Anne Trenning

Instrumental pianist Anne Trenning titled her third recording Watching for Rain, as a metaphor indicating a time of hopeful anticipation. “As our world continues to face the challenges of economy, war and the environment, we find ourselves looking toward new opportunities, for rain to come and refresh the earth, and for growth and positive change to occur.”

Trenning explains, “In a broader sense, it seems many of us are hoping for our world to enter a period of healing; we want to be part of a cleansing transformation — which is why I chose the analogy of rain. I wanted the music on this album to reflect new beginnings, and to offer emotional encouragement during this time of anticipation and hope.”

Trenning has always used personal experiences to create music that she hopes will resonate universally. “Sorrow and grief are as much a part of life as joy and happiness, and all those emotions resonate in my music. My compositions are often melodic portraits of challenges I have faced in my own life.”

She began exploring those emotional landscapes on her first album, Suite Tea. That recording also evoked water imagery with the original composition “Where Rivers Run” as well as a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “The Rain Song.” Trenning’s second album, All One World, promoted her belief in global peace, love, and friendship, but also addressed personal challenge (“Walking Through My Tears”) as well as willingness to reach out (the traditional “Give Me Your Hand”). While Suite Tea received substantial sales and airplay internationally, Anne’s popularity soared with her next recording. All One World debuted at #4 on the national New Age Reporter radio airplay charts, and NAR also named All One World one of the Top 5 acoustic piano albums of the year. It ranked #9 in a competition of 2,800 recordings on NAR’s annual list of all contemporary instrumental albums.