I remember growing up listening to church pianists improvise the old hymns and wishing that I knew how to add in all those extra notes like they did. 🙂 That’s what the new CD, “Reflections” by Sandy Skinner reminds me of. In a world that is ever bustling with activity, it’s nice to still be […]
Resources
The Art Of Piano: Great Pianists Of The 20th Century
There’s nothing quite like watching the great piano performers of the past play classics by the master composers of yesteryear to inspire continued dedication to becoming and training excellent pianists. At least, that’s how I felt as I watched the documentary, The Art of Piano: Great Pianists of the 20th Century, now available on-line in […]
Review and Giveaway of American Portraits Piano Book by Wendy Stevens
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is an audio clip worth? In a departure from my typical process of reviewing new materials, I thought it would be cool to give you samplings of the actual music rather than mere words attempting to describe the music. In fact, didn’t some great musician say […]
A New and Exciting Era of Recitals!
Growing up, one of my least favorite things to do was attend recitals. I think most of the other students and audience members felt the same way. So it has been my personal mission to make our studio recitals not only tolerable, but immensely enjoyable and something that students and families look forward to. It […]
Produce Professional CDs for $1!
Last Friday I presented a workshop to one of our local music teachers associations on the topic of “New-to-us Tech Ideas.” I shared about some of the recent finds I’ve come across, many of which I’ve shared here previously. However, I realized that I never did a post on an awesome resource I came across […]
Review and Giveaway of Showers of Blessing Piano Book by Jenifer Cook
Anyone who has followed Jenifer Cook’s The Church Pianist blog knows that she is a gifted pianist and teacher. Her ability to communicate improvisation and arranging techniques to aspiring pianists is unparalleled in my opinion! It’s one thing to be able to play and improvise well, but a whole different thing to be able to […]
