07/04/2022
Happy 4th of July! Here is Ukrainian born Vladimir Horowitz playing his arrangement of Stars and Stripes Forever. How many hands did this guy have?!?!
Vladimir Horowitz plays his "The Star and Stripes Forever"
Just Horowitz.
02/14/2022
Franz Liszt wrote a piece called Liebestraum or Dream of Love. A student played it for him once and Liszt commented, “You must play that more like ‘oh love, as long as you wish to love’; that’s how it usually is, and it usually doesn’t last very long. Therefore play it somewhat more frivolously!“
01/12/2022
A number of years ago, we acquired this 64 key Melodigrand piano. It was a little rough so we gave it a facelift! Maybe this will make its debut at an outdoor concert this summer?!?!
12/24/2021
A musical sleigh ride through St. Petersburg. The  Petersburger Schlittenfahrt by Richard Eilenberg. Happy Holidays!

Petersburger Schlittenfahrt by Richard Eilenberg
12/16/2021
Ever on the hunt for uncommon pieces, I found this little Sonatina for mandolin and harpsichord by Beethoven. A delightful little way to celebrate Beethoven’s birthday today!!
Beethoven - Sonatina for Mandolin and Clavier in C major WoO 44a | Ekaterina Skliar, Anna Kislitsyna
Beethoven - Sonatina for Mandolin and Harpsichord in C major (1796) WoO 44a | Ekaterina Skliar (mandolin), Anna Kislitsyna (harpsichord).- This recording was...
10/24/2021
Fats Waller had a very interesting career!
https://youtu.be/_elALEP4KFg
09/07/2021
Fall lessons begin today and also marks the start of my 23rd year of teaching. My how the time flies!
08/25/2021
Had Mozart been born in Arkansas, the music would’ve been the same but the instrumentation would’ve been like this:

MOZART ON BANJO GUITAR (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik/Serenade in G) - Luca Stricagnoli
LEARN THIS PIECEhttp://www.lucastricagnoli.com/shopTOUR DATEShttps://www.lucastricagnoli.comDESCRIPTIONI had so much fun arranging Mozart´s masterpiece “Eine...
08/18/2021
”No metronome at all! They who have sound feeling need none and they who have not will get no help from the metronome.“ ~Beethoven