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…
Artist Portrait: Gregg Kallor
This week; a bonus Artist Portrait for you! Because pianist and composer Gregg Kallor is up to his eyebrows preparing for the release concert of his new album, A Single Noon,…
Redux: Yummo! Taste and False Assumptions
This week, I was struck by a fascinating post by John Terauds on the word like and it's meaning in relation to music—specifically classical music. We don’t like every person we meet,…
Pa Shorts: A Lesson in Perfection
I went to San Diego last weekend to visit family. A friend of my daughter's, who also happens to be a world class photographer, saw that I was wearing a…
A Totally Healthy High
Last Thursday, I was working with an adult student on a Joplin Rag and a piece by Nazareth. These are pieces that she has returned to several times and they…
Playing With Wolfgang: Ives for Boston
A few years ago I got out Thoreau from Ives’ Concord Sonata and decided to discover it. As you all know I’m a sucker for pieces about the outdoors, plus…
PA Shorts: As Time Goes By
Last Thursday, film critic Roger Ebert lost his long battle with cancer. I was listening to a Fresh Air interview by Terry Gross and was struck by the following: I…
Middle Parts & Orphans
“I’ve played piano for over 30 years and nobody has ever told me to start in the middle of a measure,” said one of my adult students last week. She…