PA Shorts: Fortune Cookie Advice
Happy, happy Holidays to all you piano addicts and many, many thanks to each of you for reading and supporting the blog. On our recent trip to Las Vegas, we went…
PA Shorts: More Onehandedness
A while back I posted a list of resources for LH alone repertoire. Then, another student broke her LH and I started searching for RH alone music. This was much…
PA Shorts: Lightbulb time!
What is going on?- I asked myself as 2 sisters had train wrecks in their pieces for the 4th week in a row. These are wonderful, musical, reliable students who…
PA Shorts: Left!
I have an adult student who is recovering from extensive shoulder surgery. So, I started researching late intermediate pieces for the LH that would satisfy her. I came across a variety…
PA Shorts: Playing by Heart vs. Memory
I found this in my inbox last Saturday and it really did my heart good. You were right, memorization CAN happen in fifteen minutes. I am so excited about being…
PA Shorts: Making An Egg
Many master chefs consider that the ability to cook an egg beautifully is the true test of a cook's skill. Being one with the humble egg tells more about a…
PA Shorts: What A Mess!
I mostly like surprises. I love it when students come in with their own ways of looking at things and their own ways of working out problems. I'm not so…
PA Shorts: The Children
This seems to be the week of children in my corner of cyberspace. Several articles and posts really hit home for me and so I decided to share them here. Enjoy!…