Ryder Piano Studio

☘️Welcome to my studio, Román family! It has been a distinct pleasure to instruct these two promising pianists.🎵

I took the opportunity to capture this moment with them and their mother on St. Patrick's Day. It appears the festive spirit of the holiday has brought an extra measure of cheer to this trio!

💜 In honor of MLK day, please enjoy this classic James Taylor tune I performed at the Unitatarian Church this past Sunday. The background track for "Shed a Little Light"🦋
was arranged and produced on my Clavinova CVP 701 at Ryder Piano Studio. Be sure to turn it up as it was recorded at a low volume.
🎹Come see what making your own music can be all about. Contact me for more information.🎶

1 25 26 "Shed a Little Light" by James Taylor 1 25 26 "Shed a Little Light" by James Taylor Performed by Diana Ryder

...and let's not forget to say Happy Birthday to one of the greatest composers of all time, Herr Ludwig van Beethoven ❤️😊🎶🎹

Happy Birthday to the Greatest Composer ever born.

Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! Such a perfect tribute to play this piece from the 2005 "Pride and Prejudice" movie on the 250th anniversary of Miss Austen's birthday! 🎶🎹🎵💜👏😊

Happy birthday, Jane Austen! ❤️ 2021 Classic FM Rising Star pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason performs ‘Dawn’ from Dario Marianelli’s score for the 2005 Pride and Prejudice film. She plays on Jane Austen’s own Clementi piano at Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, the home where Austen spent the final eight years of her life. The performance marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth on 16 December 1775. To commemorate the anniversary of the beloved writer’s birth, Jeneba has also released a new EP, ‘Jane Austen’s Piano’, which features this piece alongside other works she has personally selected for their connection to Jane Austen or their importance to the period, including music by Handel, Haydn, Kiallmark and Cramer. Listen now on Sony Classical.

🌲🎹🎶Winter recital tomorrow friends!🎵👏☃️
See you there.

🚨Please note: start time is actually 2:00 p.m. NOT 1:00 p.m.

⭐️Break out those cheerful carols, friends! It's good for your health!🎵🌲☃️🪕🎵🎹🎶

Why singing is surprisingly good for your health From boosting the brain to reducing pain, joining others in song can bring some wide-ranging benefits.

Carol King tells a wonderful story here about how she first started taking piano lessons and the influence her Mom had on her in these early days! Inspiring and fun. 🥰🎶🎹 Check it out, students, parents, and followers. 🧑‍🏫👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🌟

"I had begun making up songs when I was three. Perched precariously on Brooklyn and Manhattan telephone books atop the piano bench, I improvised words and melodies at the top of my lungs while my little fingers pounded out a rudimentary accompaniment on the piano. Using the most advanced form of recording then available in our household, my mother transcribed onto music paper a song I wrote called "Galloping."
My first real music lesson took place when I was four. My mother invited me to climb up and sit next to her on the piano bench. (By then I needed only the Brooklyn phone book.) She introduced me to music theory and elementary piano technique using a child-sized book with a bright red cover called Teaching Little Fingers to Play, by John Thompson." - CK
"A Natural Woman"

📷 Carole King Family Archives

French composer, conductor, and teacher Nadia Boulanger taught some of the most important musicians of the 20th century, including Aaron Copland, Philip Glass, Astor Piazzolla, and Quincy Jones.

Boulanger believed in rigorous technical training, but also encouraged her students to develop their own voice and to challenge tradition.

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🎶The other day I immensely enjoyed a student and teacher duet with student Eleanor A. 🎵
🐎"The Horseman's Night Ride" is an up-tempo piece, with a compelling forward motion, minor key mode and strong downbeat accents, and is a perennial favorite of many Ryder Piano Studio students. 🎹