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In the beginning of the school year when I was nine, all eighty or so of us in the 4th grade were shepherded into the cafeteria of our Northern California school for three hours of musical evaluation (well OK, maybe it just seemed like 3 hours to a nine year old). Our well meaning teachers . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Then And Now  I was catching up in the blogosphere today and came across a post by Elissa Milne about her black key piece, Safari. I was struck by the way she used hours as a measure of readiness. Safari is not, however, a piece suitable for absolute beginners! …students will need to have spent around 150-200 hours . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: How Many Hours??? 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 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 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 As I was driving home after our EAC Spring Recital this week, a word popped into my head—dimension. From Schubert to Beethoven to Persichetti, musical lines were not only understood but brought into the fore, mid, or backgrounds in imaginative ways. The music was, in the words of my friend Radmilla, 3D. There are times . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Dimensionality My student Marsha reminded me of an old joke during her lesson this week. One octogenarian says to the other, ” I have been thinking a lot lately about The Hereafter.” The other replies, “Me too! I go into a room and then for the life of me I can’t remember what I’m here after.” . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: The Hereafter Over the last few days, I was part of an interesting Tweetversation with Robert Oliver and Joe Guarr about whether the powers that be think that mandating technology can replace teachers. My response was GIGO (garbage in garbage out). This old axiom refers to computer programming but many of us use it for a variety of . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: GIGO 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 I am inaugurating a new series of short posts and updates on a variety of topics that I have dubbed PA Shorts. Today’s PA Short concerns appropriate correcting of students. Enjoy! This week I read two great posts on correcting student errors- one from Fran of the Cross-Eyed Pianist and the other from Geraldine in . . . → Read More: Introducing PA Shorts: Lesson Interruptus  |
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