If you have a young, curious child, you might have wondered, Should I sign them up for piano lessons? Maybe you’ve heard about the...

Michelle Hoffman’s 2023 debut novel, The Second Ending , published by Penguin Random House, introduces the reader (or listener, there’s...

Music has the power to lift spirits, heal emotional wounds, and connect us to ourselves and one another. But there’s a paradox…

"Why don’t these kids care like they used to?" It’s a grievance often commiserated by teachers, justified in their frustrations…

You’ve just been assigned a brand-new piece of repertoire, and you’re excited to get started on it, so you open up Youtube. You search...

Else Marie Pade (1924-2016) was a Danish composer, pianist, and the first Danish composer to write electronic music in 1954. During her...

A pioneer for women in jazz, Dr. Valerie Capers is a pianist and composer that has the ability to inspired advanced and beginner pianists al

The classical music world is often littered with the idea that the more time spent practicing equals a more dedicated, and therefore...

In my last post, I discussed the issue of white male supremacy in beginner classical music education. It is easy to acknowledge an issue,...

Only white men can become successful composers and musicians. This is the message that is sent to my students, through classical method book

I found myself stuck inside a shell. As a pianist, this shell was made of a fear of failure, of a mistake, and the constant pressure that...