The Collaborative Piano Blog

thumb

Encounters with classical music, collaboration, chamber music, opera, administration, teaching, and technology

Latest Blog Posts

  • The Accompanist: A Poem by William Matthews on Nov 21, 2009 in Poetry

    The Google Books entry on Billy Collins' Poetry 180 Anthology features William Matthews' The Accompanist, which makes for some interesting reading:If you're reading this via email or RSS and don't see the embedded Google Books player, click here for...

  • The 2010 Tanglewood Season Listings on Nov 20, 2009 in Tanglewood Events Boston

    For the second year in a row, here is the complete schedule for the Tanglewood Festival, released one minute after the end of the press embargo. These listings are taken directly from the press release, with only some minor formatting changes made to...

  • Quote of the Day on Nov 19, 2009 in Quotes

    don't pity the accompanist too much... those dudes make serious cash!@neddaahmed, in response to @noelrk(if only it were true)...

  • The Boston Trio Plays the Ravel Piano Trio 1st Movement on Nov 19, 2009 in Ravel Videos

    I've already posted the second movement of the Boston Trio's recent performance of the Ravel Piano Trio in Boston's Jordan Hall. Here they are playing the first:...

  • Stefani Germanotta aka Lady Gaga Live at NYU in 2005 on Nov 19, 2009 in Videos

    This footage just came out a few days ago - Lady Gaga in a 2005 live performance singing and playing piano (barefoot!) during her time at New York University:(Via Mary Lou)Previously on the Collaborative Piano Blog:Lady Gaga Sings and Plays Paparazzi...

  • Yamaha Birmingham Accompanist of the Year Finals on November 22 on Nov 18, 2009 in Birmingham Events

    The tenth running of the Yamaha Birmingham Accompanist of the Year competition is near an end, with the final round happening on Sunday, November 22nd at 2pm in Adrian Boult Hall in the Birmingham Conservatoire (tickets are £6/4). The four finalists...

  • Creating a Studio Blog on MTH on Nov 18, 2009 in Piano Pedagogy

    My latest article for Music Teacher's Helper looks at how you can take advantage of MTH's functionality to create a constantly updating stream of information tailored to the needs of your studio, all in the password-protected area of your studio webs...