What better music to usher in the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar than the Immolation Scene from Wagner's Götterdämmerung. Here are...
Susan Tsagkaris Featured on Deutsche Welle Documentary
This is a huge week for Susan Tsagkaris , one of the singers that I coach at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Susan has just been featured...
Cal State Northridge Now Offers a Master of Music in Degree in Collaborative Piano
Starting in September 2013, California State University at Northridge will be launching a Master of Music Degree in Collaborative Piano Per...
The Classic Looney Tunes Piano Gag
No matter how many times you've seen this one, it never loses its appeal...
Using a Tablet as a Whiteboard
One of the most useful ways to use a tablet in the studio is as a portable whiteboard for explaining concepts and processes. The sketches be...
Piano Tombstone
What a fascinating way to be remembered. I only hope that Ms. Brazier is buried underneath rather than inside that piano carving. Photo by ...
Readers' Comments on Audition Best Practices
It seems like pianists and singers alike have a lot to say about a recent post on audition pianists . Here are a few highlights. Anonymous w...
Make Your Own Meme Contest: Win Two Tickets to Thin Edge Collective's Concert This Thursday in Toronto
One of Toronto's newest and hottest contemporary music ensembles is Thin Edge New Music Collective , featuring pianist Cheryl Duvall, vi...
Bus Station Sonata
How do you liven up an ordinary day in Newcastle? Play the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata in a bus station, and get commuters to pla...
Cheryl Pauls Becomes President of CMU
Warmest congratulations go out to Cheryl Pauls, who has just taken up duties as President of the Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg,...
On Pianists at Auditions
Having an exceptional and committed pianist is so important to the perception that a singer will bring to an audition. Yet why do so many pi...
Live Commentary of the Honens International Piano Competition Tonight at 9:30pmEDT
Tonight at 9:30pm EDT I'll be providing live commentary for the final night of the Honens International Piano Competition in Calgary, A...
Aria Frequency Lists for 2010-2012
Pianists often ask me which arias the the most important ones to know in audition situations. Fortunately, the hard work and diligence of Ki...
Quote of the Day
Another amazing statistic about how the brain develops when learning music : It was found that a bundle of nerve fibers called the corpus ca...
Meme of the Day
Still wondering if you should become a collaborative pianist? This should settle the question.
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