| 单词 | piano lesson |
| 例句 | Until puberty Fernanda had no news of the world except for the melancholy piano lessons taken in some neighboring house by someone who for years and years had the drive not to take a siesta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She was in all the accelerated classes at school, got almost perfect grades, kept her room tidy, and always practiced for her piano lessons. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In fact, it was Pacheco’s wife who taught him for free back when she gave piano lessons to any kid in the valley eager to learn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was Shirley’s age, she had pleaded with her father for permission to take piano lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She continued her piano lessons at three in the afternoon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When I took her to her piano lesson, I scolded her if she did not play well. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Which gives rise to the thought that maybe he’s hiding in the last place we’d expect; the place he despises more than cauliflower and piano lessons combined—Meadow Creek Elementary School. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at Dad’s house are piano lesson time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Abbey takes piano lessons on a portable electric keyboard that my father bought from a consignment shop in Key Largo. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Usually I have a piano lesson at the same time as Malia’s ballet class. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I’m glad Malia can keep doing ballet, but I wish I could still take piano lessons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z They splurge on their children’s sports and tutoring and piano lessons and deny them computers and televisions in their rooms and cellphones. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He took piano lessons and had a public recital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There were no more piano lessons, for one thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about my piano lessons, and the keyboard I’m dying to save up for. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Besides, the next day brought my piano lesson, and it was always a good idea to be rested and in top form so as not to provoke Miss Brown. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “We’re going to have to stop your piano lessons,” she says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you go have a talk with him? I’ve got to pick up your sister from her piano lesson.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I bet Mom is only offering to take me there because she feels bad that I can’t take my piano lesson. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Georgia was getting up at ten every morning and taking piano lessons from Cotton Eye and her nails were clean. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As usual, Ji-yun had not done very well at her piano lesson. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have my piano lesson in the afternoon.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I really, really want to take piano lessons,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, you have beautiful hands. You have the hands of a gifted pianist. We should put you in piano lessons. Li!” she called to Virgil’s mother. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z My mother is teaching piano lessons again and she and my father are beginning to discuss what they will do next. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But the next day Melanie had an early-morning piano lesson, so there was no time to talk to April before school. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Our family had no piano and we couldn’t afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll still get to save up for piano lessons and a keyboard. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Our parents had no reason to doubt us, and now I’m one step closer to taking piano lessons again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She even let Harry and me skip our piano lessons for two weeks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z All the parents are chatting with each other; there’s a cacophony of Oh, Colette, how are Jackie’s piano lessons going? and What do you think about the season they just had? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He takes piano lessons at the same place she takes voice lessons and their moms know each other. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Taylor and her ball sack are gone, and Garrett’s already left for a piano lesson. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z On Sunday afternoon I set off with Papi for my first piano lesson. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She also encouraged her daughter’s natural musical talent by enrolling her in piano lessons. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m trying to save up for piano lessons and a keyboard.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Her father owned the stables, and they could afford piano lessons, and they had a maid but no cook. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And he certainly didn’t miss his piano lessons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At the very least, maybe I’ll be able to start my piano lessons again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Under Robbie’s rules, kids who took piano lessons were allowed to work on only one song at a time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z You didn’t finish a month of piano lessons.