Category archives: Featured Articles

September Sheet Music

In honor of this month's composer, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, we have compiled a list of her piano solos. We hope you enjoy! The Old Chapel By Moonlight, Op. 106 A Hermit Thrush[...]

Leonard Bernstein: Teachers and Teaching

The video looks long at first glance, but once you start watching you can't stop! Leonard Bernstein is an incredible inspiration to musicians, teachers, and conductors, and "modern[...]

Grand Spotlight: Yamaha G2 French Provincial Walnut Grand

Take a step back and look at this gorgeous instrument! This Yamaha G2 is a fantastic piano in its own right, but what really sets this one apart is the French Provincial style. Not[...]

Vertical Spotlight: Mason & Hamlin 50" Professional Upright

Check out our special deal on this Mason & Hamlin professional upright! Built in 2002, this performance-grade piano has seen minimal wear. Its powerful tone is exactly what you[...]

Mark O'Connor: Appalachia Waltz

While this doesn't directly involve piano, we thought it was worth sharing. Mark O'Connor is a renowned American composer and writes jazz, bluegrass, and American classical music, [...]

Piano and the Brain

Will you become smarter if you play the piano? Does piano study increase the capability of your brain? The question is whether there is a correlation between mastering a musical in[...]

Milestones of the Millennium: Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" with Thomas Kelly

Almost no musical work has had such a powerful influence or evoked as much controversy as Igor Stravinsky's ballet score “The Rite of Spring”. The work's premiere on May 29, 1913, [...]

NY Philharmonic Shares Musicians' Markings!

The New York Philharmonic has recently released 520,000 pages of their own musicians' scores to the public. This digital archive is a brilliant resource that holds parts marked b[...]

Teaching Piano

Teaching piano begins with learning, playing, knowing, and loving the piano and the music it can produce. Equally, teaching piano begins with learning about, playing with, knowing,[...]

Some Common Misconceptions About Piano Lessons by John M. Zeigler

There are some common misconceptions and misapprehensions regarding piano lessons that piano teachers see (and sometimes bemoan) frequently. Most of these are born from a simple la[...]