Mr. Nick's Piano Instruction

09/09/2025

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/heal-the-mind-to-heal-the-body/202306/8-longevity-secrets-of-a-109-year-old-pianist

07/24/2025

June 21, 2025 Piano Recital. Great job everyone!

06/21/2025

Good luck to all the performers today! 10:30 am Steinway Piano Gallery of Detroit & Arts Academy

06/09/2025

It is now open enrollment for new students for summer piano schedule. Don't delay, spots will fill up quickly! Click on the piano keys to take you to the sign up.

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12/23/2024

Practice time on a brand new Steinway Model D.

12/15/2024

Great job to everyone who performed at this year's 15th annual Winter piano recital.

12/05/2024

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Few adults play musical instruments, and even fewer do so in a group, Caroline Mimbs Nyce writes. What health benefits might they be giving up? https://theatln.tc/oglkQfzJ

“Kids receive plenty of music education, but as people get older, they fall out of practice. Many stop picking up their instrument,” Nyce writes. “This is unfortunate, in part because plenty of research shows that adults could benefit from playing music.”

Playing music helps build larger brain networks and new pathways. “Musicians tend to have better attention than nonmusicians,” Nyce continues. “Banging on a drum or tooting a horn can also relieve stress, reduce burnout, and help with anxiety and depression. For older people specifically, research has shown potential cognitive benefits along with a possible decrease in dementia risk.”

Adults may be skipping out in part because music education is associated with childhood and coursework. And after people grow out of music education in their childhood, they tend to think that music is a special talent, Nyce writes, not something that just anybody can learn.

“Of course, people are busy; they simply may not have the luxury of sitting down to study Bach once a week, much less the money to pay for an instrument or private lessons,” Nyce writes.

Playing music in groups has additional benefits, such as allowing adults to feel more trusting of and connected to one another, and to the world in general. But while it’s easy to go to a park or gym and pull together a game of pickup basketball, “piecing together people at the same skill level to play a concerto or even just jam in a garage is another matter.”

Nyce herself recently began to play the recorder. “I plan to keep learning,” she writes, “not because it strengthens my neuropathways per se (though I certainly don’t mind that), but because making music, even when it’s silly—perhaps especially when it’s silly—is just a whole lot of fun.” https://theatln.tc/oglkQfzJ

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08/25/2024

Schedule is now OPEN for new students! Here is the link to sign up.

06/16/2024

For my 15th Annual Summer Recital I played Chopin Concerto No 1 in E minor, orchestral intro. Please enjoy.