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Music learning theory is simply this: what do you need to know in order to learn something else?-Edwin Gordon This quote has been on my mind lately as it...

For the second year in a row, two of our students received best in North Carolina certificates for having the best scores in the state for their Royal Conservatory...

This Summer for the first time we will be offering weeklong sessions intended to give piano beginners a strong foundation for listening and moving musically. These are the fundamental...

But they decided to become friends instead.

Two Music Foundation students score best in state for their respective levels in the Piano Practical category. They had their Music Development Program assessment last May and received their...

On the Saturday before Thanksgiving five students got to do a neat thing…we had a Skype session with Minnesota-based composer/educator Wynn-Anne Rossi on my big iPad Pro! Rossi was instrumental...

Luke welcomes baby sister Sara–look at those great piano/violin fingers!  

Appalachian Spring is one of my favorite pieces, and I’m happy to be playing the piano part next week in this performance. This is the original scoring for 13...

I’m delighted to be accompanying Melanie Wilsden, principal oboist for the North Carolina Symphony, next week in a recital at Smedes Parlor, St. Mary’s School in Raleigh. We’re playing...