Krista Seddon, Buffalo :: presented a yearlong lecture performance tour in Buffalo of jazz great Marian McPartland. Krista worked with McPartland for 10 years, transcribing her portraits of artists and co-publishing the book Marian McPartland Portraits, the Second Set. Krista, a pianist, is a lecture performance artist, director of ensembles at Trinity Episcopal Church of Buffalo and operates a private teaching studio. She also is writing a method book on the jazz process for classically trained pianists and will offer workshops in October 2019. Her arrangement of “Brahm’s Lullaby” is performed when a child is born at Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo. She has performed in the United States, Europe and Asia.