Jan 19, 2015
I have long since given up trying to coax people away from using the term “Classical” to describe all Western art music from Palestrina to the present day. Never mind that the term historically should refer to just the fairly short period between “Baroque” and...
Nov 17, 2014
On Thursday, November 20 (10:00 am at KCH), the Guild welcomes Dr. Lia Jensen-Abbott from Albion College for a presentation entitled: Expressive Meaning in Florence Price’s Piano Sonata and Teaching Pieces. The talk will feature a full performance of Price’s...
Nov 9, 2014
Last summer,I attended a ½-day workshop on a new method called Piano Safari which was created by Dr. Julie Knerr and Katherine Fisher. I never expected that I’d completely rethink and reconstruct everything I was doing after it was over. I did, and it’s...
Oct 21, 2014
A Chamber Music Initiative! Coming up this Thursday is a very unique program led by one of our members, Renée Robbins with Sara and Ian Cumming on cello and violin. It is entitled “Your students have trio partners: now what will they play?”. Not only will...
Sep 15, 2014
About a decade ago, after the conclusion of one of my students’ recitals, the father of one jokingly said that he looked forward to hearing the pieces again next year. Now, I think I have always taken pains to assign varied and interesting music to my...
Aug 15, 2014
Here’s Announcing the Guild’s guest lecturers, performers and workshop presenters for the 2014-2015 year! These events all take place at Kerrytown Concert House, and are conducted in conjunction with the Guild’s monthly “formal...
Jun 22, 2014
As teachers we are generally tied to rhythms of the school year – meaning we usually don’t have much time for the spring. While Mother Nature renews itself, it is not until the summer that we begin to catch up – refresh and recharge. But as we now have headed off...
Jan 21, 2014
In case you wonder who is Fred on the written note used to illustrate our blog, here is the story. A very long time ago, my piano teacher in Lyon (France) was sorting through all her belongings as she was preparing to move to a different city and, it turned out,...
