Vintage PA: Six Onions & 10,000 Hours
Will 10,000 Hours really get you to elite status? This article in The Wilson Quarterly, on the research of Michigan State University psychology professor David Z. Hambrick and five other…
Artist Portrait: Mark Isaacs
Pianist and composer, Mark Isaacs is spirited, animated, and vibrant with a penchant for channeling his inner techie. He is also wonderfully open and forthright about the realities of his…
Vintage PA: Relationships
Several of my students and colleagues have recently purchased new pianos. It has been fun to rediscover the honeymoon phase of choosing and then learning to partner with a new…
Guest Post: Gregg Kallor,
First, a little Please be aware that as of tomorrow, Google will no longer support Google Reader. You can move from Google Reader to Feedly and enjoy the same features for free. You…
PA Shorts: Supermoon!
The astoundingly beautiful Supermoon this weekend got me to thinking of piano pieces that have moon in their titles—aside from the obvious (Clair de Lune, soundtracks for certain vampires, Moonlight…
Learning Ogi Matsuri
Everyone who teaches should try to learn a completely new skill every few years. It keeps you humble. It keeps you patient and kind to both yourself and to your…
Great Finds: Teaching Tools for Troubled Readers & Jazz from Elena Cobb
How do YOU learn? It’s an important question that we often ask ourselves as we sit attempting to help an individual student conquer a concept or skill. How do you…
Rocking Piano Down The Runway
“Whoa! Not many people could pull that dress off,” I thought as I gazed at the pictures on Pinterest. The dress was low cut and red, with the bodice made…