Piano pedagogy

In the story Two Kinds by Amy Tan it tells the tale of conflict between a mother Suyuan and her daughter Jing-mei over piano lessons. Two Kinds deals with a clash between a mother’s belief of hard work and persistance and a daughter's belief that being a prodigy is unachievable. Amy Tan shows generational differences among immigrant families negotiating the mythology of the American Dream. Amy Tan portrays Suyuan as having a strong belief in the American Dream. Two Kinds starts out with “My mother

emotional release. Music is performed in many forms, including concerts. I will be discussing a Piano Trio Delizia, more specifically, the composition Trio Op.1 No 1 by Ludwig Van Beethoven in E flat major, that was performed on October 11, 2017, in Marlboro Art gallery at Prince George’s Community College by pianist Hyeeun Hahm, violinist Benedict Sin, and cellist Pecos Singer. A piano trio consists of a piano and two string instruments, a violin and cello. During this performance, the four compositions

For my piano critique, I went to see Sean Cavanaugh with accompaniment of Dominic Muzzi, play Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15. This recital was performed on campus, in Recital Hall November 6, 2017 at 8:30pm. Both Cavanaugh and Muzzi performed their portion of the piece on the piano. Cavanaugh was the lead pianist, so he had the piano closer to the audience while Muzzi was farther back. Something that I found interesting, was that Muzzi was dressed in all dark colors, while

Nicolas Eszterházy, whose palace was often visited by celebrated musicians. Ádám Liszt was a talented amateur musician who played cello, as well as several other instruments in court concerts. Franz Liszt’s father passionately taught him how to play piano, and by the age of 6, was already recognized as a child Prodigy. At this age, Liszt began to show interest in both church and gypsy music. He developed into a religious child, partly because of his father who spent two years of his youth in the Franciscan

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) I was blessed to grow up in a nurturing, cultivating, and open minded environment. My family is full of big personalities and even bigger hearts. They’ve supported me through the many phases of my childhood and unwaveringly will continue to support my dreams in adulthood. Over the past 17 years, I’ve grown in exquisite ways that would not have been possible without my family My mother has

Adventure Awaits The movie Tangled, a Disney animated comedy, released on November 24, 2010, is about how a long lost princess, Rapunzel is reunited with her true family. After eighteen years of living in a tower with who she believed to be her mother, Rapunzel feels the need to adventure the world around her. While this movie is about a girl defying her mother and finding her true destiny, it also teaches that in order to find where she truly belongs, she had to be willing to get out of her comfort

Franz Schubert’s An den Mond no. 176 starts with flowing chords in the piano, a five-measure piano introduction and then a soft entry of the vocal line. An den Mond no. 116 starts with no piano introduction, rather the vocalist has the downbeat with the pianists left hand and the piece has started. The two renditions of the An den Mond each hold very individual techniques for conveying the lieder as well as the notes at the same time with an equally relatable tone. An de Mond No. 116 starts off

was showing on television that night. I saw a woman who was playing a piano, she looked joyful and relaxed. Then, I asked my mom sitting right next to me; “Can I play as well as she is?” she smiled and said, “you may have a try if you want to.” Starting from that day on, piano became one of the most important parts of my life. When I was on my way to have my first lesson, I was so excited. I could not wait to have my first piano lesson. Then, my teacher came inside; she sat right next to me. She smiled

the lawsuit over his nephew’s custody and suffered from deafness and Immortal Beloved. Especially the letter of Immortal Beloved and an attempt to starve himself are the biggest event between 1809 to 1814 when he restrained himself from writing a piano sonata. E minor op. 90 is important for its role as a turning point for Beethoven. This sonata is one that Beethoven wrote for the first time after the five-year of struggling, and form this point, his composition took completely new direction. Fugue

The moment arrived. When I opened the doors, I scanned the architectural design of the room. The classroom looked like a mid-size basketball gym. The concrete blocked walls were painted white. The hard-wooded floors complimented two black pianos scattered in different locations of the vicinity. My evaluation of the room’s style, was interrupted by a BLASTING surprise: there were 40 energic students amid one substitute teacher: me. A few, but not all, of the students’ hormones