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Maybe I could even make enough to pay for piano lessons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She was Tateh’s favorite and I was always a little jealous of her because Tateh paid for her piano lessons while he wouldn’t allow me to take them and that sort of thing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, after she had rushed off to take Nna to his piano lesson, she called Obinze to say, laughing, “Can you believe I forgot to brush my teeth?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Surely they could not possibly think this was just Bandit’s scheme to escape the tyranny of piano lessons for the joys of Jackie Robinson! In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d been doing odd jobs for Mr. Smith and his family for years, having been hired to do everything from babysitting his kids and giving them piano lessons to attempting to train their untrainable puppy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z By the time I get back to my piano lessons, Ms. Nancy will be impressed by how well I can read music. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z If it was a piano, she must send a secret letter to China and tattle to the elders about her infamous piano lessons. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I earned this, and soon I’ll be able to buy a keyboard and pay for piano lessons all on my own. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Father apparently didn’t think piano lessons were a bad idea for me though, if he considered the matter at all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Among the first things that had to be given up were Caroline’s mainland voice and piano lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom signed me up for piano lessons at school. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Her father, she later said, signed her up for piano lessons the day she was born. Elena Doria, Beloved and ‘Strict as Hell’ Director of Met Children’s Chorus, Dies at 90 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Young Buddy began singing on radio when he was 4 and taking piano lessons at 6. Buddy Greco, the ultimate lounge singer, dies at 90 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z When I was growing up and taking weekly piano lessons, I loved playing Chopin. In Warsaw, With Chopin as Muse 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z She took piano lessons starting at age 6 but found recitals “nerve-racking.” Frankie Cosmos’s Small World Gets Bigger 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Mihaela started piano lessons at 5 under her father’s supervision and began playing in public soon afterward. Mihaela Ursuleasa, Classical Pianist, Dies at 33 2012-08-04T03:30:46Z She emphasized schoolwork and encouraged him to take piano lessons. Félix Auger-Aliassime Is Trying to Stay Calm 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z I then walk around to Michael's house for a piano lesson. Play it again: conquering Chopin's Ballade No 1 2013-01-12T06:30:01Z He received a few piano lessons as a child but mostly learned to play by himself and had “fantasies about being the next Rachmaninoff.” Legendary Beatles Producer George Martin Dies 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z I was 29, but there was something about sitting in the car with her that was very intense, and reminded me of being driven to piano lessons as a child. Dinner, dusk and dancing Russians: my best winter shot 2012-12-16T17:59:01Z I loved it so much my parents got me piano lessons with a local wedding singer and I went from there. ‘The East Village is one of the few places in Manhattan hanging on to some character’ 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z He started piano lessons at five, but his three brothers were string players and he wanted to be able to perform with them in school concerts. Symphony players premiere their own work at ‘[untitled]’ 2013-04-25T23:07:35Z He learns French, takes piano lessons, and befriends a homeless man. Why Harold Ramis’ “Groundhog Day” is a perfect guide to life 2014-02-25T16:32:00Z To get out of piano lessons, he and his younger brother tried — unsuccessfully — to scare away their instructor, tinkering with their piano stool so it collapsed when the music teacher sat down. What was Martin Luther King Jr. like as a child? A prankster and ‘an ordinary kid.’ 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z He began piano lessons at age 6, and started to compose soon after. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z He credits his mother with his success that began with piano lessons at age 5. Ukraine pianist wins Cliburn piano competition 2013-06-10T01:11:08Z Growing up in Washington, D.C., she was exposed to piano lessons and visual art classes, “but dance grabbed me,” she said. Repeat After Her: There Is No Dance Without Dance Education 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z When Tharp was a toddler, her mother started her on piano lessons, and other arts followed, all with scheduled practice times. Twyla Tharp: The possibilities are endless 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Renzi was born in Providence, started piano lessons at age 8, and in the 1960s was a regular on the city’s jazz scene. Michael Renzi, former ‘Sesame Street’ musical director, dies 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z One day a week without driving means no soccer, gymnastics, play rehearsals, piano lessons or meetings to distract us from actually talking to one another. Motherlode Blog: Finding Childhood Independence in the Sabbath 2012-06-27T18:23:19Z At 8, Elizabeth began piano lessons and immediately decided on a show business career. Rosa Rio, Organist From Silent Films to Soap Operas, Dies at 107 2010-05-15T04:45:00Z His mother was a ballet dancer, and his father was a songwriter and producer; as a child, Bangalter took piano lessons from a member of the music staff of the Paris Opera. Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z His mother, who worked as a receptionist at an art gallery to help pay for his piano lessons, became a dominant influence. André Watts, Pioneering Piano Virtuoso, Dies at 77 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Somewhere along the way, a Tuesday-night recipe became shorthand for something easy to execute after work, softball practice and piano lessons. The 19 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2018 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Growing up in the Bensonhurst section, he started piano lessons at 8 but quit because he preferred playing stickball outdoors with his friends. Angelo Badalamenti, Composer for ‘Twin Peaks,’ Is Dead at 85 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Born in Escanaba, a tiny town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, she began to take piano lessons at 4, when her family moved to Marquette. Chains Clink, Water Splashes: A Composer’s Beautiful Noise 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Born the youngest of three children in 1975, he took piano lessons and joined a choir as a child, deciding that he wanted to conduct at a young age. Yannick Nézet-Séguin to Succeed James Levine as Met Opera’s Music Director 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z During childhood piano lessons, he said, he preferred to offer his own creations rather than laboriously practice music composed by others. A Voice Where Romance and Dysfunction Meet 2011-04-29T18:00:32Z He took piano lessons for eight years, at his mother’s insistence, but the only thing he could successfully play, he said, was Bach’s Minuet in G. Chuck Stewart, Jazz Photographer, Dies at 89; You’ve Seen His Album Covers 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z He started taking piano lessons from his mother at age 3, then debuted with the Houston Symphony Orchestra at age 12. Renowned pianist Van Cliburn diagnosed with cancer 2012-08-28T03:01:12Z One summer day Counts ran into Eunice as she was making her way home from a piano lesson. Nina Simone’s “Strange Fruit”: Inside the Jim Crow childhood of the High Priestess of Soul 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Kennicott experienced emotional hardship during his formative years, most of it centering on piano lessons and his mother’s unrealized artistic ambitions. Review | In ‘Counterpoint,’ a memoirist reflects on love, loss and Bach 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Njoroge grew up near this city and fell in love with music when she began piano lessons at 4. A Classical Music Lover Changes Kenyan Children’s Lives 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Soon after he started taking piano lessons, Paul was writing songs, and by age 16, his brother said, he was trying to sell them to music publishers in New York. Paul Leka, a Songwriter of ?Na Na Hey Hey,? Dies at 68 2011-10-23T15:26:32Z “My mom, like most Korean parents, put me in piano lessons when I was 5 years old,” Sasami said. Sasami Wanted to Appropriate White, Male Music. She Landed on Metal. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z “I had piano lessons, which I hated,” he told Rolling Stone. Ian McLagan, inventive keyboardist with Faces and Rolling Stones, dies at 69 Born in Chicago to a hardworking immigrant family, Manzarek started piano lessons early, beginning with Beethoven and Bach and progressing to stride piano, ragtime and boogie-woogie by the time he was 12. ‘Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre’ review: The rise and fall of the Doors 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z When I was five and beginning piano lessons, I remember being inspired by my father's collection of printed music, and feeling a compulsion to put notes to paper myself. Marc-Andr? Hamelin: Performer or composer? 2010-08-26T21:44:00Z At 8, Starlite was put into guitar and then piano lessons by his mother. Francis and the Lights, Pop Star Interrupted 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z White residents, proud of Eunice Waymon’s musical prodigy, established a fund to pay for piano lessons and to send her to a private high school. Saving Nina Simone’s Birthplace as an Act of Art and Politics 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z She's taking piano lessons, taking her singing lessons every day and writing. Jada Pinkett Smith candid on family, projects 2013-05-10T17:11:09Z The book traces Folds’s musical pilgrimage, from childhood piano lessons in his native North Carolina to his days as a lederhosen-wearing teenager playing polka samples in a German restaurant. Review | Rock-musician memoirs have a distancing effect, but Ben Folds is as relatable as ever 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Letting a Child Walk Alone My oldest child wanted to take the piano lessons her school offered during the time before classes started. Motherlode Blog: Letting a Child Walk Alone 2013-09-09T16:49:16Z He says he's noticed his musical abilities spillover onto his daughters, ages 7 and 8, who are now taking piano lessons. Singer Juanes: 'Unplugged' helped change sound 2012-05-31T00:48:21Z She started piano lessons at age 6 with a teacher, she said, who let her play any musical style. Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z He began taking piano lessons shortly after the family moved to the Netherlands in the late 1930s. Misha Mengelberg, Bold and Spirited Jazz Pianist, Dies at 81 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z I started piano lessons when I was six, and got serious about it when I was 13. Portrait of the artist: Antonio Pappano, conductor 2011-03-21T22:29:00Z My son has taken piano lessons since he was 6 and attends an elementary school for the performing arts. Lonnae O’Neal: The (painful) birth of a basketball dad 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z His parents, Helena and Raymond, encouraged his musical leanings and paid for private piano lessons; he also yearned to be a basketball player. Ray Manzarek 2013-05-21T17:33:43Z When Christine Ebersole was a child growing up in Winnetka, Ill., she recalled on Monday evening, she considered running away from home in the middle of winter because she didn’t want to continue piano lessons. Christine Ebersole’s ‘Big Noise’ Cabaret Show Is at 54 Below 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The mother, who has finished cooking a dish of vegan macaroni and cheese, summons her 6-year-old for a piano lesson, padding across the room in sock-monkey slippers. From Blossom to Amy but Still Always Mayim 2012-09-21T22:45:54Z He was 9 when he decided he wanted to be a Broadway star and started taking voice lessons, which led to piano lessons, too. Impossible dream: young director brings musicals to Shakespeare Co. 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The only lessons I had as a child were piano lessons, and believe me, the $3 my determined mother forked over to Mrs. Donohue every Saturday morning for two years was a musical calamity. Generation B: It?s All Downhill From Here 2010-03-25T23:02:00Z At times I felt like a crazed mom juggling the kids’ soccer and piano lesson schedules. Modern Love: A Life to Live, This Side of the Bars 2010-03-25T22:15:00Z Benjamin began piano lessons at 5 and started composing as a teenager. Benjamin Lees, Versatile Composer, Dies at 86 2010-06-04T05:51:00Z His mother, a singer, encouraged his precocious talent for music with piano lessons — and did the same for his younger sister, Frances Walker-Slocum, who became the first black woman granted tenure at Oberlin College. A Composer’s Final Work Contains ‘Visions’ of an American Master 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In Mexico he started piano lessons, and in Miami his parents bought a piano. Critic?s Notebook: Four Young Pianists on the Rise in the Jazz Scene 2011-10-06T22:37:04Z He started piano lessons a year later, and at 11, inspired by the likes of Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, turned his sights to the trumpet. Herbert Deutsch, Co-Creator of the Moog Synthesizer, Dies at 90 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z He persuaded the producers to send him to London, where he got a dialect coach, a movement coach, and took singing and piano lessons. Walking Through the Whitney Museum with Rami Malek 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z I'd taken piano lessons when I was seven, so I had some musical instincts, but I really just wanted to follow in Oscar's footsteps. Stephen Sondheim, composer – portrait of the artist 2012-11-27T19:30:01Z When he was 5 his parents arranged for him to take piano lessons from the organist at a nearby church. Frederick Swann, Master of the Pipe Organ, Is Dead at 91 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Still, piano lessons can give children a false first impression: that music is something you mostly practice at home by yourself. ‘The Public Domain’: Cherished Harmony in a Splintered Nation 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z He took piano lessons when he was 9 and was playing percussion for $10 a gig when he was 10. Dave Valentin, a Grammy Award-Winning Latin Jazz Flutist, Dies at 64 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z His mother, a church organist, gave him his first piano lessons, which he continued at the New England Conservatory. Not Bach or Beethoven, but Leroy Anderson Is the Composer for Now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Young Charles took his first piano lessons at 4 and studied at the Juilliard School from the ages of 7 to 11. Charles Rosen, Pianist, Polymath and Author, Dies at 85 2012-12-11T01:24:22Z “Instead of giving me dancing lessons, my mother gave me piano lessons. I disappointed her and became an actress.” Taylor Swift, Nancy Pelosi and Jared Kushner at the Time 100 Gala 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr. McLagan, who began his career as a guitarist in a skiffle band, once recalled that his mother forced him to take piano lessons. Ian McLagan, inventive keyboardist with Faces and Rolling Stones, dies at 69 A tech-savvy high school junior may shine explaining the workings of a robot to middle school students after school, and a good musician might give basic piano lessons. How parents can help introverts thrive (without trying to turn them into extroverts) 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Kaplan took piano lessons as a boy but, disinclined to practice, did not seem destined for a life in music. Gilbert Kaplan, millionaire businessman and self-taught maestro of Mahler, dies at 74 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Not that it hadn’t been comfortable—Angela and her brother had all the piano lessons, tutoring, and private-school education that their parents, who worked multiple jobs and had started multiple businesses, could provide. The Story of the Subtle Asian Traits Facebook Group 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Winston took piano lessons as a child but didn’t stick with it. George Winston, Pianist With a Soothing ‘New Age’ Sound, Dies at 74 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z He moved to Brighton from his home town of Chichester at 18, after failing to translate years of piano lessons into acceptance at a music college in Liverpool. Tom Odell: 'Having your heart broken makes for good songs' 2013-03-24T00:06:37Z He took piano lessons at 12 before turning to guitar. Edgar Froese, Leader of Tangerine Dream, Dies at 70 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z He