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More Great Stuff

Of course, once I posted about cool stuff, I found more to share. Enjoy!

Blogging at Piano Teacher Press

Many of you know Dan Severino’s entertaining tweets, but did you know he also has a great blog with wonderful posts for parents and students? Check it out!

MuseScore: The Essential Users Guide

MuseScore is a . . . → Read More: More Great Stuff

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Review: Africa Book 1 & Metronome Plus

Africa Book 1, Neeki Bey

Ever wish you could visit Africa—today!? Well, here’s your ticket in a volume of ten African songs from across the continent arranged by Neeki Bey. The pieces range in difficulty from approximately level 2a – 3 (as found in major American method series) and are suitable for both actual young . . . → Read More: Review: Africa Book 1 & Metronome Plus

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Cool Stuff For A New Teaching Year

I have come across some pretty cool resources lately and thought this was a great time to gather them into a post. So, here goes- and have a great year everyone!

Piano & YouTube Great links to YouTube videos of great artists playing the music of Scriabin, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, & Liszt

Musique Piano The music of . . . → Read More: Cool Stuff For A New Teaching Year

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PA Shorts: Happy Birthday!

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!

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What They Said…

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…

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PA Shorts: Have Your Cake & Play It Too

Check out these tasty treats! I particularly like some of the snazzy red ones. Best to virtually enjoy these I think.

Piano Cakes

Cakes dancing to Chopin

Grand Piano Blues Cake

Spiral Cake

Ace of Cakes Video

More piano cakes

. . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Have Your Cake & Play It Too

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A New “Made in America” Piano: The Monserrat

Daniel Ley of Ley’s Pianos grins and tells the story about the day a customer came into his shop to view his new Monserrat and asked, “It’s a grand piano- what’s the big deal?”  The big deal? “We made it!,” he says.

When Mr. Ley told his craftsmen that they were going to design and . . . → Read More: A New “Made in America” Piano: The Monserrat

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Imagine Being a Concert Pianist

Thanks to Pianists from the Inside’s Malan Wilkinson for calling my attention to Part i of this film by Alan Yentob. The comments are also thought provoking. I have included links to all nine parts below. (Part vi includes a clip of Artur Rubinstein:)

Imagine Being a Concert Pianist

Part i

Part ii

Part iii

. . . → Read More: Imagine Being a Concert Pianist

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Very Inspiring Words: Practice. Then Practice Some More

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

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Take a Moment and Breathe

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 . . . → Read More: Take a Moment and Breathe

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SuiteVideos: The Return

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, . . . → Read More: SuiteVideos: The Return

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Andras Schiff: Complete Beethoven Sonata Lecture Series- Haydn too!

Pianist András Schiff has completed his monumental lecture recital series covering all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas. This is a great resource for all: students, teachers, performers, & avocational players. I’ve also included links to his article on Haydn. Dig out those volumes people!

Link to all 32 Piano Sonatas Here

YouTube videos of lectures . . . → Read More: Andras Schiff: Complete Beethoven Sonata Lecture Series- Haydn too!

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SuiteVideos

You might be amused by these videos all involving pianos–played in novel ways, smashed, & blown up. Suite!

What happens to bad trades

Nora the piano cat

English Trebuchet

Superglue needed on this bench

Piano hoist from upper story

More Nora: piano possession and some matters of technique

Piano stairs

CATtcerto

Mythbusters Concerto in C

. . . → Read More: SuiteVideos

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SuiteQuotes

You can’t possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven’s Seventh and go slow. Oscar Levant (talking his way out of a speeding ticket)

Get up from that piano you’re hurtin’ it’s feelings. Jelly Roll Morton

You play Bach your way and I’ll play Bach his way. Wanda Landowska

Music was my refuge.  I could crawl . . . → Read More: SuiteQuotes

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A New Take on Bloom’s Taxonomy

I love humorous demonstrations that make theory real. Here’s a link to a funny video illustrating Bloom’s levels of learning through scenes from the film Pirates of the Caribbean. Enjoy!

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Learn It In 5

Here’s a link to 5 minute how to videos on every imaginable tech topic: Learn it in 5. The link takes you to a video on Skype which you can use to video chat with experts and colleagues, provide and receive feedback on repertoire, or even give long distance lessons. And, yes, you can get . . . → Read More: Learn It In 5

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