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In this SuiteLinks: Dr. Who playing piano?, Garrick Ohlsson on technique, Microscopic music, Piano by ambulance, Channeling creativity, Eric Satie’s Vexations, and more! Glenn Gould’s form followed fingers A piano in the Tardis? World record baby grand cake CSO & juvenile prisoners perform Piano by ambulance The food of love At play with Bach Garrick . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: Sept. 30  I just finished reading Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Steyngart. It is a 1984ish, satirical picture of what can happen when all of our information is distributed through social media. The hero actually reads books–old ones, and they smell! His love has never read a book and communicates mostly in four letter word . . . → Read More: Go Play! A free E-Book by Catherine Shefski In this SuiteLinks: Why we choke under stress, Hamelin’s character pieces, a heartwarming but expensive piano lesson, talk about first musical loves from NPR, and more! Musician’s work effortless??? Jazz Piano Competition Why we choke when stressed Rare giraffe piano Rugby player has piano blues First classical loves Peanut butter & harmony One expensive piano . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: Sept. 25 My colleague Elaine tells of the teacher who was asked about her teaching philosophy during a certification exam and answered, “Oh, I teach the Alfred method.” Methodology and philosophy are routinely muddled together–even in scholarly materials. The word philosophy is often used to refer to a regime or system from a specific teacher or ‘school’. . . . → Read More: Philosophically Speaking My colleague Rachel Day Velarde posted this in her Twitter feed. I thought these words so inspiring that they deserved a post of their own. From Wolf Trap Opera: Practice. Then Practice Some More “You’re a romantic!” said my teacher in a surprised voice, as though this explained everything he found perplexing about me. I had never been accused of being anything but a pianist—romantic or no. I can’t remember what I was playing and it wasn’t necessarily meant as a compliment, though for some reason I felt a . . . → Read More: A Romantic Accusation In this SuiteLinks: Piano Red & Chilly Gonzales, Alaska! Make your reservations, Silent films + piano in Brooklyn, A curtain call to teaching, More on the 10,000 hour rule, A life played by ear, and more. Silent films + piano in Brooklyn Ergonomics of piano playing Why market classical music? What is creativity anyway? Moving . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: September 19 Wow! I learned something new to help my students with major scale construction today! I’ve been around the musical block a few times myself but I have never encountered this little trick. Here in the U.S. we usually think of scales in terms of whole and half steps. Hence, WWHWWWH or we went home when . . . → Read More: Presenting Music Education Resources: 200+ Theory Worksheets & Handouts Ok girls and boys, it’s football season and in this grand tradition let’s do a little cheering! Give me a D! Give me an E! Give me an E! Give me a V! Give me an A! What’s that spell??? DEEVA!!! What’s that spell??? DEEVA!!! What’s that spell??? DEEVA!!! Beside’s being football season, it is . . . → Read More: A Little Technical Cheer In this issue of SuiteLinks: Music without borders, Review of the new movie about Glenn Gould, Jazz & Neuroscience, Tuned Pale Ale, Music from the planet Voca, and more! Cruising & playing Review: Genius Within Setting High Expectations Behind “A Great Day in Harlem”: Piano Jazz Steinway given new life after Ike The Jazz Improviser’s . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: Sept. 13 Here is the (dare I say it?) final post in our Methods to Style series. I hope these posts have been useful to you and your students. As always, I am allergic to the detergent used in jail so no actual images from method books have been used here. I have given complete information for . . . → Read More: Methods to Impressionism and Modern Style: Part 2 In this SuiteLinks: Motorbikes & Pianists, Dilbert creator on practice, the art of momentum, and more! Good Study Habits? Mischa Dichter discusses hand trouble and recovery Piano + two by fours Symphony in C++ Motorbikes & pianists Beethoven’s carefully choreographed violence Vijay Iyer on Piano Jazz Dilbert creator on Practicing Pianist undeterred by disability Can . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: Sept 8 In her new E-book, Goal-Oriented Practice: How to Avoid Traps and Become a Confident Performer, Gretchen Saathoff has given us a thoughtful collection of practice ideas, tips, and insights in a clear, approachable, user friendly format. Her goal in creating this book was to help teachers and students alike make steady progress in learning music. . . . → Read More: Goal Oriented Practice by Gretchen Saathoff “That’s weird. I don’t like it!” is often the response to impressionistic and 20th–21st century music. Students (and sometimes parents, siblings, and family pets) complain that they don’t understand the music–there is no melody to sing and it is hard to read and hard to hear and hard to count. They are pretty much correct. Yet, . . . → Read More: Methods to Impressionism and Modern Style: Part 1 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 . . . → 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 . . . → Read More: Kudos to Hal Leonard’s Updated Website  |
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