began taking piano lessons when he was 7 and joined his brother’s six-piece jazz band as a singer when he was a teenager. Mark Murphy, an Unconventional Jazz Vocalist, Dies at 83 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z He grew up in the Seattle suburbs and took piano lessons as a child. An Aggressive New Album From Perfume Genius 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Raised in Los Angeles, she sang in a church choir, acted in community theater — she was the mayor of Munchkinland in her school’s version of “The Wizard of Oz” — and took dance and piano lessons. Nickelodeon Turns to Cymphonique Miller in ?How to Rock? 2011-12-26T22:20:04Z He started taking piano lessons when he was 4, and at 6 appeared with the orchestra of the popular bandleader Harry James. Larry Butler, Producer for Kenny Rogers, Dies at 69 2012-01-24T23:52:41Z With the money she saved on clothes, Miller’s mother paid for piano lessons and encouraged her daughter to sing in the church choir. Patina Miller Chooses High Drama 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z For parents of school-age kids, this means freedom from the grind of homework, piano lessons, scout meetings and soccer practice. Summer break is hardly a vacation for parents — but here’s how it can be 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z His parents obliged him to continue his piano lessons, which eventually led him to the Eastman School of Music. Irving Fields, bandleader who fed postwar mania for Yiddish mambo, dies at 101 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Born into a music-loving family in Bogotá, Puyana had his first piano lessons from his aunt at the age of six. Rafael Puyana obituary 2013-03-09T18:43:43Z On April 6, 1971, a balmy spring day in New Haven, Conn., I arrived at the main building of the Yale School of Music a little late for a piano lesson. When Bernstein Conducted Stravinsky, Modern Music Came Alive 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The afternoons we spend in the car, flying from soccer to piano lessons, are only partly responsible. Motherlode Blog: Back to School Resolution: I Won’t Overschedule My Family This Fall 2013-09-04T20:25:38Z He showed early signs of musical talent, but managed only five years of piano lessons in a childhood marked by constant medical treatment and long stays in the hospital. Jeffrey Tate, Conductor Whose Life Was a Worldwide Whirlwind, Dies at 74 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z So, as you are juggling homework, sports and piano lessons, don’t forget to keep a book handy — and we don’t mean the one your English teacher assigned. KidsPost Summer Book Club is over, but you don’t have to stop reading 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Roger took piano lessons while growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and was soon laying down boogie-woogie numbers. Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Then she was off to piano lessons and the work of fourth grade. Motherlode Blog: Letting a Child Walk Alone 2013-09-09T16:49:16Z And I'm taking piano lessons, so you'll see me tinkling the ivory a bit. Michael Douglas looks at life as a "Solitary Man" 2010-05-25T12:34:00Z Growing up in Philadelphia, he started piano lessons at 6, at his mother’s insistence. Eric Owens as Alberich in Wagner?s ?Ring? at the Met 2012-02-18T05:03:04Z Lewis began taking “serious” piano lessons at age 12. Paul Lewis to play Beethoven with SSO April 17-19 2014-04-10T20:52:32Z Born in Paris in October 1835, he received his first piano lessons and wrote his first known composition at 3; he made his public debut at 10 in concertos by Mozart and Beethoven. Critic’s Notebook: A Bard Music Festival Weekend of Saint-Saëns 2012-08-13T21:46:15Z She took piano lessons for more than a decade, aspiring to a career as a classical pianist. Phyllis George, Trailblazing Sportscaster, Is Dead at 70 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z At a piano lesson before he became sick Soren produced a remarkable 16 seconds of music. Books of The Times: ‘A Million Heavens’ by John Brandon, Set in New Mexico 2012-07-17T21:16:28Z Her mother, who is also retired, taught music at the American International School, and gave private piano lessons in Jeddah. Sarah Aziza, Caleb Winship 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z He began studying music as a boy on the Lower East Side, where his parents, Russian Jews who had fled the pogroms, scraped together money for piano lessons. Irving Fields, bandleader who fed postwar mania for Yiddish mambo, dies at 101 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Madeleine Tick, 9, Wisconsin: We went to piano lessons, but when my brother and I got to the teacher’s house, her whole family was huddled in the kitchen, watching the television. This was 9/11 if you were a kid 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Isaac and Taylor also took piano lessons while abroad and started singing together, which continued when they got back to Tulsa. Is there life after ‘MMMBop’? Hanson — yes, that Hanson — turns 25. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z He had piano lessons at first but took up the alto saxophone when he was 12, later becoming proficient on tenor and baritone saxophones and majoring on the flute. Buddy Collette obituary 2010-10-06T17:06:00Z But in the piano lesson, it was clear that he was completely and optimally focused on the student and the potential for learning and discovery. Seattle-area community members pay tribute to some of the cultural figures we lost in 2020 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z As a child in the south of France, he had some skill on the violin, and sat in on the piano lessons his mother taught. A Conductor Who Wants to Put You ‘Inside the Sound’ 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Before she left our house on that first day of piano lessons, she put the bead in her pocket. Motherlode Blog: Letting a Child Walk Alone 2013-09-09T16:49:16Z But he was shy as a young child, and his parents tried to draw him out with piano lessons; he flourished. