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For Love or Music

By: Julie Lipson
Narrated by: Piper Goodeve, Kris Koscheski, Hollis McCarthy, Abby Craden, Natasha Soudek, Jozef Szabo, Sarah Beth Pfifer, A.T. Chandler, Vikas Adam, Sam Breen
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Publisher's summary

They’ll discover the key to love in this scripted multi-cast romance with an immersive soundscape.  

Sadie and Max fell in love while training to be classical pianists in music school, and they’ve been chasing their dreams together ever since. Now they’ve gotten engaged and are on the verge of a bright future—until an unexpected twist throws them out of harmony. When they’re both finalists in the prestigious Van Cage piano competition, they go from being each other’s biggest fans to fierce rivals. The winner will be launched into a meteoric career as a concert pianist, but only one can take first place. 

Now Max and Sadie face the ultimate test. What will come first—love or their dreams?

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About the Creator

Julie Lipson: Julie is an award-winning TV and film writer. Her feature film Rust Creek has spent many days on the Top Ten list on Netflix, and she was nominated for Best Screenplay on the Women In Film Oscars Ballot in 2019. Julie has been a California Junior Miss (Talent), an American Scholarship Winner for piano performance at the Chopin Institute in Warsaw, and is a graduate of the USC Film and Television writing program.

About the Composer

With performances and recordings featured by The New York Times, The New Yorker, Gramophone, New York Classical Review, American Record Guide, Fanfare, and more, Carl Patrick Bolleia has performed as pianist and historical keyboardist throughout North America, Europe and China, at venues including Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Merkin Hall, NJPAC, Bargemusic, le poisson rouge, and Spectrum. Dedicated to contemporary music and historical performance, he holds the Graduate Diploma from The Juilliard School and the Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University. His large scale commissioning project of works for diverse keyboard instruments, entitled tintinnabulation.bloom, features inaugural compositions by the world’s leading composers, including Frederic Rzewski, Tyshawn Sorey and Stephen Hough. He is Director of Music at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Boonton, NJ and Assistant Professor of Music at William Paterson University, where he is Director of New Music and Coordinator of Piano and Keyboard Studies.

About the Performer

Piper Goodeve is an Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator, and records for Audible Studios, Tantor Audio, Blackstone, Highbridge, Podium, and more. She holds an MFA from Brown University/Trinity Rep and has worked in New York, Off Broadway, as Anne in Anne of Green Gables (Drama League Award nomination for Distinguished Performance); at Joe's Pub, York Theatre Co., Theatre at St. Clement’s, Duke on 42nd, NY Fringe Festival, and numerous readings/workshops. Some of her selected regional credits include: Caroline or Change (Syracuse Stage), Hamlet (Tennessee Shakespeare Co.), A Christmas Carol (McCarter), Long Day’s Journey into Night (Oldcastle Theatre Co.), Hair (Hangar Theatre, Syracuse Area Live Theater Award nomination for Best Actress), Other Desert Cities (Hangar Theatre), and eleven seasons at the Weston Playhouse, where her favorite roles include Lydia Lubey in All My Sons, and Cathleen in Long Day’s Journey into Night.

About the Performer

Audiobook veteran Kris Koscheski has narrated hundreds of best selling titles. With a smooth, rich, and warm voice, Kris has leant his talents to multiple genres including action, romantic comedy, science fiction, fantasy, and many more. Kris is also a multi instrument musician and classically trained singer.

About the Performer

Abby Craden originates from New York but after many years on the West Coast she calls Los Angeles home. She has been performing and story telling in all of its various forms for over twenty five years. She has recorded over four hundred audio books-winning two earphones awards and was named "One of the Best Voices of 2012" by AudioFile Magazine. Her voice can be heard in national commercials, animation, video games and many TV shows and films. She has performed on the stage regionally and is a Resident Artist with A Noise Within theatre in Los Angeles as well as working in film and TV.

About the Performer

Sarah Beth Pfeifer is a veteran NYC based actor and narrator. She has narrated books in many genres including YA, sci-fi, romance, and non-fiction, with a special interest in LGBTQ+ themes. In keeping with her literary pursuits, Sarah Beth starred in The Lightning Thief, the Percy Jackson Musical on Broadway from 2019-2020. SB has appeared on stages around the country in shows like Legally Blonde, Always, Patsy Cline, and 101 Dalmatians. She’s also had a prolific commercial voice over career –she’s voiced national commercials for brands like Swiffer, Gerber, Macy’s, and Juicy Juice. She resides in Manhattan with her wife, their two cats, and Rufus the pitbull.

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Hollis McCarthy is a TV, film and stage actor who plays powerful women and fights with swords. She’s a recurring guest star Judge on CBS’ Bull, was the President of Ireland on Blue Bloods, a Senator in House of Cards, and has played major roles off-Broadway, at the Old Globe, and in Shakespeare plays nationwide. Born in rural Ohio, she’s lived all over the country and specializes in comedy and dialects. She’s narrated more than 200 audiobooks, plays a mean game of softball, and is a die-hard Cleveland baseball fan.

About the Performer

Jozef Szabo is an active duty U.S. service member who, in the last 5 years, has taken the dive into the entertainment world through Audiobooks. While still a relatively modest narrator, Jozef takes from his life experiences to contribute to the characters he portrays, and the settings his books are placed in. His military service has taken him around the world and has given him perspective to create these performances.

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Great short listen

Loved the narration. This sweet angsty tale was a perfect way to past the time on my drive.

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Love full cast stories

I love stories with full cast. This one was surprisingly good and full taking into consideration how short it was. It actually managed to not be predictable and was very interesting and sweet. Recommended!!

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Hated the couple

Ugh. It’s not a good rom-com if you find yourself actively rooting against the couple.

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For Love or Music

Good storyline and music. Nice twists and turns. Good listen, give it a listen! Nice

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Extremely entertaining audio play!

This romance between two brilliant pianists was really fun to listen to. Though the story is relatively short, it has a complete plot with a satisfying HEA.

I am always thrilled whenever Audible releases a full cast production. All of the actors performing in this release have done a fabulous job. The classical pianist is terrific, and the sound effects in the background throughout are extremely well done.

Bravo!!

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Love and Music – the perfect combination

A feel-good win-win story. It made me smile.
I liked how the story and the music integrated well together

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Loved it

Fun and uplifting, especially listening before bed at night. Would have loved more piano tho.

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Light & cute

A cute love story about two musicians engaged to each other while competing for a prestigious award. The performances were well done, but there were a number of places where recordings were played. In making the recordings sound realistic, they were actually made difficult or impossible to understand.

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Not a fan of the insecure man’s self-absorbed main character

I was not a fan of the main male character. He was so whiney and insecure. I don’t know how I managed to get through the first half, but he did turn it around in the end.

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I liked it

Short and sweet and wow the music. I did get frustrated at one point when I thoight the characters were listening to too many people, however i quickly got over that when they started to listen to each other. A good listen.

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