04/28/2022
Another long overdue blog...
And a Year Later... And a year later ... I performed a 2-piano recital with my long time friend and colleague, Meg Gray (on faculty at Wichita State University...
This page is about the challenges of being a dyslexic musician, ways to approach the issues of music reading, and teaching students with reading issues.
04/28/2022
Another long overdue blog...
And a Year Later... And a year later ... I performed a 2-piano recital with my long time friend and colleague, Meg Gray (on faculty at Wichita State University...
04/21/2021
Finally, part 2 of a blog I started in December. Better late than never, I guess.
Old Problems, New Perspective, Part 2 And, four months later.... I didn't really mean to wait so long to finish this thread. I'm not exactly sure what got in the way. But four...
12/11/2020
Part one of a long-overdue project. :)
Old Problems, New Perspective Recently, I pulled out three piano solo works that I attempted (and failed. Abysmally.) to perform thirty years ago. Each of the three pr...
08/05/2020
And another one.....
Post Script: Losses, Transitions, and Adjustments Well, I'm working on the adjustment phase of practicing. That is, I caved and am memorizing most of the two-piano repertoire. I can't exp...
08/05/2020
Long over due blog. Trying to get back into the technology side of things.
Loss, Transitions, and Adjustments Its' been a little over two years since Mom and Dad passed away. I haven't touched the piano in the interim, though I've continued to teach...
06/12/2019
An even more over-due blog....
Belated Blogger It's been six months since my last post. I really meant to post at least monthly, but obviously that didn't happen. I could come up with a...
01/05/2019
New year. Old dyslexic.
New Computer, Old Dyslexic I replaced my 7-year old computer over the holidays and have realized ... again ... what a pain it is to be dyslexic. New technology not wi...
A long overdue blog. Happy Halloween!
When Sideways Is Forward Confession time again. I grew up with The Arts Publication Series method, published through the St. Louis Conservatory (which also reveals ...
07/31/2018
" THE LOOK" THE LOOK. As teachers, we've all seen it in our students. As performers, we've all experienced it as players. There are multitudes of mu...
07/31/2018
Another, more recent blog also worth repeating....
Untitled, Undirected I went through all kinds of ideas for a title for this blog, when my main motivation for writing it is simply because it's been three months...
07/31/2018
An older blog worth repeating....
Proficiency vs Professionalism Okay, confession time. I have a humongous hole where my ego is supposed to be. Maybe its because I'm a perfectionist, maybe it's human nat...