5 Things You Might Not Know About Career-aged Adult Piano Learners
Back to Discovery Blog Home Check out Pei-Chen Chen‘s presentation at NCKP 2023: The Piano Conference, It’s Never Too Late – Lived Experiences of Amateur Adult Piano Learners, on June 11, 2023 from 3:00-3:25PM during our online event. Register now for NCKP 2023! 1. They take lessons...
How to Teach like Kodály in 5 Easy Steps
Back to Discovery Blog Home Don’t miss Megan Rich‘s Lightning Talk at NCKP 2023: The Piano Conference, Singing in the Piano Lesson: Zoltán Kodály’s 333 Elementary Exercises in Solfège Singing, on July 26, 2023 from 4:00-4:50PM during our in-person event. Register now for NCKP 2023! 1. Sing!...
Five Principles to Help you Prepare and Practice Orchestral Reductions
Back to Discovery Blog Home Don’t miss Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao‘s presentation at NCKP 2023: The Piano Conference, Piano as Orchestra: Creating Artful Orchestral Reductions, on June 11, 2023 from 2:00-2:50PM during our online event. Register now for NCKP 2023! 1. Listen to a Recording When you are...
Always give your maximum: A conversation with Menahem Pressler
Back to Discovery Blog Home With deep sadness at the recent passing of Menahem Pressler and in greatest honor and memory of his legacy, we share this article by Jerry Wong as it originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of The Piano Magazine: Clavier...
Bach Meets with the King!
Back to Discovery Blog Home A statue of J. S. Bach. THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, Bach met King Frederick the Great of Prussia on May 7, 1747. During this visit, Frederick the Great inspired one of Bach’s most important final works, his Musical Offering,...
Blending East and West: Ma Shui-Long
Back to Discovery Blog Home Ma Shui-Long THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, we remember Taiwanese composer Ma Shui-Long who died on May 2, 2015 at the age of 75. A composer of a wide oeuvre of works, Ma is known for his efforts to blend...
Five Ways to Improve Your Website
Back to Discovery Blog Home Don’t miss Clinton Pratt’s presentation at NCKP 2023: The Piano Conference, From Solo to School, on July 26, 2023 from 1:30-2:20PM. Register for NCKP 2023 before May 1, 2023 to receive the early bird discount! 1. Have a clear call-to-action....
Für Elise: Beethoven’s Infamous Composition
Back to Discovery Blog Home 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 all ages. One...
Nina Simone: Remembering a Trailblazer
Back to Discovery Blog Home Nina Simone THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, we remember pianist Nina Simone who died on April 21, 2003. Simone, born as Eunice Kathleen Waymon on February 21, 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, was a jazz singer, pianist, and civil rights...
The Birth of Argentina’s Musical Advocate: Alberto Ginastera
Back to Discovery Blog Home A portrait of Ginastera THIS WEEK IN PIANO HISTORY, we celebrate the birth of Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera, born on April 11, 1916. Ginastera has been described as an important composer in the history of Argentina, with an impact on...
Five Things You Might Not Know About Margaret Bonds
Back to Discovery Blog Home Check out Sarah Rushing’s archived webinar of Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water, where she explores the preparation, practice, and interpretation of this unique piece. 1. Margaret Bonds was raised by four independent, career-oriented women. At the tender age of four, Bonds’s...
DIGITAL-ONLY CONTENT: A conversation with Pamela Mia Paul, pre-screening jurist for the 2017 Cliburn Competition
May 2017; Vol. 9, No. 3
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Recording Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas in the 21st Century: An Interview with Steinway Pianist James Brawn
September 2017; Vol. 9, No. 5
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Lessons with (from) Kenya
January 2018; Vol. 10, No. 1
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DIGITAL ONLY CONTENT: We are related: a few extra stories from China
January 2018; Vol. 10, No. 1
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