new EP "loved for it" out 10.31

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new EP "loved for it" out 10.31 ~*~

A woman with long curly red hair, wearing glasses and a red top, is playing a piano in a room with wooden wall framing, with a sheet of music on the piano.

GUSSIE B, aka Sarah Devin Kaufman

songwriter, singer, pianist, producer, arranger, piano teacher

Hi, I’m Sarah! I’m a musician who also teaches piano to all ages and levels. Scroll to learn more about my teaching philosophy based on kindness, communication, and patience.

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About Sarah Devin Kaufman

Sarah, who has been playing classical piano since she was 3, is led by her interest in the unique learning style of each of her piano students. Sarah firmly believes in relying on emotional intelligence, open communication, and asking lots and lots of questions to get to the root of what lights up every one of her students. Different children love to learn music differently.

About GUSSIE B

GUSSIE BERGER was one of the code names used by the 1930’s actor Greta Garbo to avoid the press when she would check into hotels. Sarah has been inspired by Garbo since college, when she was sucked into the dichotomy of the actor’s concept of her own gender expression and the pressure on her to be Hollywood’s beautiful leading starlet. In 1947, five years after Garbo’s last film, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch asked the actor what interested her by way of a potential Hollywood comeback. She answered:

“A clown, A male clown. Under the makeup and the silk pants, the clown is a woman. And all the admiring girls in the audience who write him letters are wondering why he does not respond. They cannot understand."

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CONTACT

Please fill out this form or email me at sarah.devin.kaufman@gmail.com for lesson requests or music collab opportunities. :)

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me performing some of my songs

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