Part One My mother has this old(wish) book of sheet music, which has, to my mind, an exciting trove of songs that were unknown to…
Continue reading → A Playlist: 1920s-1940s vol 2, Home Library Series
Students will be learning about concertos for a bit in my piano studio. We will be using this book (pictured) and picking pieces therefrom. To…
PBS has more to offer than you'd think. In this video, you learn the components of a trap beat (and how to emulate) as well…
Continue reading → Check out this great explanation of Trap music on PBS!
Reprinted from Google Doodles: Happy 100th birthday to American music icon Leonard Bernstein! The youngest conductor ever to lead the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra,…
It's been a tough couple of weeks for me and, I think, for a lot of people. One day recently, I had a meeting that was…
Continue reading → How to Kick The Blues, or, A Chance Meeting with a Living Louisiana Music Legend.
Not to overly spoil the surprise, but the following video depicts a random group of people bursting into "Va Pensiero" at a mall. Well-worth watching.…
Continue reading → Best thing I’ve seen all day. Flash Chorus!
My students have been learning about Beethoven in lessons recently and I've had several of them read the short Beethoven biography from MakingMusicFun.net. To accompany…
Van Cliburn died this morning of bone cancer. He is most well known for winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the age of…
I thought that I had posted this article a week ago, but I found it today, sitting in my draft photos. So here we go.…