Monthly Archives: January 2013

Here is a short article about Winter Piano care and some Ear-Training APPS for your phones.  This is from my “Piano Explorer” Magazine.

I have shoveled and shoveled and the snow keeps coming down.  Please be careful when you come into the driveway and into the studio.  I don’t want anyone getting hurt.  I have tried to give everyone Hot chocolate this past … Continue reading →

Dear families: Over the years, many people have wanted me to teach piano lessons to their young pre-school-aged children.  I have rarely done it, with few exceptions.  I LOVED teaching Kindermusik for several years when I lived in Bountiful (age 18 … Continue reading →

Dear students and families: May I take this opportunity to make you aware of the upcoming annual Monster Concert.  The Youth Conservatory at Utah State University and all of the music majors and several of the community teachers (such as … Continue reading →

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. ” -Aristotle

Dear Parents and students,                                                                                One of the parents pointed out to me that I had scheduled a group class on Monday the 18th of February.  Indeed, I had.  This is a mistake.  There is no school that day and no … Continue reading →

Do you like to read? So did Bizet (composer of the month). Bizet loved music, but he also loved to read books. His parents wound up hiding his books so that he would spend more time on his music. They … Continue reading →

Bizet garnered awards from the Paris Conservatory (where he studied) in both piano and composition. Bizet also composed operas, the most famous of which is Carmen. When Carmen first opened in Paris, the reviews were terrible. Many critics said there … Continue reading →