Alternatively-Sized Keyboards: Special Guest Q&A with Expert Carol Leone
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question Last year we invited you to submit questions for Carol Leone about alternatively sized keyboards via our social media channels. We are pleased to give these newly updated answers a permanent home on our Discovery page. We...
Hand Span, Keyboard Size, and Ergonomics: One Size Does Not Fit All
with Ju-Yang (Dino) Chi, Rhonda Boyle, Carol Leone, Erica Booker, with Alejandro Cremaschi, Moderator This webinar shares the results of our recent Sydney University study, supervised by Dr. Bronwen Ackermann, Associate Professor and former editor of Medical Problems of Performing Artists. The study investigated the...
Chopin’s Polonaise Fantasie: A Love Story Expressed Through Song and Dance
with Carol Leone About this Webinar Carol Leone explores one of Chopin’s musically rich and beloved masterworks in this lecture-recital presentation with Q&A. Original air date: November 19, 2021
Beethoven’s Slow Movements
with Carol Leone About this Webinar In this From the Artist Bench, Carol Leone lays out eight logical layers of guidelines for determining tempo in the slow movements of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. Filled with performance examples throughout, this presentation may change how you listen to,...
The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025; Community. Creativity. Impact.
Spring 2025; Vol. 17, No. 1
The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 will convene for the thirteenth time this summer, in-person on July 23–26, 2025, in Lombard, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, and online on June 7–8, 2025. As part of the Frances Clark Center, the conference has been recognized for its...
Announcing the Keynote Speakers, Jazz Artists, PEDx Speakers, and Concert Artists of The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 is pleased to announce the Keynote Speakers, Jazz Artists, PEDx Speakers, and Celebration Concert Artists. See each presenter’s bio on our website and register for the conference here. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS JAZZ ARTISTS:...
NCKP 2025: Keynotes
Innovating for the Future In-Person Summit and Conference: July 23-26, 2025 | Online: June 7-8, 2025 The Piano Conference: NCKP 2025 Community. Creativity. Impact. Conference HomeRegisterRegisterHotelStudent ScholarshipsColleague GrantsScheduleIn PersonOnlineInternationalSpanish (español)Portuguese (português)Mandarin (中文)Korean (한국인)Exhibitors & SponsorsExhibitorsExhibitor Submission FormSponsorsGuests, Summit, & MoreKeynotes & ArtistsAwards & GalaSummitSummit FAQsStaff...
How an Alternatively Sized Keyboard Transformed my Artistry and Life as a Musician and Teacher
Autumn 2024; Vol 16, No. 3
I get asked this question a lot when I perform on an alternatively sized piano keyboard that better fits my hands. This well-meaning comment reveals inherent biases against using a smaller keyboard for greater artistic possibilities. Does playing on a smaller keyboard in some way...
Für Elise: Beethoven’s Infamous Composition
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question Ludwig van Beethoven THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, Beethoven composed his infamous bagatelle Für Elise WoO 59 on April 27, 1810. The short piece is built around a recurring theme that is unceasingly popular with pianists of...
This Week in Piano History: Beethoven’s Viennese Debut
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question A portrait of young Beethoven THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, we celebrate Beethoven’s debut as a pianist in Vienna on March 29, 1795. At just twenty-four years old, Beethoven’s performance marked the beginning of a lifelong musical...
Presenter Portal: Promo Descriptions
Promotional Opportunities Presenter Portal Promotional Opportunities “5 Things” Lists Description: A “list” series highlighting interesting facts and ideas about composers, pianists, repertoire, history, teaching, and performing practice. Repurposed across multiple platforms for greatest exposure—TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, our Discovery page, etc. Topic does not have to...
Demystifying Tempo: Beethoven’s Slow Movements
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How Important Are Editions for the Earliest Repertoire?
Keyboard Companion Autumn 1994; Vol. 5, No. 3
Original manuscripts have evolved from Johann Sebastian Bach, whose hand-written copies (with occasional smudges) contain almost no markings, to Beethoven, who added not only precise dynamic markings and articulation but also included tempo markings from the newly-invented metronome. The highly-detailed scores of Ravel, Bartok, Kabalevsky,...
Size is key
September 2015; Vol. 7, No. 5
We expect so much in our lives to be tailor made to fit our individual sizes and needs. This morning, we got up, put on well-fitting clothes and shoes, and popped on our prescription glasses or contacts. We got into our cars and adjusted our seats, steering wheels,...
2015 Clavier Companion Collegiate Writing Contest Runner-Up: Survival of the fittest: A reevaluation of traditional scale and arpeggio fingerings
January 2016; Vol. 8, No. 1
Fingering holds a foundational place in fine piano technique. In the words of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, “More is lost through poor fingering than can be replaced by all conceivable artistry and good taste.”1 For many pianists, traditional fingerings for scales and arpeggios are chiseled in...
