Category archives: Featured Articles

Learning and Teaching Tools

First Piano Lessons : Getting Started When do you know if your child is ready to start learning the piano? How can I tell if they are going to like it? [...]

Steinway Owned by Elvis’s Guitarist

John Wilkinson, guitarist and singer from Springfield, Missouri, played in Elvis Presley’s Taking Care of Business Band (TCB). He showed signs from childhood that he not only had a[...]

Top 10 Romantic Symphonies

Here is a video of clips of music from composers of the Romantic Period. Do you agree with the selections that they are some of the best?

Composer's Corner: Romantic Period Composers: 1820-1910

The Romantic Period composers brought great changes to classical music. The Romantic period in the arts started in literature in the late 18th century as a reaction against the str[...]

Keys to Their Heart Sale

Give the gift of music to that special sweetheart during our Keys to Their Heart Sale! Over 120 pianos are on sale from February 8 - 15; grands as low as $2,988, verticals starting[...]

Is Music the Key to Success?

CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionai[...]

White Christmas by Irving Berlin: The Story Behind the Song

In commenting on his recording of the Christmas classic, "White Christmas," legendary crooner Bing Crosby once quipped, "A jackdaw with a cleft palate could have sung it successful[...]

Give the Gift of Music

We post so many articles on this site about the benefits of music, playing it and enjoying it. It helps our moods, our minds and our abilities. In the season of giving and thinking[...]

Learning Tools and Games

All work and no play? Although learning to play a piano can be very rewarding and fun, to young children it may just seem like a lot of work. Here are some games to play that wil[...]

Music as a Stress Relief

Fall can be a stressful time of the year. School is back in session, summer vacations have come to an end, the days are longer and the evenings seem a bit shorter. However, one [...]