Recently heard at the intersection of JFK Promenade and Blue Heron Lake Dr. in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, Maestro of piano and legendary piano teacher Doug Goodkin delivering this rendition of ‘Maple Leaf Rag’ – a ragtime composition written by Scott Joplin in 1899, perhaps named after the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Missouri – where he played while studying music.
Doug Goodkin is featured in a PBS documentary called “The Secret Song” , chronicling the final months of his 45-year career teaching music to children in San Francisco.
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-secret-song-mefxsh/
https://www.douggoodkin.com/
The Blue Heron Piano is courtesy of a project called the “Golden Mile’ and was painted by Chris Granillo in March 2024. It is free for anyone to play.
Donations are welcome:
https://goldenmileproject.org/
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