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Sometimes I find myself in a quandary with my studio. Students come to lessons and are immersed in a musical environment filled with singing and movement. This is exactly...

Music is for everyone. We don’t teach math and science only to kids who show an interest. We teach it to everyone, because everyone can use math and science....

I remember watching the movie Shine twentysomething years ago. In it, “Rach 3” (Rachmaninoff’s Third piano concerto) is presented as the great white whale of the piano repertoire. The...

There’s a time and a place for practice. But when practice isn’t happening, that’s not the time to introduce guilt or forced practice into the equation. There’s no better...

If your piano lessons are exactly what you expect them to be, what are you getting from them? There’s a general lack of musicianship in our adult population. We’re...

If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all. Daniel Quinn, The Story...

One of the great insights I’ve gained from studying the work of music learning researcher Edwin Gordon is that music is better understood when listening for content within a...

In my last post I talked about the importance of looking at piano students in the context of their communities, not in isolation. Today I want to talk about...

Last week a friend of a friend posted on Facebook lamenting the diminishing possibilities for the music school graduate. He’s graduating from one of the best music schools in...