And now the tour de force!

I'm anxiously waiting out a whopping ten hour upload of Chopin's exquisitely sonorous and challenging Etude  op. 10, number 3 in E Major. It's not me who's camera view this time, but my adult student, Joy who has a major commitment to practicing and studying the towering masterworks of the Classical and Romantic eras. She's…

Nayelli Makes her You Tube debut and shows her stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_D1TNFhNJg Now we're on a roll! Nayelli, an 8 year old beginning student, who attends a music/performing arts Magnet that's a hop, skip and jump from my home studio,  stole the show last night with her riveting you tube performance of "Young Hunter. " (Faber Piano Adventures, Book 1)  It's already on Facebook! Her proud…

Enter Jean-Philippe Rameau on the Channel

This afternoon my you tube upload of Jean Philippe Rameau's Menuet en Rondeau went smoothly--no processing jam-ups, or aborted files. The only problem with the video was a beam of light that managed to escape through the wooden blinds in my piano room, intersected with my student's long legs, making her look like she had…

Liz on Top of the World from Pride and Prejudice

An ethereal setting of blue sky and floating clouds ushers in a soaringly beautiful theme rendered on a resonant Steinway and an eager piano student wants to learn it.

Enough of the failing lithium battery!

Over an obstacle course of media related mishaps, Grieg's piano music rules!

My new you tube phase

I'm in a new video phase right now. Instead of sitting myself in front of the camera to memorialize all the great masterworks of the past, I've decided to take a break and let my students move center stage into an arena of playing and learning. I get to plop myself down at the second…

Videotaping a piano lesson for you tube

Mai and her sister, Sakura came for their regular piano lessons here in Fresno on Tuesday. Both are tri-lingual, speaking fluent Japanese, German and English. Mai has studied piano a few years, while Sakura began lessons just about a year ago. They are ages 10 and 11, respectively. The plan was to make a you…

A Day in El Cerrito and my return to Fresno

To El Cerrito and back, and what happens in between, in greater detail.

The You Tube thing!

Waiting for a You Tube upload is agonizing, and the performance preparation is a sweat load of work.

Musings of a Piano Teacher

My journey as a piano teacher from California's Central Valley to the East Bay, and what happened before, in a distant place like New York City.