and family. This time, between the feedback we received and the number of performers, it was clear that we needed to move on from our home at Cascade Studios in Hollywood. It was time to find a new home…

Does this sound familiar? Your child asks to play an instrument, they practically beg, and you, being the superhuman parent that you are, go above and beyond to do the research and make this request a reality. After all, this is a moment where your child is requesting to learn a skill you know very well could have a long lasting positive impact on their life. How could you not do all that you can? So you go on Amazon to find a reasonably priced instrument, then you head over to Google or talk with friends…