Includes: You Raise Me Up, My Immortal, For Good (from Wicked), Princess Leia's Theme (from Star Wars), Broken Vow, Think of Me, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (from Phantom of the Opera), Into the West (from Lord of the Rings), The Prayer, Don't Know Why and Landed.

What a wonderful thing it is to gaze up at winter's night sky. Will yet another bright star light our path? Are those God's Christmas lights up there between those bare tree branches? Do I hear sleigh bells or is that my imagination?

The music here reflects the many joys and wonders of Christmas, from "Where Are You Christmas?" from Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Who Stole Christmas to "Breath of Heaven" - Mary's thoughts and prayers before the birth of Christ, to a lighthearted "Nutcracker Swing." What great musicians I had to work with! Thank you all. Here's hoping you all find the Christmas spirit, that makes those hectic times around the holidays seem all worthwile.

Many years of piano playing and sixteen albums later,I bring you Straight from the Heart, a collection of favorites from a handful of recordings, as well as three new tunes:"From this Moment," which was introduced to me at a friend's wedding, really touched me. I arranged it as a duet for piano and guitar and the romance just blossomed. Thank you Tim Ellis for your great guitar playing. Speaking of romance, when Andrea Bocelli's Romanza CD came out, I knew I had to give "A Time to Say Goodbye" and "The Prayer" a try. With the help of Billy Oskay on violin, "A Time to Say Goodbye" became soaring and orchestral. "The Prayer," originally a duet, is one of those tunes that comes along once in a while that just fits me like a glove. I arranged it for solo piano and it seems to play itself. It is my favorite of all.

So when people say to me, "Boy, you sure do get into it when you play that piano!" my only response is, "Well it's Straight from the Heart."

Vivaldi's "Spring " from The Four Seasons becomes "Spring Fling," a country dance full of witty surprises, and Beethoven's Ode to Joy turns gospel, with added sax, bass and drums, earning the title, "Jump for Joy." She closes by caressing you with "Sweet Dreams," her version of Brahms' Lullaby.

If you're looking for something new, fresh, witty, and stunningly beautiful, give Pirouette a whirl. With a new level of polish and flair for Sally Harmon, this spin on the classics is sure to delight classical and non-classical listeners alike.

Program includes: Hymn to the Sea, Southampton, My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic), I Can Go the Distance (from Hercules), You've Got a Friend in Me (from Toy Story), I Belive I Can Fly (from Space Jam), Kiss From a Rose (from Batman Forever), If I Had Words (from Babe), I Finally Found Someone (from The Mirror Has Two Faces), I Say a Little Prayer (from My Best Friend's Wedding), Once Upon a December, At the Beginning (from Anastasia).

Program Includes: We Gather Together, Tears In Heaven, Kumbayah, Hymn (by Vangelis), Prayer for My People, You Light Up My Life, Stop and Smell the Roses, Dona Nobis Pachem, Be Thou My Vision, How Great Thou Art, I Don't Know How to Love Him, (from "Jesus Christ Superstar"), Angels Watching Over Me, I Believe, and Oh, Happy Day.

Program includes: Morning Has Broken, I Believe in You and Me (from The Preacher's Wife), From a Distance, In the Garden, Simple Gifts, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, His Eye Is on the Sparrow, Put Your Hand in the Hand/He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, Amazing Grace, For the Beauty of the Earth, Rock of Ages, You'll Never Walk Alone, The Power of the Dream, Do Lord, Love Is on Its Way and Now the Day Is Over/All Through the Night.

Program includes: selections from: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Windmills of Your Mind, Wind Beneath My Wings, Somewhere Out There, Lara's Theme (from Dr. Zhivago), The Summer Knows (from The Summer of '42), El Condor Pasa, Scarborough Fair, and O, Shenandoah.

Program includes: Open Arms, selections from West Side Story: (Maria, One Hand, One Heart, Somewhere), Simple Gifts, What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?, Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat, My Funny Valentine, Stairway to Heaven, Coming Home (from the Dvorak New World Symphony), Nobody Does It Better, God Help the Outcasts, (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

Program includes: Yesterday, Norwegian Wood, Michelle, If I Fell, Eleanor Rigby, Here Comes the Sun, All My Loving, Here There and Everywhere, I Will, Julia, And I Love Her, and Let It Be.

Program Includes: Jingle Bell Rock, Let It Snow, Linus and Lucy (from A Charlie Brown Christmas), Feliz Navidad, Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, We're Walking in the Air (from The Snowman), Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, Patapan, Blue Christmas, Deck the Halls, We Will Rock You (the lullaby), and Go Tell It on the Mountain.