Reviews:
Trillium (2009)
Bio:
Kori’s saga of her musical quest to share her soul stemmed from her childhood. She heard the Beatles on the radio and began to plunk out tunes on the piano and as she figured out the songs without any musical knowledge, she knew that she wanted to play the piano right then. She took piano lessons, listened to many varied artists and at age 14 began to compose music. At 18, she left home and went to college in Idaho pursue her musical dreams. For financial reasons, she needed to put college on hold and go home to Texas. As she worked, she still believed in her dreams. Later, she moved to Southern California and married. She gave up her musical pursuits at that time to begin a family. Five years ago, Kori’s husband took her to see Yanni and her old musical flame re-surfaced and she released her first album in 2004,”The Road Less Traveled.”
Kori hears music in her head all the time. She composes her music when she feels like expressing herself. “Many people ask me all the time if I plan and write out my compositions” says Kori. “ But I don’t do that. Technically, I am not great at notation. When I feel like I need to say something musically, I sit down and work out a melody and record everything I do”.
Her parents did not know what to do with her talents. At 16, Kori found a small recording studio in Texas and recorded two songs. “I loved doing that so much, I just knew this was something I wanted to do!” says Kori regarding her experience.
Kori moved to Idaho to go to college and was classically trained. Eventually she had to return back to Texas. She worked and continued to compose her music. She ended up moving to San Diego, California. Kori met her husband and they married in 1991. She gave up her dreams of becoming a performer, but took piano lessons through the Associated Board Of The Royal Schools of Music. “ My teacher, Mrs. Jensen told me I was concert pianist material and told me that I could achieve my dream!” With that knowledge she continued to work on her technique and theory skills.
In 2003, Kori was encouraged by her husband to continue to compose and actually release her music through the internet. “ I remember when my husband took me to see Yanni, he asked me if I was interested in returning to my music. I laughed and asked him if this was a trick question! He told me that I should get a keyboard. I told him that if I do get a keyboard it was NOT going to be a little tiny keyboard, it was going to be a Korg.”
Kori is working on her third album, “Trillium”, slated for release early on in 2009. “ I plan on releasing each song digitally, so that the fans of my music will get excited about the whole project, once I do that, I will release the recording as a physical CD. I really like doing my own thing. I don’t like to listen to people telling me HOW I should sound like so and so. I just compose what I want my music to be like and thats what is inside of me.”
