One of the ideas I’ve been exploring extensively throughout the research I’m doing for my paper for college (the one about improvisation) is making music musical. This seems so obvious, but really, what would music be without musicality? Check out this video, of a robot playing the violin. Speaking of which, have you ever had [...]
This past weekend was the Michigan Music Teachers Association 124th State Conference, taking place in Bay City, Michigan. A couple of my fellow college piano pedagogy majors and I drove over to Bay City on Monday, to hear the conferences of the day. Conferences are so great because they give you all sorts of new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The following is a something that has been recently circulating via email forwarding (thanks Dr. Le!). I thought it make some excellent points, reminding us of our ultimate goal as musicians. Hope you find it as inspiring as I did! (Sorry for its length — but let me tell you, it’s definitely worth taking the [...]
Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making!
