When You Fall In Love (With Making Music)
For those in their teen years, music can be an important emotional outlet
Playing Gracefully (In an Ungraceful Time)
love playing blues, rock and roll, dramatic Romantic period pieces. They are "let-it-all-hang- out in-your-face" pieces that can be good f
What Is the Most Important Musical Skill I Teach?
It is not technique, music reading, theory, transposing, ear training, singing while playing, phrasing. Those are all skills I teach and...
Students Teaching Teachers
Learning is not a one-way street. Teachers teach students, but students also teach teachers. I was reminded of that recently while...
Playing for the Joy of Others
Student Performance as a Community Service.
Should You MAKE Your Child Practice?
I met a very successful doctor at a party who said to me, when he discovered I teach piano, "I don't believe in MAKING my children do...
