Baroque Dolphins vs. Sharks
My 7 year old student, Gini, grinned at me as she neared the end of Dolphins Play Everyday. She suddenly played a huge handful of low bass keys and wiggled…
How I Discovered What Methods Were Really About
Methods are tools. And, with the advent of self-publishing, there are a lot of them available. Unfortunately, no single perfect method exists. I used to wish it did but now…
The Enterprising Pianist: How Pedagogy Inspired A Screenplay
Four years ago, I wrote a screenplay. I called it Playing with Beethoven. It was around the time my piano teaching had taken a turn away from the traditional classical…
Great Finds: A Shrinking Piano & Practice Personalities
Thornton Cline is a respected music educator, songwriter, producer and performer. He teaches at Cumberland University and Cumberland Arts Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee, Sumner Academy in Gallatin, Tennessee, and maintains his…
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…