Song Takes Flight

05/12/2025

Lol, some of my students tell me that they’ve just taken “artistic license“ right after they’ve played the wrong note! 😄🎵

09/15/2020

We are still doing video lessons and while I miss seeing everyone in person, all the students are learning and progressing. We just had a virtual recital at the end of the summer and it was so much fun!

06/07/2020

A cartoonist is humbled by the brain power (and finger strength!) needed to play Chopin and Tchaikovsky.

03/14/2020

Every time, after every student. And not just since this current crisis, if I’m being honest. 😁
Now we will be moving to video lessons for the time being.

03/12/2020

Yes there are quarter tone scales, etc., but in general, most of us use only 12 notes to create all the music that's out there, pretty amazing!! ;-) (y)

08/10/2019

All that your brain has to do when you are playing the piano...

06/16/2019

The first large-scale, longitudinal study in the Netherlands, finds that structured music lessons significantly enhance children’s cognitive abilities and academic achievement.

06/02/2019

Part of the reason that learning deep breathing and extended exhalation for singing actually helps a person feel better:

Respiratory vagus nerve stimulation (rVNS) counteracts fight-or-flight stress.

04/07/2019

Everyone can sing — no matter what that traumatic childhood experience might have led you to believe.

03/03/2019