If you visit most churches on a Sunday morning, you are likely to see two individuals: a preacher and a pianist. Generally, church pianists play the bulk of the music heard during church services. They may play with other musicians or solo. In some cases, they may serve in dual roles a...
2) Today I’m seeing more and more highly trained conductors coming out of college but we still have the scenario where somebody sticks a baton into a rehearsal pianist’s hand and says, “you’re on!”. For those many members of TMD that have mostly or exclusively conducted from the pi...
” Here's another stupid mistake. When the great scientist Albert Einstein was at school, his teachers considered him rather dull. And a final story, the famous Polish pianist Paderewski was told by a teacher that he'd never be a success as a performer because the middle finger on each ...