Carols, Cookies and Coffee 2018

Posted by MaryO on December 14, 2018

🍁 Goodbye September!
Goodbye September!
☕️ Even J. S. Bach Celebrated International Coffee Day!
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was also apparently a coffee enthusiast. So much so that he wrote a composition about the beverage. Although known mostly for his liturgical music, his Coffee Cantata (AKA Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211) is a rare example of a secular work by the composer. The short comic opera was written […]
🎂 Sing or Play Happy Birthday Whenever You Want
You’re legal now! None of the companies that have collected royalties on the “Happy Birthday” song for the past 80 years held a valid copyright claim to one of the most popular songs in history, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled on Tuesday.
🎹 Day Seven ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
We have established that regular practice routines will not happen without proactive piano parents. So, how can parents be proactive practice assistants even if they have never touched a piano? Day 7. The Concert Promoter: As a parent myself, I know that showing off our kids comes naturally. For this reason, proactive parents can take […]
🎂 Happy Birthday, Ray Charles!
Ray Charles (Robinson) was a singer, pianist, composer who was born in Albany, Ga in 1930. He lost his sight (from glaucoma) when he was six and attended a school for the blind where he learned to read and write music in braille and play piano and organ. Orphaned at age 15, he left school […]
🎹 Day Six ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
We have established that regular practice routines will not happen without proactive piano parents. So, how can parents be proactive practice assistants even if they have never touched a piano? Day 6. The Piano Studio Janitor: Parents are the ultimate, and original, janitors. While it is important that students learn to organize their own practice […]
🎹 You Think Playing the Piano is Hard?
The appeal of the Fotoplayer to theatre owners was the fact that it took no musical skill to operate. The Fotoplayer would play the piano and pipe organ mechanically using an electric motor, an air pump, and piano rolls while the user of the Fotoplayer would follow the onscreen action while pulling cords, pushing buttons, […]
👍 Online Learning Affirmations
Affirmations for piano lessons
🎹 Day Five ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
We have established that regular practice routines will not happen without proactive piano parents. So, how can parents be proactive practice assistants even if they have never touched a piano? Day 5. The Youtube Liaison: As students get older, it can get harder for piano parents to be active in the home practice process. By […]
🎹 Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Archduke Trio
Even more arresting is the first of the Opus 70 trios (1808) nicknamed ”The Ghost” because of its mysterious and haunting Largo. Its sibling boasts a cheerful bombastic finale that is the most entertaining music that Beethoven composed for this combination of instruments.
📰 A Manuscript of Mozart’s Piano Sonata K331
The manuscript of Mozart’s A major piano sonata K331 has recently been discovered in Budapest. Having spent the majority of its life in the Budapest’s National Széchényi Library for decades, the coveted manuscript was rediscovered by Haydn scholar Balazs Mikusi.
🎹 Piano Maestro Update
You asked, and we listened! We’ve added a sparkling collection of your most requested songs in 2022 for your students to enjoy including ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ movie theme, hits from Disney movies ‘Encanto’, ‘Toy Story’ and more.
🎹 Day Four ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
We have established that regular practice routines will not happen without proactive piano parents. So, how can parents be proactive practice assistants even if they have never touched a piano? Day 4. The Lead Vocalist: Most people are not too comfortable with breaking out into song in public, but they will happily sing in front […]
🎂 Happy Birthday, Clara Schumann!
Clara Schumann (1819-96) was much more than the wife of composer Robert Schumann. She was, quite simply, one of the greatest pianists of all time. A child prodigy, her technique and musicianship as a mature artist led to her being regarded as the equal of giants of the keyboard such a Franz Liszt, Sigismond Thalberg […]
🎹 Super Mario Bros Theme for Piano
Pianist and composer Sonya Belousova celebrated 30 years of Super Mario Bros. with an epic piano medley on the world’s coolest piano. YouTube channel Player Piano had Belousova play the tribute to the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata on a piano styled after a classic Nintendo Entertainment System. While the medley is good, it’s the […]
🎼 How to Read Notes on the Treble Clef
This is the high notes’ answer to “All About That Bass (Clef)“. This video teaches the lines and space notes of the treble clef.
📘 Musicophilia – Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
For those of us who obsess over the how and why of music, Sacks’ work on sound and its effects on the brain – and vice versa – was particularly illuminating. His book on the subject, “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain,” remains essential reading for those who want to understand the mechanics of […]
🥸 An Average Day for a Musician
Not enough practice, too much self-doubt. LOL
🎹 October 2 - Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Music for the Young and Youthful
For the young and young at heart, this Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel concert is something the whole family can enjoy! Experience some of the most familiar, playful tunes in the piano repertoire, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee”, Chopin’s “Cat Waltz”, and Mozart’s 12 Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Peppered throughout the concert, […]
🎹 Pokemon For Piano Maestro
In Piano Maestro – the Pokemon Theme! You can find it in the TV & Game Theme’s category in 3 different versions (Easy, Melody Line and 2 Hands version)

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