Nancy M. Williams, Founding Editor

A Senior Rabbi Finding Time to Practice Piano

A Senior Rabbi Finding Time to Practice Piano

Sometimes when seated at the piano–besotted with the harmonies, exalted by the rhythms–adult piano students relegate their careers to time-consuming day jobs. Their chief concern becomes finding time to practice piano.

A Piano Teacher Reclaims the Piano

A Piano Teacher Reclaims the Piano

January is the month of resolutions, and in January of 2012, Catherine Shefski resolved to reclaim the piano by recording classical piano music, one piece each week for a year.

A Fresh Approach in Adult Amateur Piano Competitions

A Fresh Approach in Adult Amateur Piano Competitions

The Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition judges amateur adult contestants on the basis of a submitted video. The philosophy underpinning the competition is that pianists often lack the time and funds to travel long distances simply to compete.

Pulling Bach’s Music into 21st Century

Pulling Bach’s Music into 21st Century

I think the best definition of polyphony that I ever heard was from Arthur Jacobs, who defined it as “the simultaneous combination of two or more melodies to make musical sense.”

When An Adult Saw a Piano for the First Time

When An Adult Saw a Piano for the First Time

Indusekhar Menon hails from Pune, India, a city known as the Oxford of the East. In his early 30s, after looking upon a grand piano for the first time, he joined the global community of people with a passion for classical piano music.

Angela Hewitt Performance of Clair de Lune

Angela Hewitt Performance of Clair de Lune

Perhaps one of the most uplifting interpreters and performers is Angela Hewitt, the Canadian concert pianist. Her live performance at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music of Clair de Lune—a favorite of many students of adult piano lessons—is so pristine that it becomes instructive.

An Amateur Pianist Creates a Concert Series

An Amateur Pianist Creates a Concert Series

When Glenn Kramer visited London in 1999, the noontime classical piano concerts enchanted him. In London for six weeks while on a summer sabbatical, he checked TimeOut London in the mornings and attended the concerts, usually free to the public, during lunchtime. At Wigmore Hall, he heard Liszt’s “Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude” for the first time.

Lent’s Thirds in Clair de Lune

Lent’s Thirds in Clair de Lune

Three weeks into Lent, I saw her slumped on a side staircase at Penn Station, her face set with weariness although she was fast asleep.

A Piano Teacher Takes Adult Piano Lessons

A Piano Teacher Takes Adult Piano Lessons

In his early 30s, Matthew Harre felt disenchanted with his piano technique. So this graduate of composition from American University and a teacher of adult pianists enrolled himself in adult piano lessons.

How to Perform a Piano Concerto

How to Perform a Piano Concerto

For years, Ricker Choi, an amateur pianist from Canada, wanted to play a concerto with an orchestra, a dream shared by many students of adult piano lessons.