The Piano Lesson

Without the black or white keys on a piano, the sounds created will never be rich nor harmonious. Just like the keys, everything in life comes in duos. Without one another, the other can’t exist because together, duality forms a whole. Similarly, energy is needed during the day, but inactivity is necessary during the night to recharge. No human would survive deprived of warmth in the cold, but none would exist either if left without coolness in the heat. What may seem as opposite forces are in…

Mastery Have you ever heard someone comment that another person’s success was due to luck? Perhaps the classic statement that someone’s achievement is due to being born with a silver spoon in their mouth resonates with you. I have heard my father say many times that people like Bill Gates will go to hell, because he has more money than he needs. I have never agreed nor understood such limited thinking. Perhaps there is another way to view success in any area be it physical, mental,…

unknown females. Dr. Coulter and Mr. Daroca played the piano. The space was large. 45 people were seated in the chapel. The piano was placed at the front of the room to the left of the persons seated. People were also seated to the side of the room. There was a podium at the front of the room but it was behind the piano and where the performers performed. Each would stood to the front of the room while the pianist take his or her seat behind the piano. Leonell Figerdedo was the first performer…

playing it’s melody. When I was a toddler, my parents brought home a toy xylophone. I would constantly play like a construction worker hammering down a nail. I know it annoyed my parents to no end. When I was older, my mother made me start taking piano lessons. My teacher, Mrs. Cutler, said I was naturally gifted, since I played the pieces she gave me with ease. Unfortunately, I decided to quit after two years. I felt that the music was too easy for me and she would not let me advance until we…

in my ears as a slight grin slips through my concentration. I relax my fingers and open my eyes. Instead of a musty bar, I’m in my living room and even though the piece is over the magic is still in the air. I love playing the piano.…

seeing a Chinese girl about the same age as Jing-mei play the piano on the Ed Sullivan Show, decides to start giving her piano lessons in hope that that is where her talents may lie. Jing-mei gets increasingly frustrated that her mother can’t just except her for who she is and to rebel she decides to not put forth her best in her piano lessons and ends up doing awfully in a recital in hopes that her mother will let her stop taking the lessons. This of course angers her mother and the two have…

Genevieve Brosseau in the city of Philadelphia in 1928. Jenkins was exposed to music starting at a young age, likely receiving interest and exposer from his mother, who played piano and sang. Beginning at age six, Jenkins took piano lessons from his mother. As part of his piano instruction, Jenkins recited melodies on the piano and transposed the melodies into different keys as. This practice gave Jenkins a great leap into aural skills training and transposition from an early age. At age…

interviewed Gretchen Dekker, adjunct music director at York College and my piano studio teacher. As an active music student, I am very familiar with the responsibilities of a musician. Getting a good music education is essential to getting a good job in the music industry. This is usually only provided by conservatories and performance arts schools. Mrs. Dekker is a Northeastern HS alumni, who traveled back and forth to take piano lessons at Peabody Conservatory. After graduating, she earned…

receive and analyze the message of the text. While considering point of view as a leading factor in how we read the story, the use of symbolism can also be brought into discussion. The symbols derived from the passage have a unique impression on the lesson of the story and the…

Ravel’s entering a school for his formal Education. However, acknowledging his passion in the early age, and his father being music and culture lover, his parents let him to focus on music at home. He started taking piano lessons at seven. In 1887, He went to Paris for lessons in piano and theory at age 12. In 1889, at his 14 he entered as a student in…