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PA Shorts: Then And Now

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: Then And Now2011-06-15T08:56:38-07:00 Pianistic Shorts
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…
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PA Shorts: How Many Hours???

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: How Many Hours???2011-06-07T18:10:36-07:00 Pianistic Shorts
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…
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PA Shorts: Happy Birthday!

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: Happy Birthday!2011-05-28T10:18:07-07:00 Great Finds
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…
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PA Shorts: Now That’s Something You Don’t See Everyday

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: Now That’s Something You Don’t See Everyday2011-05-26T22:00:20-07:00 Pianistic Shorts
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…
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PA Shorts: Body of Work

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: Body of Work2011-05-10T10:11:11-07:00 Pianistic Shorts
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,…
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PA Shorts: Dimensionality

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: Dimensionality2011-04-25T10:12:49-07:00 Pianistic Shorts
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…
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PA Shorts: The Hereafter

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: The Hereafter2011-04-14T22:42:58-07:00 Pianistic Shorts
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…
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PA Shorts: GIGO

Gail Fischler PA Shorts: GIGO2011-04-10T16:08:02-07:00 Pianistic Shorts
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.…
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