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Newsletter: "Notes from the Piano Prof"
Archive:
July 26, 2026
๐ถ All Music Was Once New
July 12, 2026
๐งญ Take Yourself on a Piano Field Trip
June 29, 2026
๐ What Kind of Teacher was Mozart?
June 21, 2026
๐ The Note That Moved Me to Tears This Week
June 7, 2026
๐ฏ The Three Questions
May 25, 2026
๐น Never stop practicing
May 17, 2026
โญ๏ธ Expanding the Canon of Classical Music
May 10, 2026
๐ฑ Every Practice Session is a New Beginning
May 3, 2026
๐ตThe Difference Between Hearing and Listening
April 20, 2026
๐ Taking a Sabbatical from the Best Job in the World
April 13, 2026
๐ How to Prepare for a Performance
March 29, 2026
โฐ Why Limited Practice Time Can Be a Good Thing
March 15, 2026
๐ชค Feeling Stuck in Your Practice? 4 Traps to Avoid
March 9, 2026
๐ช How to Reduce Tension at the Piano
March 1, 2026
๐งช Be a Scientist, Not a Drill Sergeant
February 23, 2026
๐ How Long Should You Work on One Piece?
February 15, 2026
๐ฐ๏ธ The Frustration of Not Having Enough Time to Practice
February 8, 2026
๐ง How to Retain What You Practice at the Piano (Part 2)
February 1, 2026
๐น How to Retain What You Practice at the Piano
January 25, 2026
โจ Don't Worry if You Don't Feel Ready
January 19, 2026
๐ "Comparison is the Thief of Joy"
January 11, 2026
โก๏ธ Is Your Playing "Energetic" or "Frantic"?
January 4, 2026
๐น What Do You Want to Accomplish By March 31?
December 21, 2025
๐ Silencing Your Inner Critic
December 16, 2025
๐ How to Keep Practicing When Youโre Tired and Busy
December 8, 2025
โจ The True Goal of Practice (Hint: It's Not Perfection)
November 30, 2025
๐น Who Helped You Get to the Piano?
November 23, 2025
๐ก A Student Breakthrough: You Can Do This, Too!
November 16, 2025
๐น Rubato, Part 2: Why Advanced Pianists Never Stop Subdividing
November 9, 2025
๐ฅ Rubato, Part 1: Feeling the Beat in Your Body
November 2, 2025
๐ฏ A Reader Tip that Changed My Mind
October 26, 2025
โฐ The First Minute Matters Most: Preparing for a Confident Performance
October 19, 2025
๐น Three truths about performing
September 28, 2025
๐ถ Chamber music is the BEST music!
September 14, 2025
๐ Haydn Wouldnโt Recognize Your Piano
August 24, 2025
๐ Starting My 21st Year at Butler University!
August 17, 2025
๐ต The quiet rebellion of Fanny Mendelssohn
August 10, 2025
๐ต Listening... vs. REALLY listening to music
July 28, 2025
๐ Our Students are the Future of the Profession
July 20, 2025
๐ฆโโฌ The World of Gustav Mahler
July 13, 2025
๐๏ธ Why Youโre Making Mistakes (and How to Fix It)
July 6, 2025
A Surprising Strategy to Playing Fast ๐ข
June 30, 2025
๐ค Do You Follow Your Own Practice Advice?
June 23, 2025
๐น Why We Do This
June 16, 2025
๐ The Surprising Results of Last Week's Survey
June 9, 2025
๐ง Should Pianists STILL Perform From Memory?
June 1, 2025
๐น A few highlights from this week
May 25, 2025
๐ผ๏ธ This House Made Me Think of John Cage
May 18, 2025
๐ฐ๏ธ This Piece Was Lost for 150 Years
May 4, 2025
โ How Do You Grade a Piano Lesson?
April 27, 2025
๐ป How Beethoven Moved Me This Week
April 20, 2025
๐น The "Greatest Living Pianist" Says She Never Feels Prepared
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