This is a very short (16 seconds) cell-phone video posted by a fan to YouTube of her kitten watching one of my videos on the computer. There have been so many of these posted, some of them even showing the cat pawing the screen as I play. Do you share your life with a cat [...]
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Rennie and I have our annual vet visits this morning. All in all, I don’t mind it. The car ride is short and the doctors are all very nice (they all have warm hands), and they all get excited when Nora The Piano Cat is in the building. I like going with Rennie, because he [...]
Yamaha Music Students to Recieve Nora’s Guide…
Published March 1st, 2010 in Day in the Life and In the News. 1 CommentSomething wonderful is about to happen. The Yamaha Music School of Boston will be distributing copies of my book, Nora The Piano Cat’s Guide to Becoming a Good Musician, to four and five-year-old students. I’m very excited about hearing from the students once they receive the books, and Yamaha has said there will even be [...]
Well, of course you recognize me at the piano. But who, you may ask, are those two young people smiling for the camera? That’s Lauren & Toby. They’re a young couple from Pittsburgh, both artists, who stopped by to meet me and to drop off new artwork for Burnell and Betsy. One of the pieces [...]
This is me and Burnell in my very first webcam photo. How in the world I managed to avoid this all these years, I haven’t a clue. Could be that I’m mostly sleeping on Betsy’s computer chair. Today I just happened to be on Burnell’s, and when he picked me up to sit down, I [...]
This is Rennie and me hanging out on our new cat tree. It’s called the "Lotus Cat Tower," and it’s really cool. B&B have been wanting to get us a cat tree for some time, but most of the ones they saw offended their aesthetic sense. Mine, too. Then they discovered the "Lotus Cat Tower." [...]
Nora Named Cat of the Year by ASPCA…
Published October 16th, 2009 in Appearances, Day in the Life and In the News. 13 CommentsI feel tremendously honored and humbled to have been named "Cat of the Year" for 2009 by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). My personal assitants, Burnell and Betsy, will be accepting the award on behalf at an upcoming luncheon at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. If I [...]
Performance Video of CATcerto by Mindaugas Piecaitis with Nora The Piano Cat as Soloist…
Published July 7th, 2009 in Appearances and Day in the Life. 10 CommentsThis is it, folks. The complete performance of CATcerto by Mindaugas Piecaitis written especially for me, Nora The Piano Cat. And of course, I am the guest soloist. Please check it out and email the YouTube link to all your friends. And there’s even a CATcerto website: http://www.catcerto.com iBeginShare.attachButton(‘share-tool-732165114′, {title: ‘Performance Video of CATcerto by [...]
When the heats on, what’s a gal to do? I found a cool spot – well protected, but with great visibility. Happy July 4th!! iBeginShare.attachButton(‘share-tool-507875724′, {title: ‘Hot Town – Summer for a Kitty…’, link: ‘http://www.ravenswingstudio.com/NoraWeb/nora_news/?p=151′, content: ‘http://www.ravenswingstudio.com/NoraWeb/nora_news/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=151′});
Thank you, Anne, for the wonderful card…
Published June 26th, 2009 in Day in the Life, General News and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsI just love to receive mail from my many friends and fans. The image below is from a card sent to me by Anne M. from the Philadelphia area. No doubt she was inspired to pick this particular card by my recent “collaboration” with the Conductor/Composer Mindaugas Piecaitis. You can read more about that collaboration at [...]








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