#pianoLIFE Blog | Tim O'Neil

FESTIVAL MUSIC LINK AND DIRECTIONS

This method of seeing the music is effective, but can be a bit confusing. First, you need to be on a desktop computer when doing this...

Jul 6, 20221 min read

Our Festival Chairwoman (Jessica Zelinski) has proposed changing the day of Festival from Saturday (all day) to a more refined schedule...

Jul 6, 20221 min read

Life is funny. Sometimes that which we don't understand or perhaps fear, might just end up being the unseen force that changes your...

Feb 20, 20213 min read

I have always admired Beethoven. His passion, his inner strength, and sheer will to be a musician who was so well trained, that he could...

Aug 19, 20201 min read

If you know anything about me, you know that I am a person who spends a great deal of time in Michigans Upper Peninsula. I also love the...

Aug 19, 20201 min read

Well after doing a fair amount of research, I found the answers and they made sense, but I found them disturbing yet cool.

Aug 13, 20205 min read

When learning the discipline of personal best, you realize quickly that success or failure ultimately falls on the participants shoulders so

Aug 11, 20202 min read

I realize that not every student comes to the bench with the same skillset! In working with my students over the years, I have found that i

Aug 11, 20202 min read

The art of practicing piano. One of the foundational principles I have found in teaching, is something that I call "the four D’s”. The...

Jul 6, 20202 min read