Piano Lessons in Alpharetta

07/08/2026

10/31/2025

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Happy Hallows' Eve!
Memento mori ("remember that you must die").
"Remember, man, that you are dust and unto dust you shall return" (Genesis 3:19)
Psalm 90:12, "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom".
“Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and there is only one Glory, which is eternal. If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.”
- St. Teresa of Avila
Be good!

The Soul Chaser, by Natale Farrell, is a creepy, solo piano piece written in D minor for Intermediate students. My students love this piece! It's perfect for a Halloween Recital! Fi*****ng and pedaling are included. You get two downloads: one with th...

05/14/2024

PATINA composed by Natale Farrell
an 8-Hand, 2-Piano Piece.
I used Yamaha bell sounds instead of the piano sounds.
Sheet Music -all parts-available on request
for $20 (Studio License)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g9BXNpHJ193VoO_tQFa4YKb8_8Yr77X1/view?usp=sharing

03/03/2024

So much great music will be performed tonight at the Soiree starting at 5pm Eastern!
If you want a zoom link send me a private message
or email me at [email protected].

02/08/2024

Hello Music Lovers!
Welcome to the neighborhood Soireé!
You are invited to participate in or just watch on
March 3rd, 2024 at 05:00 pm!
soi·rée /swäˈrā/ noun
an evening party or gathering, typically in a private house, for conversation and music. (Natale has been hosting Soirée's since February 2018.)
Please RSVP if you can make it to [email protected]
If you can come in person, please bring some food to share and let's enjoy the performances together! A Zoom link can be sent for those who would like to attend online.
If you would like to perform a piece, sing a song, send in a video, recite a poem (or the like) please let Natale know by sending a separate email to: [email protected].
Here is the program link where you can add your piece: Program March 3rd, 2024
We hope you can make it!
Natale
[email protected]
Edenwilde Neighborhood
Roswell, Georgia

08/30/2023

Quarter Rests are so hard to draw.

02/20/2022

Most parents want their children to be intelligent and successful. And while some experts have pushed parents to teach their children coding, new research is pointing to music as the gateway to smarter kids.

While coding does allow for a great advantage when it comes to technology, it lacks many benefits that music provides. The argument to teach children code is that it helps them with their math and language skills. However, recent research carried out by MIT and published in the Journal of Neuroscience is now showing how powerful music can be on a child’s brain development.

According to the authors of the study, learning music during our early life makes the brain more connected, which in turn, makes their brains neurologically capable of many things, not just music.

“This study, among other studies, demonstrates how the human brain is shaped by experience,” explains co-author Lutz Jäncke to Inverse.

What they found in their study was that musical brains produce more structural and functional connections when compared to those who don’t learn music.

And while music is one form of producing these connections, other research has shown that ballet, golf, and chess produce similar connections.

“The findings matter for any kind of expertise in all areas where one can improve through intensive, long-time training,” explained co-author Simon Leipold in a discussion with Inverse.

To carry out their study, the researchers had 103 professional musicians and 50 non-musicians go in for brain scans. Once the scans were taken, they were compared. What they found, was that the musicians all have “strikingly similar networks.’

Additionally, they had far more structural and functional connections than non-musicians, especially in the areas that were connected to speech and sound.

Another factor that played a major role was how early the musicians had begun learning music. “The earlier the musicians had started with musical practice, the stronger these connectivities,” Jäncke says.

Their takeaway was that early music training could help children to develop stronger neural pathways and, in turn, make them smarter. “If someone told me then about the possibility of changing the wiring of my brain, I might have spent more time practicing the piano and less time on the soccer field,” Leipold says.

And to be honest, I believe I would do the same! If you have a child, and you are wanting the best and most balanced life for them, based on this study, it seems music is the way to go.

https://www.jneurosci.org/content/23/27/9240

https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/how-music-changes-the-brain-study
Neuroscience study reveals why the brains of musicians are different
INVERSE.COM
Neuroscience study reveals why the brains of musicians are different
Scientists find learning music early in life actually makes the brain more structurally and functionally connected.

Scientists find learning music early in life actually makes the brain more structurally and functionally connected.

01/27/2022

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01/07/2022

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01/06/2022

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