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Posted on April 27, 2020March 25, 2021

A Playlist: 1920s-1940s vol 2, Home Library Series

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…

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Posted on July 9, 2019March 25, 2021

Listening Homework; Bach

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…

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Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

Check out this great explanation of Trap music on PBS!

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…

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Posted on August 25, 2018August 25, 2018

Google Doodle on Bernstein!

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,…

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Posted on January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

How to Kick The Blues, or, A Chance Meeting with a Living Louisiana Music Legend.

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…

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Posted on October 7, 2013October 7, 2013

Best thing I’ve seen all day. Flash Chorus!

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.…

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Posted on May 8, 2013December 12, 2014

Free Beethoven Composer Quiz

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…

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Posted on February 27, 2013December 12, 2014

Van Cliburn, RIP

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…

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Posted on January 13, 2013December 12, 2014

New Portrait of Mozart Identified

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.…

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Posted on January 9, 2013December 12, 2014

One of my piano students is learning the Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata first movement.  This is one of those "classical pop" hits that I never wanted…

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