Apr 15, 2016
At the next formal meeting of the AAAPTG (April 21, 9:30 a.m.), Performers Group members will be highlighting a collection devoted to women composers acquired by the University of Michigan music library in the early 80’s which has recently been converted to...
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...
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...