Photo of the Day

I took this picture yesterday at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto using an iPhone 6 with tilt-shift and filter added using TiltShiftGen2 ....

Photo of the Day: Telemann Fantasia in D minor

Sometimes you need to explain things to students in the most visual way possible. This is from the middle section of the Telemann Fantasia i...

Free CD Giveaway: Schubert's Winterreise with Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch

Update : Congratulations of Yusuf Nasrullah, who has just won the CD! Of all the great song cycles, Schubert’s Winterreise is the one that h...

4 Things To Know Before Buying a Used Steinway

Just over a year ago, I made a huge decision and bought a 1928 Steinway M. Finding the right combination of model, vintage, and quality was ...

Photo of the Day: Another Piano Cat

What is it about musical cats that makes them so cute? This photo's original title on Imgur is "I WILL learn to piano. I WILL...

How Musical Culture is Quickly Becoming a Culture of Headphones

A few years ago, I had a lovely pair of full-size speakers that had a solid stereo image, crisp highs, deep bass, and filled a room with sou...

Pleyel Has Just Shut Down Its Piano Production

The year begins with some sad news out of France: Pleyel has just  shut down its production facilities at the end of 2013. NPR's artic...

The Phantom Listener

I've been busy for the last few months. Really, really busy. Midway into a five-week examining tour of duty (Texas, Tennessee, Newfoundl...