Science Just Discovered Something Amazing About What Childhood Piano Lessons Did to You

If your parents forced you to practice your scales by saying it would “build character,” they were onto something. The Washington Post reports that one of the largest scientific studies into music’s effect on the brain has found something striking: Musical training doesn’t just affect your musical ability — it provides tremendous benefits to children’s emotional and behavioral maturation. The study by the University of Vermont College of Medicine found […]

 

April Sheet Music

Enjoy some sheet music from our featured composer, Duke Ellington! Stomp, Look, Listen Mood Indigo Prelude to A Kiss It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) In a Sentimental Mood Take the A Train

 

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Teaching the Difference Between Rhythm and Beat Check out this site for free printable to help students with rhythm and beat. This site has a lot of cool resources for teachers, students and parents! Click here for more information.

 

Composer's Corner: Duke Ellington

An originator of big-band jazz, Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist and bandleader who composed thousands of scores over his 50-year career. Synopsis Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. A major figure in the history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century, during which time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary songbook. He created one of […]

 

We Deliver Pianos

We deliver pianos the below 50 states and the following cities. This is a general list and does not include all of the locations we deliver to. If you have delivery questions please call us at 800-950-3774. We also offer free delivery within 150 miles of out store location. Alabama Hawaii Massachusetts New Mexico South Dakota Birmingham Honolulu Boston Albuquerque Sioux Falls Mobile Kahului Worcester Las Cruces Rapid City Montgomery […]

 

Featured Piano: 1898 Steinway Model A Grand - Ice Cream Cone

Here is a beautiful Victorian-styled Steinway model A with the highly desired “ice cream cone” legs. This wonderful instrument has just undergone an extensive, top-to-bottom restoration with new satin ebony finish, new strings and pins, new pinblock, new soundboard, new action, new bridge caps, new keytops, all nickel hardware replated, new soundboard and fallboard decals, etc. Originally manufactured in 1898, this Steinway is ready for another 100 years of music! You […]

 

 
 
 

The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber

 

March Sheet Music

Here are some famous works from our featured composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber! Music of the Night – from Phantom of the Opera Memory – from Cats Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – from Evita Superstar – from Jesus Christ Superstar As If We Never Said Goodbye – Sunset Boulevard Love Changes Everything  

 

Composer's Corner: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has written some of the most commercially successful musicals of the last quarter of the 20th century. Among his most popular shows are “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (1967), “Jesus Christ Superstar” (1971), “Evita” (1974), “Cats” (1981), “The Phantom of the Opera” (1986), and “Sunset Boulevard” (1993). Lloyd Webber’s gift for melody has spawned such classic musical theater songs as “Memory” and “Music of the […]

 

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