British pianist, composer, and piano teacher Simeon Walker seems to have his head screwed on right. He says that: "... box-ification of...

S he's talking about the extreme paucity of full-time women conductors and music directors in the United States and the fight to include...

This is Women's History Month in the US. I'm so pleased that it began in 1978 as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California in my...

I follow a wonderful musical website blog by piano teacher Andrew Eales from Britain. I love his unusually gentle, "holistic" approach to...

Today was the final class in Noa Kageyama's awesome "Psych Essentials" to improve practice and also to practice performance to reduce...

First, two points of good news, (1) re-announcing my first-ever radio appearance reading a year ago, of one of my more humorous,...

"Small, tender gestures remind us that we are not helpless, even in the face of grave human suffering. We maintain the ability, even in...

A new musical friend somewhere in his midlife and a former piano teacher, and I were chatting about music, when I outlined a few of the...

My high school piano, a Baldwin Acrosonic, and the "going steady ring I gave her. One person responding to John Holt (American author...

Amit Peled ,* cellist pictured on Sunday just past performed "Koi Nedrei Op. 47"  (aka "All Vows") by German composer Max Bruch. The...

"Everyone has a belief system ("B.S."); the trick is to learn not to take anyone's B.S. too seriously, especially your own." - Robert...

LYRIC POETRY INHERENTLY PROVIDES A VOICE AND PLATFORM TO WOMEN THAT IS SPECIFICALLY PERSONAL -- AND LONG OVERDUE Like Greek poet Sappho,...

Improvising and experimentation are not my cups of tea when it comes to making music or pursuing life in work, play, or relationships. I...

In this second week of the New Year, yet another message from the universe has come to my attention: a call to contemplate "loneliness."...

My November music-themed birthday party table decorations; photo courtesy of guest Grace Hueunemann. Thelonius Monk always said that the...

Matisse painting. Lessons sometimes come in waves; one serendipity leads to another and we no longer can avoid recognizing what is right...

New Year's Resolutions represent the ultimate folly as far as human beings and my personal experience go. I've learned not to bother;...

Before the year's end I want to affirm the importance of individuality, and knowing myself -- then sticking to what I know about how I...

" ...it is no easy task to match up the right child with the right teacher, even with the best of intention. " So says piano teacher...

Above is Rocket, my cat Tipsy's boyfriend, pausing under mentor Joe's gorgeous "Sir B" (seven foot special Beethoven edition Bosendorfer...