5-Minute Piano Lessons

Predicting the Future is Usually Dicey but I Do See the Trends

I’ve been teaching piano now full-time since October of 1987. I began as most teachers do – traveling to my students’ homes. Later, I found space to teach at a local piano dealership. A few years ago I decided to limit my practice to adult and teen-aged students. This year I’m focusing my attention to the Internet. I give you this history to convince you that I might just be able to see “the handwriting on the wall” regarding piano education. (more…)

A Short Thanksgiving Day Essay for the Adult Piano Student

I wrote and posted the following short essay to my adult piano student blog on Thanksgiving, 2007. I’m reproducing it here because it can be a real antidote for the inevitable frustration that learning the piano brings to adult students.

I’ll leave it to you readers to give thanks for the greatest blessings in life: family, friends, health, love, etc. It did occur to me this Thanksgiving Day 2007 that we pianists have much to be thankful for in terms of music and our instrument. (more…)