This 53-page second volume of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora is definitely more challenging than the first volume! It is labeled Intermediate, but I struggled a good bit with some of the complicated rhythms and dissonant harmonies myself. The layout is the same as the first volume, with the first several pages […]
Resources
Visual Scale and Chord Builder
Have you ever had a question about a particular scale or chord? How to build it or how to label it? Then head on over to the Piano Room of the Chord House! It’s an incredibly helpful tool! You just click the root of the chord and select from 58 different chord types. It shows […]
Video from Cliburn Amateur Competition Awards Ceremony
Check out this energetic and entertaining performance from the 2007 Cliburn Amateur Competition Awards Ceremony. Cliburn gold medalists José Feghali (1985), Stanislav Ioudenitch (2001), Olga Kern (2001), and Jon Nakamatsu (1997) collaborated for this great performance!
Music Teacher’s Helper – Another Review
Last July I did a review of Music Teacher’s Helper after setting up a free limited account with them. In January of this year I decided to take the plunge and pay for a full subscription – this would allow me to use the record-keeping system with an unlimited number of students. If you are […]
Review of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 1
When William Nyaho was the guest artist at our state music teachers conference several years ago I was thoroughly impressed with his personable and engaging style as both a performer and a teacher. His performance of numerous styles of music was fabulous, but when he played the second of the set of Three Jamaican Dances […]
Live Webcast Recital from Van Cliburn Recital Hall
Michael Hawley, co-first-prize winner of the 2002 International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, will be giving a recital this Friday, May 25 at 6:00 p.m. C.S.T. The recital will be held in the Van Cliburn Recital Hall in Fort Worth, Texas and will be streamed over the Internet so that millions of viewers worldwide can […]
