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This is the time of year when Schuberts famous song cycle
This is the time of year when Schuberts famous song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey) is performed. Here is a performance by Ian Bostridge and Julius...

One of my piano students has been studying Chopins Nocturne Op. 9
One of my piano students has been studying Chopins Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E flat major with me and doing very well with it. I was talking to him abou...

Yesterday I used my new iPad Air to talk to some friends in London
Yesterday I used my new iPad Air to talk to some friends in London using Skype, and I tried playing the piano to them. They told me the audio quality ...

Carroll Gibbons was an American-born pianist (born in Clinton
Carroll Gibbons was an American-born pianist (born in Clinton Massachusetts), bandleader and composer and was a contemporary of Billy Mayerl. his styl...

I teach voicing and balance to my piano students in a very simple
I teach voicing and balance to my piano students in a very simple way that works well. I get them to play a scale going up and down, maybe of C major,...

In 1978 I was sent to the Comoro Islands for my work, the most
In 1978 I was sent to the Comoro Islands for my work, the most exotic place I have ever been to in my life. I was a telecommunications engineer for Ca...

I listened to my preliminary round performances from the WIPAC
I listened to my preliminary round performances from the WIPAC competition on the CD I received. I havent heard the semifinal or final performances ye...

It was good too see on CNN that Senator Rand Paul (R) is teaming
It was good too see on CNN that Senator Rand Paul (R) is teaming up with Senator Cory Booker (D) to try and introduce legislation (the Redeem Act) to ...