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In this SuiteLinks: Music & Mathematics, Preludes by Chopin & Debussy, Interviews, Football + Music, Rilke’s refuge for artists, Piano pieces for workouts, Success at the piano with only 4 fingers, and more! Ian Hobson: 10 part recital series Sharing the gift Inside the box Inside The Arts (www.insidethearts.com Drew McManus LLC creativecommons.org) Chopin’s 24 Miracles Debussy’s Painterly Preludes The Music Framer Concert . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: Sept. 3 Hal-leonard-luia! For all those frustrated by cumbersome, fruitless searches on publishers websites, here is one site that has jumped on the user friendly band wagon. I am suppressing glee and containing myself from actually jumping for joy here because it’s hard to do that and type too. The site is well organized, readable, and it works! The new . . . → Read More: Kudos to Hal Leonard’s Updated Website This just in from QoTS: the third installment of essential skills that most middle intermediate to advanced transfer students would do well to develop. Memory 101 Use theory to help you to chunk bits of information. For example: there may be more than 20 notes within two measures, however, they may belong to just one or two chords. . . . → Read More: Essential Skills for the Transferring Developing Pianist: Part 3 I have been dubbed QoTS (OK, you had to be there–alternatively you can read the first post on this subject). Here is the second installment of essential skills that most middle intermediate to advanced transfer students would do well to develop. Fingering Avoid putting down fingers willy-nilly. If you are new to figuring out fingering for yourself, do . . . → Read More: Essential Skills for the Transferring Developing Pianist: Part 2 Today’s edition of Reading Music Daily (there’s a link under Blogs Etc. in the right column on this page) included this series of articles on Flow Breathing by David H. Thomas. Although they are written from the perspective of woodwind players, the concept applies to all musicians. We pianists often neglect breathing because we do not . . . → Read More: Take a Moment and Breathe I am the queen of transfer students. I live in an area where there is a lot of moving in and out and, of course, college students are inherently transfer students. So, I have put together this list of essential skills that most middle intermediate to advanced transfer students would do well to develop. Here are . . . → Read More: Essential Skills for the Transferring Developing Pianist In this SuiteVideos: opera, piano duos, commercials, a surprising lullaby, comedy, and more! What happens when friends make a commercial for you Operas in 10 minutes Satie meets Brubeck Madden NFL piano commercial Girls play giant Bach More operas in 10 minutes Animated piano short “The Piano” Anderson & Roe duo: actual comments about Horowitz, Argerich, Rubinstien, and other legendary pianists performing the Moonlight Sonata Victor . . . → Read More: SuiteVideos: The Return In this edition: Got memorization?, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Two kinds of schooling, Naomi Kudo, Romantic heroes, and more! Pianist as pugilist Tracing 2 Romantic heroes Chamber music academy for adults Astoria Piano Factory Renovated Amina Figurova: I Hear Sparks Two kinds of schooling Marc-André Hamelin Interview Interview with Naomi Kudo When students can’t . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: August 27 I remember my high school years as being a busy and mostly happy time. At last, I could incorporate music and theater into my school curriculum and into my after school activities–something which had never before been possible. I worked backstage in theater productions, sang, played piano and coached for choirs, performed as Bea in Up the . . . → Read More: Ahhh… High School In this edition of SuiteLinks: Three legendary pianists, music piracy & copyright laws, Stephen Hough on creative blocks, viewing your students as accomplished learners, Mulgrew Miller celebrates those who shaped him, Schumann meets China, and more! Music & copyright Mozart as appetizer 89 year old jazz pianist Stephanie Stone Sheet music piracy: Are laws outdated? Poetes du Piano: Pascal Roge Pianist Stephen . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: August 22 |
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