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Well, it’s that crazy time of year again and you know what that means. Summer is almost upon us! Is reading in your plans? If so, here are some juicy pianistic treats to dive into. Do you have more books to share? Please, please do! Midnight Arpeggios: An Illustrated Philosophy of Practicing and Music, M.J. . . . → Read More: Summer Reads  Since 2009, Malan Wilkinson has interviewed over 60 pianists on her site, Pianists From The Inside. The likes of Ralph Votapek, Michal Tal, Ilana Vered, Andre Gavrilov, and Pierre-Arnaud Dablemont have graced these posts. Malan always manages to make each artist come alive in these interviews. Her next post will feature Simone Dinnerstein. Nancy . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Interviews From Newbies and Oldbies 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 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 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  5 comments  Great Finds  African piano music, American Popular Piano Method, aspiring concert artist, Christopher Norton, emerge already, international piano magazine, Livio Guerra, music is hard, music learning community, Musique Piano, Piano Accents, piano escapades, Pinterest, Play it again swig, Practice, Scott McBride Smith, theory games, YouTube 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! 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… 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 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 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 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 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 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 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! 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 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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