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z He started classical piano lessons when he was 4, played baritone horn in his high school marching band and also learned trumpet. Leon Russell, Hit Maker and Musicians’ Musician, Dies at 74 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z My limited adolescent enthusiasm was taken up by piano lessons, detention and the weedy next-door neighbor I was in love with. When my birth mother found me 2013-09-16T23:30:00Z I was in my fourth year of piano lessons. Dah Dah Doo Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah Doo Dah La Ti Mi Fa La So Fa Mi 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z “Old Food,” seen at the last Venice Biennale, includes a stunted child crying rivers at his piano lesson, as if his body were just a bag of tears. Ed Atkins and His Mum Are Starring in a Museum Show 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z I took piano lessons for five years and I’ve got a pretty good ear for music and languages. A Conversation with Bonnie Raitt 2013-10-11T09:45:43Z Charles took piano lessons as a child before joining the Brooklyn Youth Chorus in her teens, but credits her Brooklyn upbringing as her biggest early influence. Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He mentioned it to Mr. Morisseau, 48, a French businessman who was taking piano lessons from him. Streams? What Streams? For Newvelle Records, Vinyl Is the Future 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z When he was 13, his parents gave him the choice of either being bar mitzvahed or continuing piano lessons. Composer Alan Menken explains how 'Newsies' became a stage dynamo 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Evalina’s days at Highland are spent taking piano lessons from Mrs. Carroll, being schooled, making friends and losing them, and finally being sent to the Peabody Institute, a conservatory/prep school, for six years. Lee Smith’s ‘Guests on Earth’: wrestling with a dark legacy 2013-12-11T18:46:43Z My mum and dad couldn't afford piano lessons because they were five shillings a pop. Critic's comedy choice 2011: Lenny Henry on tour 2011-01-03T07:59:01Z We enrolled our daughter in piano lessons when she was 6 years old. 16 ways to save money on kids’ activities 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z “Helicopter” parents closely script their children’s activities as they schedule soccer practice, piano lessons, tutoring, and other activities, and juggle nannies, car pools and two-parent chauffeuring. When you can’t afford your kids 2012-07-16T13:30:00Z Yes, this image was about tension and fearing those piano lessons, knowing that I hadn't practised enough and that she'd be upset. Dinner, dusk and dancing Russians: my best winter shot 2012-12-16T17:59:01Z She didn't start piano lessons until she was 7. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein brings her brand of Bach to Seattle 2011-01-06T22:08:07Z His family, he said, was for the most part unmusical: As a boy, Gilbert endured three years of piano lessons and played the guitar a little. Gilbert E. Kaplan, Publisher and Improbable Conductor, Dies at 74 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z He took classical piano lessons as a child which later contributed to the fusion style of The Doors' music. Doors co-founder Ray Manzarek dies 2013-05-21T09:28:37Z A local pianist who favoured Fats Waller's ebullient style, and was also "a superb tap dancer", gave him piano lessons and took him on gigs, "teaching me how to play along with the band". John Bunch obituary 2010-05-03T19:59:00Z The story of why Joni Mitchell quit piano lessons is also the story of how Joni Mitchell wrote her first song. Remarkable Records of Joni Mitchell’s Changes 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z He reminisced about his year of piano lessons as a child, which he loved, he said, until he learned that there was practice involved. Critic?s Notebook: House Warmed, the Orchestra of St. Luke?s Settles In 2011-03-09T22:44:15Z Unable to conceive, Hilary is "test driving" an older mixed-race child who is invited from a local group home for weekly piano lessons and snacks. In her novel 'The Expatriates', Janice Y.K. Lee explores contemporary lives in Hong Kong 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z I took piano lessons from when I was 7, and I knew instantly that I wanted a life in music, a life that was creative. After Two Hit Operas, a Composer Takes on the Bleak Prairie 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “It’s Vienna, 1938, and it’s a Friday afternoon. I’m preparing for the most important hour of my week — my piano lesson.” ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane,’ a Jewish Girl’s War Story 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Lees took piano lessons and became heavily involved in music at his high school. Benjamin Lees obituary 2010-06-07T17:37:00Z Juggling puppies, playdates and piano lessons along with a career isn’t unusual for a working mother, but Kent’s active family life sets her apart from most ballerinas. When the boss is a ballerina: Julie Kent on balancing Washington Ballet top job and family 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Wein took his first piano lessons at age 8 and discovered jazz while in high school. George Wein, Jazz Festival Trailblazer, Is Dead at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z These weren’t the piano lessons of my youth. ‘A better time than any’: Finding joy in music lessons, jams 