Theories in the field of psychology about motivation are vast. What can we use to motivate ourselves toward lessons with a goal of...

The COCA-COLA company claims that "Advertising slogans are a part of everyday life for consumers around the world,and Coca-Cola has...

One of the principal elements I seek in any piano teacher with whom I work, is that I be allowed to choose the pieces I want to learn,...

"The teacher-student relationship is incredibly important, regardless of the age of the student, and a positive, supportive and mutually...

HOW TO USE YOUTUBE: Cello teacher Hans Jorgen Jensen (from Denmark) taught me the "right" way to use many performances on YouTube to...

Joe, my neighbor-piano mentor friend pictured here before he played my Duchess, loves to prepare for months for his student recital every...

Last night I played Schumann's "Traumerie," Mendelssohn's "Confidence (intermediate arrangement)," Schumann's "Foreign Lands," Aram...

Shaky self esteem and self confidence seem to be major challenges for many senior or "older" adult piano students. A former piano teacher...

Today after a short conversation with my composer-pianist friend Bruce, this strange idea came to me: Do you think up there somewhere in...

At the end of March, 2023 I will accomplish 24 months of weekly piano lessons. So what do I wish I had known before I returned to study...

Bruce, a composer-pianist-broker friend who is significant to my growing musical confidence and knowledge, recently asked why my music...

I was reading two poems about “Inner Voices,” in a manuscript of Ann’s second volume of poetry which is scheduled for publication later...

Being an amateur pianist who studies in individual zoom lessons at home, is a lonely affair. It occurred to me after about a year of such...

Words fascinate me. When I was in early grammar school and it was about time to leave for school in the morning, my mom used to find me...

After the just-past 21 months of piano lessons, I have arrived at the conclusion that there are no (or very, very few) "best practices"...

The more I delve into new words and concepts from the world of music, the more I find ambiguity and vagueness. So often the experts I...

I noted a December 11, 2022 New York Times' article by Jenny Odell about what Twittering does/did to her sense of time. Her conclusions,...

I observe that when I enter into music, either as a player of my piano or a listener to another person or group, I am participating in an...

During a piano lesson on November 17, 2022, my teacher wanted to help me fine-tune the piece I was working on, the Tchaikovsky Waltz from...