Welcome
“Powerful and emotional music.” Matt Stuart, Time Magazine. Pianist, Steinway Artist, and composer Robin Meloy Goldsby is the author of Piano Girl, Rhythm, Waltz of the Asparagus People, and Manhattan Road Trip. Robin’s popular monthly essays, featured on her Notes and Words blog, offer a behind the scenes glimpse into the inner-life of a working musician. Her seven solo piano recordings, available on all streaming platforms, have attracted a loyal following of piano enthusiasts around the globe. Explore this site to discover more about Robin’s books and recordings, to read her monthly essays, to download her electronic press kit, or to find out where she’ll be performing live in the coming months. Robin’s music is available on all streaming platforms. To stay in touch, please sign up for Robin’s monthly newsletter—it’s free, fun, and filled with music, light, and laughter. And do have a listen to The Piano Girl Podcast—a new episode every month. Do you play the piano? Robin’s solo piano sheet music is now available here.
A Note from Robin
We’re on lockdown here in Germany, but I hope to be back tomy steadygig atExcelsior Hotel Ernst as soon as the coast is clear. In the meantime, please remember my music is available on all of your favorite streaming channels. I am fond of Pandora (I have over 148 million listeners!), but you can find me everywhere. And get ready! My new book, Piano Girl Playbook will be published by Backbeat Books/Rowman Littlefield in May 2021.
With gratitude,
Robin
With HRH, the Prince of Wales, after my solo piano performance at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of In Kind Direct, an organization founded by Prince Charles to encourage corporate giving for social good.
Featured Album
Home and Away
“Graceful music by a pianist with an exquisite touch. Beautiful, just beautiful.” Marian McPartland, NPR Piano Jazz EPK, Home and Away Direct from the Artist Robin on Pandora (North America, Australia, New Zealand) Stream on Apple Music Robin on Spotify Robin Meloy Goldsby’s elegant album of acoustic solo piano music, Home and Away, takes the listener […]
Featured Book
Manhattan Road Trip: Short Stories
Manhattan Road Trip: Short Stories In Robin Meloy Goldsby’s musical tales of passion, wild success and gut-wrenching regret, a classical pianist battles middle age and Rachmaninoff; a bebop saxophonist struggles with a varmint sharing her New York City apartment; and a cellist performs Mozart for her mentally ill mother. Filled with the biting humor and […]
Blog
Swamp Rats and Other Thoughts
I do so love a good costume drama. Did you watch Bridgerton? I did, and I am bothered by the heaving bosoms, not because I find them unsanitary, sexist, or offensive, but because, after watching a few episodes, I made a serious attempt to make my own bosom heave and failed miserably. Even if I crank my breasts up to my chin, I can’t get the heaving thing happening. I think there’s something wrong with me.
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