PA Shorts: On Forging A Personal Musical Connection
I'm always encouraging students to find something personal in their music—something from their own lives and experience. Often, they look at me like I have lobsters crawling out of my…
PA Shorts: A Pianist, A Halfpipe, & A Snowboard
"Amanda," I said, "You have to spot your landings before you get there!" She looked at me for a minute and then said, "" We talked about the fact that…
Artist Portrait: Paul Morin
Say hello to pianist and artist Paul Morin. He's a classical pianist, artist, composer, and educator. His performances blend classical masterworks with his own compositions and artworks. He has composed…
A Bit Of Humor
It's the bleak midwinter and we all need something to keep us going right? So, here are a few funnies to lift your spirits. Enjoy! ( and be sure to…
Great Finds: Dinnerstein’s Inventions & A Carbon Fiber Phoenix
Simone Dinnerstein: Bach Inventions & Sinfonias “An instrumental training is as much a training in how to listen as in how to play. In the text that accompanies the Inventions,…
Interference: No Penalty 2
The universe is conspiring to make me think hard about practicing. Coincidenza? I think not. I’m up to my eyeballs in Lieder and Art Song in preparation for a recital…
PA Shorts: Interference! No Penalty.
Last week I found myself focusing on practice strategies again and again—specifically how to change up passages and scales/arpeggios etc. when practicing with repetitions. I have quite a few new…
Scales. What? Double Thirds
I loved hearing about how you all teach scales and your plans to incorporate the paired fingerings from Scales. What? into your personal practice and teaching. JP and Marie, among others,…