“Mary writes about the ordinary and turns it into the sacred. She reminds us who we truly are.”

Welcome

Mary Fineman writes and performs gorgeous music. An award winning singer/songwriter and composer, she’s also a classically trained pianist and orchestrator, who started to write music out of the blue in 2003. Her music weaves elements of popular music, musical theater, and art song with threads of gospel and jazz. Her songs speak about those things important to the human heart – relationship, love, and loss - often entwined with images of nature.

Featured Video

Mary rehearsing with conductor, Martha Stoddard, and Community Women’s Orchestra for the March 3 , 2024 Oakland performance of “It’s About Love”. 🌍 Watch concert on youtube.

NEWS AND EVENTS

⭐️ Announcements ⭐️

Nov. 17, Sunday at 1pm: Glenviewclassicalseries.com presents an afternoon of New Works by Local Composers at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1658 Excelsior Ave.

Previous Shows and Videos

September 6, 7:30 pm: Piano Composers Concert ccpas.org presents works of seven composers at Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice Valley Blvd. Walnut Creek Admission Free

Watch Concert Video: September 20, 2024 8pm: My piano trio (work for piano, violin and cello) will be performed at the Community Music Center in SF as part of Nacusasf.org

April 28, 2024 2-4pm: Hillside Club – Hillside Echoes present Women Songwriters Showcase with Mary, Wendy Beckerman, Patrice Haan and Marla Fibish

March 3, 2024: International Women's Day Concert with the Community Women's Orchestra, under the baton of Martha Stoddard was a huge success. We performed my song cycle  "It's About Love" on Sunday March 3 along with works of Mayer, Chaminade, and Lili Boulanger 🌍 Watch concert on youtube.

December 1, 2023 -7:30 pm: Piano Composers Holiday Concert. Grace Presbyterian Church, Walnut Creek, CA

October 7, 2023 6-9pm: Autumn Celebration of the Arts: Music Dance Art Poetry at Rossmoor

Sept. 24, 2023: “Piano Plus One” in Los Angeles presented by Nacusala.org at the Westside Music Conservatory 12424 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100, 4:30 -6pm (concert rescheduled from August date)

August 26, 2023: Classical Music Indy sponsors “Forward Motion” ensemble - including my Suite From the Faraway Pavilion, 6:30pm Central Christian Church, Indianapolis , Indiana

June 10, 2023: “All of Us” - NACUSAsf .org presents Serenade Choir in SF conducted by Bryan Baker (featuring my song “Nobody Said” ) https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/shop/

Watch Concert Video: April 1, 2023: “Not All Who Wander are Lost” presented by NACUSsf.org at the Center for New Music, 8pm San Francisco (my work is for piano and violin)

March 19, 2023: Picasso Ensemble will perform my piano trio at Sesnon House, Cabrillo College in Aptos, 3pm

Watch Concert video: (Dale Tsang performs “Savlanut”@ 22 minutes) Saturday Night Program Notes here: https://e4tt.org/solopiano.pdf

Feb.25, 2023 : https://e4tt.org/solopiano.html My piano piece “Savlanut” selected from among 56 entries for Ensemble For These Times’ Call for Scores 2022: Solo Piano (the works of nine composers) performed by pianist Dale Tsang

February 8, 2023: https://www.wosradio.com/listen My song “Forever and a Day” on Women of Substance Radio Podcast: Love Songs for Valentine's Day Episode #1442 (my song at @ 24:37)

Watch Concert Video: February 11, 2023: NACUSAsf: “Music As Winter Fades” concert

Watch video: NACUSAsf presents “A Renaissance of Wonder” Six New Chamber Works November 5 and 6, 2022

Watch video: Premiere of New Work of mine performed by Menlo Brass Quintet at Palo Alto Art Center July 16, 2022

My piano work “Still” part of Radio KDFC ‘s noontime show “Play On, California” FM90.3 San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland July 12, 2022

Receipt of 1st and 3rd Place Award in Music from National League of American Pen Women Bicentennial Competition 2022

Listen/videos

Find Mary on Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Bluecoastmusic,  Amazon and Apple Music:

Michael Morgan and the Oakland Symphony

"The evening's world premiere, 'It's About Love,' a song cycle by Oakland-based pianist and composer Mary Fineman and performed with the orchestra by vocal soloist Wesla Whitfield, signals an advent."

Lou Fancher, Contra Costa Times

"The history of commissions and world premieres by the symphony... includes a long roster of pieces by composers such as Jake Heggie, Mason Bates, Nolan Gasser and Rebeca Mauleon.  February's [2014] concert will include the premiere of a song cycle by Mary Fineman, part of a continuing project to bring notable figures from the world of pop, jazz and musical theater - including Carlos Santana and Narada Michael Walden - into the orchestral sphere."

SF Gate