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The first time Jonathan Biss asked for piano lessons, he was 4. Jonathan Biss on Schumann, Beethoven and why 'piano is daily bread' 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z He took 10 years of piano lessons, but his orientation was rock before dance music caught his interest. Kygo Delivers Dance Beats, With a Side Order of Pan Flute 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Then last spring, as the pandemic droned on, I’d lost my job, and our schools in the Boston area remained closed, I decided to start taking piano lessons again. ‘A better time than any’: Finding joy in music lessons, jams 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Instead I was forced into weekly piano lessons, which I loathed, and fed traditional Chinese meals of steamed meat and stir-fried vegetables over heaping bowls of rice that I thought were bland. The Chinese home I never knew 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z It is in the former music conservatory where the young Mr. Pérez took his first piano lessons; by 12 he was a working musician. Danilo Pérez Builds a Magnet for Musicians in Panama 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Early on, her parents signed her up for piano lessons, but she longed to sing. Randi Zuckerberg, on Her Own Now 2011-10-19T22:07:09Z The Billy Collins poems that Mr. Prutsman set to music tell of a youngster enduring piano lessons from an eccentric teacher and struggling to practice scales. Music Review | Emanuel Ax and Dawn Upshaw: Saluting Chopin and Schumann at Carnegie Hall 2010-03-18T21:46:00Z She took piano lessons with Liszt and developed a girlhood crush on him. A Queen of 19th-Century Opera Gets New Attention 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z He started classical piano lessons at 3, composed a piano concerto when he was 8 and performed with the Washington Symphony Orchestra of Pennsylvania when he was 10. Bernie Worrell, Whose Keyboards Left an Imprint on Funk and Hip-Hop, Dies at 72 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Born in Huntington, on Long Island, in 1984, Cerrone grew up taking piano lessons, but also played guitar in punk bands. For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z After hearing the 3-year-old Aldo copying his sisters’ piano lessons, he asked him, “Are you ready to sacrifice your life to music?” Aldo Ciccolini, pianist of virtuosity and elegance, dies at 89 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Liu started piano lessons at the age of eight, but had other hobbies and practiced little. Top piano event winner says pandemic helped him concentrate 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Such all-round brilliance is not acquired quickly, and although Rosen started piano lessons at the age of three, and enrolled at the Juilliard school in when he was seven, he was no child prodigy. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z “When I was 7 years old, like all nice Jewish boys on the Upper West Side, I took piano lessons,” he said. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z He started piano lessons around age 6, and began formal organ lessons as a sophomore in high school. From players, pipes and pedals, a celestial song 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z “I was incredibly into the idea of having three hours of piano lessons every single day,” Waterhouse said. ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ and the Ballad of Making Rock ’n’ Roll TV 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z She began piano lessons at 4, and was performing in public by the age of 6. Brigitte Engerer, French Pianist, Dies at 59 2012-06-30T03:39:20Z Take all the piano lessons you want, but if you haven’t made big noises for big audiences for hundreds of nights of your life, it’ll show. Perspective | Here’s the problem with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (and every musical biopic ever made) 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Winchester had 10 years of piano lessons, played organ in church and picked up guitar after hearing rockabilly, blues and gospel on Memphis radio. Jesse Winchester, Writer and Singer of Thoughtful Songs, Dies at 69 2014-04-11T23:53:26Z Raised in London, James started piano lessons when he was 5 and trained at the Royal College of Music. James Horner, Whose Soaring Film Scores Included ‘Titanic,’ Dies at 61 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z “I have never even taken a piano lesson.” Adès and Adams: Big Composers With Simultaneous Big Premieres 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z After turning 9 and taking piano lessons, she began composing and performing her own music and landing bit parts on television. Government support for a song? How seven teens won their own piece of the American Dream. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Pressured to start taking piano lessons at 8 years old, he found repeating scales monotonous but later credited the exercises with sharpening his playing and making it seem more casual. Irving Fields, Composer Who Infused Songs With Latin Rhythms, Dies at 101 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z And my son is now clamoring for piano lessons and YouTubing Chopin preludes because of a Japanese anime movie. Kids and Culture? There’s So Much to Talk About 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z He began piano lessons at 7 and started composing shortly afterward. Peter Sculthorpe, Composer Steeped in Australia’s Sounds, Dies at 85 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Charles Hallé lived nearby and gave piano lessons to Marianne, one of the family's four daughters. Elizabeth Gaskell's Manchester home to get £2.5m restoration 2013-02-13T08:17:36Z I was 11 years old when I asked my mum for