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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...

YOU DECIDE

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

Crossing Boarders and Leaping the Pond

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

Beethoven Knows Best

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...

My Music and Michigan Fall Colors

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...

Counting Out Loud and The Civil War of Self

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

How Playing an Instrument Makes You Smarter

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

Finding The Right Fit For A Piano Teacher

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

Top Tips for Practicing Music at Home

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...