Fyrewurks

…practice, practice, practice!
The old joke couldn’t be more true, though.  Since I started taking piano lessons again last Thursday, I’ve realized that as much as I love to play, despite that love I can still fall into the pitfalls that only self-discipline can cure.
I hear all these beautiful songs and I want to play them [...]

The Van Cliburn Foundation recently introduced a YouTube Competition for Amateurs in which the winner will win an automatic entry into the sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in 2011.
You see, I have a keen interest in the competition because I have a fantasy of entering it.  And that’s why it was unsettling when I realized that this [...]