“Chopin Concert” painting by Henryk Siemiradzki (Public Domain) Chopin was only twenty when he composed his Nocturne Opus 9, No. 2 in...

Rhythm is one of the most difficult music skills to teach and to learn. Last month I posted an exercise to help you keep your eighth...

Schubert by Gustav Klimpt In times of pain and suffering, sometimes we just need to play a piece in a minor key. It’s been awhile since I...

Happy May Day – the midway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice! According to Celtic tradition, May Day is the time...

Every few years I love to watch the film Enchanted April, a wonderful 1992 classic film about how getting away from one’s home to a...

Today is the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (though there is some confusion about the date). To celebrate, I have arranged Bach’s...

It’s St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th, so dig out your green clothes, dust off your Irish Soda Bread Recipe, and get ready to play some...

I hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day spent with someone you love, or doing something you love to do! (Like eating chocolate?! Playing...

I hope you have been enjoying playing my February free sheet music, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose. To further celebrate the month of 💗...

Happy New Year Friends! I always enjoy posting free sheet music for you at the beginning of each month, but on January 1st it’s...

Click to view on Amazon.com Click to view on Amazon.com My series called The Music Remedy launched today! For the past year I have been...

Happy Holidays! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration and are enjoying the anticipation of the holiday season. Today I am...

It is November at last, and having enjoyed a nearly normal Halloween, I think many of us are looking forward to gathering in-person with...

📷 by Ehud Neuhaus A thousand pardons for my late posting this month. I have been on a long working/vacation, and wasn’t able to post my...

As we inch closer to the turning of the seasons, I thought I would share my early -intermediate arrangement of Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf...

As promised I have posted Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (transposed to E minor) pt. 2 on my website today. Have you been playing pt. 1...

Many piano players bemoan the fact that they would love to play Beethoven’s gorgeous Moonlight Sonata, except for the fact that Beethoven...

📷 by David Holifield Felix Mendelssohn wrote his Overture (Op. 21) for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1826 when he was just...

Good morning and Happy May Day! I chose this Gilbert and Sullivan favorite from The Mikado because it’s such a fun song, and it’s time to...

Happy April! Today I have arranged April Showers as a slow jazz ballad, because it seems to encompass the wistful sentiment of the day,...