Category Archives: humor

Checklist for Planning Student Recitals

By joy (admin) | Published: 29 September 2009

Student Recitals are great because they give students a goal to work towards, giving their lessons more direction and increasing the student’s motivation for making progress on their pieces.  Parents and grandparents also love them, because they get a chance to watch the students play their pieces onstage. Here’s a checklist for when you plan [...]

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55 reasons why you might be a theory geek

By joy (admin) | Published: 21 September 2009

You might be a theory geek if… your favorite pickup line is, “What’s your favorite augmented sixth chord?” your second favorite pickup line is, “Would you like to raise my leading tone?” you dream in four parts. your biological clock follows a non-retrogradable isorhythm. you can improvise 16th century counterpoint with no trouble, but you [...]

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Best free manuscript paper

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 September 2009

Just thought I’d share a little tip today about where to find THE best free manuscript paper (in my humble opinion): Antonjazz.com   There are hundreds of sites out there that offer free manuscript paper (aka staff paper).  But this is my absolute favorite.   Now, you must know, I do a little composing every now [...]

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CATcerto – a modern composition

By joy (admin) | Published: 14 September 2009

Perhaps you’ve seen Nora the cat play the piano on YouTube before.  Well, the modern composer Mindaugas Piecaitis managed to compose a concerto out of Nora’s movie!  Check out the video below.    This composition is a great example of combining modern technology with music – and it’s delightfully humorous to boot!  The sky truly is [...]

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Book Review: Soprano on Her Head

By joy (admin) | Published: 11 September 2009

Amazon.com Widgets I just finished reading a marvelous book, called Soprano on Her Head: Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances, by Eloise Ristad.  My piano professor recommended I read this book during a lesson when we were discussing performance anxiety (which I experience frequently, I must admit). In this easy-to-read, humorous book, Ristad shares her [...]

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