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

 

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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.

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Michael Morgan and the Oakland Symphony

"The music and poetry of Mary Fineman pours from the heart, infused with invention and always in touch with humanity. These are today's sonnets for the soul."

Dan Reiter, Composer and Principal Cellist, 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 

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All artwork by the artist Jeanette Fineman, my mother.