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Today Piano Addict on Word Press is a whopping one year old! So, I thought it would be fun to celebrate with some pianistic happy birthday videos. Look for two exciting new features this summer. Artist Portraits is debuting this week (or as soon as I win my current heavyweight bout with iMovie). Playing With . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Happy Birthday!  In this SuiteLinks: Competitions galore, Singing Chopin- literally, Don’t shoot the piano player, A Czerny Nocturne, Why scales matter, and more! Nine pieces for nine pianos Piano teacher business school Pianists embracing the new Library of Listening Van Cliburn amateur profile Singing Chopin- literally Nuts & Bolts Keys to jazz piano victory Friday funny from . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: May 27 I was blown away at what I saw in my local piano store today! Anybody want a 1920′s Steinway, as originally decorated in the factory, & priced around 20K? The blue/green one is an old German piano (probably from the 1920s as well) that Mark Hachenberg bought off the back of a truck. The case . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Now That’s Something You Don’t See Everyday In this SuiteLinks: Copyright and you, Paul Lewis plays Schubert, Bosendorfer sponsors Open Goldberg Project,What amateurs bring to classical music, and more! Michael meets Mozart Kids meet Classical Lesson on copyright Think outside the box Musicians memories sing Feeding the mind Bosendorfer sponsors open Goldberg project Friday funny from NPR Why improvise? Striking a false . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: May 23 I’ll be blogging spottily over the next few weeks because we are on the road and the beach. Unfortunately my use of the internet is limited to cafes and in tonight’s case Barnes and Noble. This here post consists of three beautiful quotes which I feel compelled to share. The first is from Vikram Seth, . . . → Read More: What They Said… In this SuiteLinks: Reinvesting in arts education, Piano collection brings the world, conquering stage fright, Reinvesting in arts education, and more! Steinway sales up Piano brings red veranda of Tagore to life once more Piano collection beacons world class pianists Link to Lady Gaga fugue score Conquering stage fright I’d play piano at 5am Offbeat . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: May 13 At dinner the other night, my friend Ann told me how impressed she had been with her Granddaughter’s piano hands during a Skype call that morning. Later in the day, when a young student’s technique was all over the place, Ann asked, “Gee, would you like to meet another pianist your age?” They Skyped her . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Body of Work In this SuiteLinks: Piano at 6000ft, Shared lives at the piano, Schubert and more Schubert, Music For Little Mozarts App, Learning fugues, Being Automatic, Beethoven’s 33rd, Lady Gaga Fugue, Piano as a ticket to the world, and more! Speaking and Phrasing Music as transcendance Chung & Bax: shared lives at the piano Schubert: Across Classical/Romantic . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: May 6 I was catching up on some podcasts this week during my weekly commute to EAC when I became enthralled by a segment from To The Best Of Our Knowledge: Creative Pairs. In it, Lan Samantha Chang, Director of the Iowa Writers Workshop, discussed the impact a teacher can have on students. I was struck by . . . → Read More: In Your Face!  |
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In Your Face Two
Remember the old story about the class of young music students who were told by the teacher that they must all comment after each other’s performances, and, they must always say something good first and then give suggestions for improvement? Tommy had not practiced and struggled through his piece with many do-overs and inaccuracies. Suzy . . . → Read More: In Your Face Two