Halloween Piano Student Concert!
Getting ready for our upcoming Halloween-themed piano student concert! It’s going to be a lot of fun!
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New YouTube Channel
I have a new YouTube channel to showcase my piano students’ playing and performances. Check it out here! Meanwhile, I have another YouTube channel for global teaching. You can find it here.
Piano Concerts
We will be having two different concert performances for our piano students very soon. One is a halloween themed concert – everyone is going to dress up, I will present some awards for the best student, the best performance and the best costume! Of course, I won’t forget about bringing my piano students’ favorite halloween… Continue reading Piano Concerts
Music Connection. Connection Through Music.
I get to know a lot of people I otherwise don’t through music – from piano teaching, book publishing and article writing, video and audio sharing, to performing. I used to think music was the most important element in this connection. I mostly cared about how I myself and my students played instead of understanding… Continue reading Music Connection. Connection Through Music.
Piano is Life
This is what I see as I lie here on my beanbag in my backyard, listening to Philip Glass’s “Mad Rush” (frankly the first piece of his I ever like). At the same time I am looking at my Facebook page. I am reading one of the many “inspirational quotes”, something like “who knows if… Continue reading Piano is Life
Piano Performance
Last week I had the pleasure of performing a piano quintet with a wonderful group of musicians for the local audience. It’s been a while since I performed in an ensemble in public and I almost forgot how fun it was to play for others on stage! In my piano lesson plan for my students,… Continue reading Piano Performance
Exhausted But Blessed
It has been a hectic week, trying to gather my thoughts and perhaps, actions too. Planning a performance is always a tough one. Certainly practice will be involved – but before that, a program has to be set and organized. How long is the program? How many pieces am I playing? Who are playing besides… Continue reading Exhausted But Blessed
Rethinking Piano Teaching
“Teaching is such a noble work!”, a student recently said to me. I never thought about it in that way. Certainly, when one picked teaching as his or her career, one would not expect to make a fortune out of it. Some might choose it simply because of its stability (if he or she works… Continue reading Rethinking Piano Teaching
What is solfège?
Solfège, solfeggio, or so-fa names – they all refer to the same thing – the system of singing notes of a scale in “Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti”. Remember the song in “The Sound of Music”? Like “do, a deer, a female deer; (Re!) ray, a drop of golden sun”? … Yes, whenever… Continue reading What is solfège?
Practice Makes Better
We’ve all heard of the phrase, “practice makes perfect”. I sure have, and held onto it for a really long time. Being a professional musician means that you have to practice hard and long to perfect a piece. But more often than not, “perfection” can become a negative word. What do I mean by that?… Continue reading Practice Makes Better