I was contacted recently by the folks behind the PlayScore 2 app to see if I’d be interested in writing a review. At the time, I was feeling overwhelmed with Christmas preparations and put them off, but I’m thankful that they followed up with me again, because I’m really finding this app useful in my […]
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Photo license: Attribution, Noncommercial by HeraldpostIt’s hard to believe that it’s been three months since I posted here! Life is unbelievably busy for me, as you might have surmised. Amazingly, I’ve managed to add a few new followers in my absence! Welcome to all of you, and I hope you’ll be patient with my sporadic
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In Part I of this series, I discussed why I believe it’s important for independent piano teachers to teach choral accompanying skills, and gave some tips on preparing to play the voice parts in a choral piece. The next step in the process is learning to play the accompaniment. Here are some tips I can
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Of all the things I do as a musician, church choral accompanying has been the most financially lucrative and emotionally satisfying of my activities short of teaching. Ironically, not one minute of my formal piano instruction was ever devoted to this craft which requires an additional set of skills beyond those of performing well as
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