The Piano Lesson

and as a teenager had aspirations to become an "authoress or poetess". In 1914, Ruth went to Foster's School of Musical Art to study musical art by learning the piano. After she attended the Foster’s School of Musical Art, she began attending the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago to further her education by focusing on the piano, but that is not what happened. Instead of staying for only a year like she had planned she ended up staying for about eight years. This allowed her to become a…

George's legacy had started. George's brother, Ira Gershwin, was also involved in music at a young age. At one of Ira's piano lessons George began to play, with no prior lessons, and his parents discovered his love and natural talent for music they put him in lessons. His first mentor and teacher, Charles Hambitzer, early on had realized George's exceptional talent with the piano so he denied charging the Gershwin family because he knew he had the privilege of teaching a future phenomenon. He…

Furthermore, I enjoy experimenting and giving their compositions a modern twist, however slight. It works in some cases. Modern piano music of Sir Elton John and Billy Joel also appeals to me. I understand the language of music, irrespective of its genre. On a different note, music enabled me to develop important life-skills, like, teamwork. Playing in a band with friends has made…

Have you ever heard someone play the piano and wondered how the piano made all that noise? Or how it was created in the first place? Well, you’re about to find out the answer to both these questions and more. What came before the piano? What inspired the piano? And who created the piano? All of these will also be answered. First, you’ll need to know that a keyboard instrument is any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or…

When I play the piano, it relieves my stress. When I hear myself play the piano, it relieves my stress. When I listen to music, it relieves my stress, any music, any radio station. So, I believe that music or piano relieves stress. I have played the piano since I was in first grade. I have always loved music, especially since my mom played piano and likes to sing. Whenever I play the piano and hear those flowing notes, I feel like I have less stress. The elegant sounds of the piano give me a…

an opinion from my mom and we decided that my personal symbol is a music note. A music note represents me because I love playing instruments and making music. I am able to play four instruments which are the piano, the violin, the clarinet, and the ukulele. I mostly focus on playing the piano and violin now. I play…

to Harmonica to Piano, Stevie showed how much he loved the vocal and instrumental arts. Stevie was blind his entire life. The young super star was born May 13,1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. By the age of 13 he began to sing to his hearts content. He attended Detroit, Public Schools. Growing up was hard for Stevie. His blindness made it extremely difficult to learn. He pushed through all of the darkness by playing the harmonica and singing. Stevie also plays the drums and the piano. By the age of…

world’s best pianist. Liszt was renowned for his unparalleled piano technique. Liszt extensively toured Europe, celebrated as the world’s best pianist. Liszt saw both fame and fortune in his career. He died in Germany due to complications from pneumonia. Liszt was born in Raiding, Austria on October 22, 1811 to Adam Liszt and Anna Lager. Liszt’s aptitude toward music was recognized early on by his father, who was his first piano teacher. His father exposed the young Liszt to music by…

high school band and my dad played saxophone for about a week. They always have encouraged me to get involved with music. When I was 4 I decided I wanted to start taking piano lessons. I loved piano from the minute I started playing. I picked it up quickly, I soon learned how to read music. I have very fond memories of learning piano as a small kid, especially of my first teacher, Mrs. Neale. She always made teaching me things fun. I remember her teaching me how to remember the notes of the…

at my hands and said I was going to play the piano beautifully when I grew up. Six years later, I was enrolled in a piano course. To be frank, I hated it and constantly asked my parents to stop making me go. That is, until I turned twelve. Something happened at that period which made me change the way I looked at the piano. I started loving it! I would not miss a lesson, and would even get an hour less of sleep just to go over the pieces I knew. The piano started to become an essential part of…