These weren’t the piano lessons of my youth. Quite the opposite. Gone was the septuagenarian teacher crowding me on a piano bench at my grandmother’s house, extolling the importance of Christian hymns ...
For voice teachers like Erin Matthews, seeing and hearing her students isn’t only nice — it’s a professional necessity. But in the space of a few days, Matthews and her colleagues have dealt not only ...
Some music teachers are turning off their Zoom cams and getting back to the tradition of being in the same room with their music students — where they can see everything from the tapping of a foot to ...
When Margaret Waddell gives a piano lesson, the atmosphere is relaxed — even when her students are learning through Zoom. As a piano teacher for 30 years, Waddell is serious about music teaching and ...
Her hands gliding across the keys with ease, playing a piece that could challenge someone with quadruple her experience, Brigitte Xie surprisingly only started taking piano lessons in the spring of ...
As students across the world have had to adjust to taking lessons online, Ed Sheeran chose to offer an elementary class some much-needed motivation. The singer surprised a Zoom music class at a South ...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — On March 12, Thomas Kikta, chair of contemporary music media and jazz at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, got word that his campus was shutting down due to Covid-19.
Medford, MA — LB Music School opened its third location just about a year ago, mere months before the pandemic forced businesses across the country to close their doors. While many businesses were not ...
Pandemic lockdowns forced millions around the world to spend more time at home, and for musicians – amateur and professional – it created both challenges and opportunities. Music students couldn’t go ...