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Matt Williams has been teaching guitar and ukulele at our school for three years. Read about his inspiration and devotion to teaching music.
Our celebration of Violin Month wraps up with Eric Andrews’ piece about Billboard Music and the coronation of the magazine’s first pop star, Joe Venuti, a jazz violinist.
Fa La La! ‘Tis the (Jazz) Season! Like Jazz? Like kids? Like kids playing jazz? Well, then this is the time of year for you to pay close attention. That’s because the country’s youth jazz community is in the throes of of its annual jazz concert competition calendar. Lionel Hampton Jazz Competition […]
Jazz has a rather undeserved reputation as background music to put on while having a dinner party, reading a book, or meditating. However, if you have never considered yourself a fan of jazz in the past, there is a good chance you may have already liked a jazz song, but […]
Dave Brubeck was a jazz musician that captured the attention of even those who didn’t have any particular interest or knowledge of jazz. The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s best remembered and top selling album piece is “Take Five.” His music was known for employing unusual time signatures, and superimposing contrasting rhythms, […]
Frank “Sugar Chile Robinson” really knows how to pound on that piano! His feet don’t even touch the ground..pretty adorable, but he means business! He’s so awesomely talented at such a young age!
This is a cool sounding way to play a I to IV progression. The right hand is using 9ths and 13ths on the dominant 7th chords with the smoothest motion possible. (some of the notes are staying the same and others only move a short distance as the chord changes).
Catalina has worked very hard since the Dueling Pianos Student Recital! She has taken control of her lesson time and is really focused on learning new songs and reading!
Rich Kay had worked up this tune, I love being here with you. He also helps repair the music school when it falls apart! When we moved a grand piano into the school, it started to make the floors sag because it weighed 700lbs! So Rich helped create extra support […]