I recently had the privilege to learn some music that the violinist I’d worked with had composed. He was working on a project for one of his high school music classes and was tasked with writing a 3-minute composition that he could perform. He decided to do a piano and violin piece. The challenge begins. … More Learning Music That Has Never Been Played
I wrote a few months ago about “dusting off the piano keys” in order to accompany a young violinist in a competition. It was a thoroughly enjoyable process for me and reawakened my love for playing the piano and learning new music. I made some connections between that type of learning and learning to spin … More On Learning
I don’t know if I’ve ever written in the blog about my early years as a pianist. I spent my childhood and through college studying piano. Unfortunately, I didn’t understand until the end of my college career that I wouldn’t likely be able to make a living playing the piano, though I did think I … More Dusting Off The Keys
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