Allegro Studios

08/28/2026

Join us at For the Love of Hilliard! Free family fun!

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

Congrats to our own Robin Hood!!
Looking forward to this show Hilliard Davidson Drama Boosters!

Congratulations to the cast of “The Somewhat True Tales of Robin Hood!” Can’t wait to see this!!! 🎭❤️

08/26/2026

Can you spot the "magnificent pianist" in this photo? 😁 Go follow Metauro Opera and see their fall performance of Impressario!

What do four beautiful sopranos and a magnificent pianist have in common? They just had a great final rehearsal of Mozart’s Impresario, which Metauro will be taking to retirement homes this fall!

Thank you to these amazing artists who are giving their time and talents to bring joy to others!

08/26/2026

National Dog Day!
Ms. Quint's dogs feel strongly that the piano gets too many pets while THEY should be getting much more :D

08/26/2026

A little about Dolly Parton's music education as we remember her incredible contributions to songwriting, music, and entertainment. From the Country Music Hall of Fame: "Dolly Rebecca Parton was born the fourth of twelve children, on January 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. From deep in Appalachia, her mother was a singer who taught Dolly both church music and the Elizabethan ballads her ancestors brought to America. Dolly’s grandfather was a fiddling preacher and songwriter. Several of Dolly’s eleven siblings have been active in music, and some worked for a time in her family band.

Parton’s childhood figured strongly in her ambition to escape her circumstances and in songs she wrote about her experience and life in rural poverty. For example, 1971’s “Coat of Many Colors” ( #4 country hit) was an account of a humiliating experience Parton suffered at school when classmates made fun of her homemade patchwork coat.

Parton was encouraged in her early attempts at music by her uncle Bill Owens, who bought her a guitar and, by the time Parton was ten years old, landed her a stint on a television variety show in the nearest big town, Knoxville. Nashville soon took note of Parton, and she made her first guest appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at age thirteen in 1959. She also recorded a single for a small Louisiana label, and one for Mercury Records in Nashville in 1962.

Parton was not daunted by the lack of success of her early recordings, so in 1964 she packed her bags and left for Nashville immediately after graduating from high school. Her first day in town, she met her future husband, contractor Carl Dean, in a laundromat. They were married for over 62 years when he passed in 2025.

Parton’s music career progressed and she gained respect as a songwriter, especially after a pair of songs she wrote with Owens became Top Ten hits for Bill Phillips in 1966. Then she recorded for Fred Foster’s Monument Records from 1965 to 1967, and “Dumb Blonde”—which attacked traditional female stereotypes—became her first Top Forty hit only 2 years after graduating and moving to Nashville."

08/25/2026

Learn about singing, make friends, spread some Holiday cheer!
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08/23/2026

The joy of piano! Private lessons or group classes. Piano skills are the BEST foundation for every musician!

08/21/2026

It's beginning to SOUND a lot like...🎄