PA Shorts: Then And Now
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…
PA Shorts: How Many Hours???
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…
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…
PA Shorts: Now That’s Something You Don’t See Everyday
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…
PA Shorts: Body of Work
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,…
PA Shorts: Dimensionality
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…
PA Shorts: The Hereafter
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…
PA Shorts: GIGO
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.…