Seeing clearly at dawn in Death Valley, March 2023 Using different words to mean the same thing (unless one is a poet and seeks not to...

Am I past my "sell by" date? Let's just start out with a never-ending stereotype of what aging means in America today, by citing this...

Are we adult piano students horses of a different color when it comes to lessons taken up in later life? Are there different ways we...

I was recently talking with a piano teacher who hails from Kentucky, when she corrected something I had said. I mentioned "practicing"...

I thought I would share my first-ever fictional short story involving music and performance. Although based loosely on some of my...

Such simple and profound words describing music and its meaning in his life, were said on the CBS morning news today (6.8.23) by cellist...

INTRODUCTION: I know the above saying but often don't heed it, since I'm a woman who loves words! But today in homage to the theme, I...

The renown and often respected piano teacher Henrich Neuhaus  (1888 - 1964) thought that "amateurism" tainted the perfection that any...

Has classical music come back into favorable public opinion? Perhaps, even if public transit facilities are using it more and more to...

MIRED IN THE "MANY" Music and the art of composing are "creating One out of Many" says Igor Stravinsky in six lectures he presented at...

For that matter, what is "noise?" (Could not resist this cute picture of my cat "Mo" helping me contemplate this question, and the below...

In the world of "separate knowing," criticism is not personal. The knowers "must accept it with equanimity," explain the authors of the...

After almost two years of zoom lessons and a ton of YouTube research on music and "how to" technical skills since returning to the piano...

Reading the French word "complicite" (accent aigu) had a powerful impact on my understanding about the learning environment when it...

The most beautiful illustration of the nature of relationship and teaching style under which I thrive, came when recently I interviewed,...

Theories in the field of psychology about motivation are vast. What can we use to motivate ourselves toward lessons with a goal of...

The COCA-COLA company claims that "Advertising slogans are a part of everyday life for consumers around the world,and Coca-Cola has...

One of the principal elements I seek in any piano teacher with whom I work, is that I be allowed to choose the pieces I want to learn,...

"The teacher-student relationship is incredibly important, regardless of the age of the student, and a positive, supportive and mutually...

HOW TO USE YOUTUBE: Cello teacher Hans Jorgen Jensen (from Denmark) taught me the "right" way to use many performances on YouTube to...