Should piano teachers ever stop addressing proper playing position? I recently was asked an interesting question by a teacher of intermediate students: “When is […]
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In 1878, Tchaikovsky expressed his desire “to create a series of little individual pieces just for children, and with an attractive title, like Schumann’s.” […]
Carl Czerny gets a bad rap. I admit, I’ve dissed some of his works. Like the Hanon exercises, Czerny’s works are sometimes assigned as […]
A couple of years ago, I began a collection of videos designed for piano teachers working with young elementary students. Today I wanted […]
In Entrada’s last Discovery Series release, I enjoyed presenting Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Melodie in C-Sharp Minor. At the time, I commented that I […]
Two weeks ago, Entrada re-visited a collection of videos I created called Teaching Little Hands. As I stated then: A couple of years ago, […]
Last June, Entrada released my interview with Valerie Capers, stating: Valerie Capers is an African-American pianist and composer, and the first blind graduate of […]
A couple of years ago, I began a collection of videos designed for piano teachers working with young elementary students. Along with my […]
Wendy Stevens Wendy Stevens is an American composer who supports piano teachers with a wide range of creative resources at composecreate.com. She enjoys writing […]
Most pianists today, including myself, were taught to play scales with the ‘thumb-under’ technique—that is, the practice of flexing the thumb under the palm […]
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