piano lessons, in 2010. Experience: I learned to play the piano without a piano 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Hillary took piano lessons in sixth grade from a neighbor who kept her taxidermied Pomeranians in a glass case. Always running, always prepared: Hillary Clinton as a high school politician 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He began taking piano lessons at 5 and started his first band at 13. Bob Ringwald, jazz ambassador and actor’s father, dies at 80 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Eulaulah started piano lessons when she was six or seven, and she was working as a church accompanist by age eleven. Eulaulah Hathaway on Her Musical Marriage to Donny Hathaway 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z He began taking piano lessons at 10 and was awarded a scholarship to study organ at the Peabody music conservatory in Baltimore. Norman Scribner, who founded D.C. Choral Arts Society, dies at 79 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z He began taking piano lessons at 5, but his music teacher suggested his hands more suited the violin. Svend Asmussen, irreverent jazz violin virtuoso, dies at 100 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z His early musical inclination was recognized by his parents, Claude, a machinist, and Sara, who gave him piano lessons beginning at age 5. Jim Bailey, Character Actor in Drag, Dies at 77 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z “I never thought to have him take piano lessons or anything like that,” she says over the phone from Cedartown, Ga., the town 60 miles northwest of Atlanta where Sam grew up. Another country: Sam Hunt maps out Nashville’s bold new future Last year he won a MacArthur "genius" Fellowship, was named Musical America's Instrumentalist of the Year and signed a book contract to expand a New Yorker article about piano lessons. Jeremy Denk, in words and music 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Allison began taking piano lessons at 5 and grew up listening to jazz and blues records on jukeboxes. Mose Allison, who sang the blues with whimsy and a twist of jazz, dies at 89 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z His father played saxophone and clarinet professionally and ensured Van Halen and his older brother, Alex, started piano lessons from a young age. With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z When Ned was still a child the family moved to Chicago, where he took piano lessons from a teacher who introduced him to the music of Debussy and Ravel. Ned Rorem, Composer Known for Both His Music and His Diaries, Dies at 99 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z This is particularly true if your business is the type that creates heavier foot traffic in your home, such as piano lessons or private yoga sessions. 7 renovations that can impact your home insurance 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Anne Sajdera, an Oakland pianist who has been teaching since 1992, said she had noticed fewer and fewer families sending their children for piano lessons. A surprise piano spurs music in a park. Because nobody wants a piano in the house anymore 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Paying by check for the random parking ticket or your child’s piano lessons? Millennial Money: Stop using paper checks, already 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z He started taking piano lessons at age 7 and, by age 11, he was said to have been able to play Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D Major from memory. Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist and ex-conductor of the Philly Pops, dies at 89 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z He began taking piano lessons at age 7 and scored his first professional gig at 14, earning $10 playing piano with a bass player and a guitarist at an Italian restaurant on New Year’s Eve. Mark Russell, political satirist who delivered jokes at a piano, dies at 90 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z She moved to the United States and grew up in Connecticut, taking ballet and piano lessons and attending civil rights demonstrations with her mother, who brought her to the 1963 March on Washington. Zandra Flemister, first Black woman in Secret Service, dies at 71 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z She started piano lessons at 5 and remembers seeing “Sweeney Todd” at the suburban Drury Lane Theatre and attending a Sondheim talk with critic Frank Rich. Sondheim covers on Instagram, TikTok paved Eleri Ward’s path 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z She had piano lessons as a girl, but never got to the point of considering herself a musician. Rita Wilson's song for 'A Man Called Otto' continues conversations she couldn't let end 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z He’d spent nearly his entire life dreaming of being a musician, ever since he started piano lessons as a child. Why mood music playlists are the soundtrack to anxious times 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z He started taking piano lessons at 8 and soon began writing pieces of his own. Angelo Badalamenti, composer of unsettling film soundtracks, dies at 85 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z He started piano lessons when he was 8 and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1958 and master’s in 1959 from the Manhattan School of Music. Angelo Badalamenti, 'Twin Peaks' composer and David Lynch collaborator, dead at 85 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “I was always excited to go to my piano lessons even if I hadn’t practiced,” VanDerveer said. VanDerveer hits pool, transcends women’s coaching eras 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “I need to get out,” Jasmine Broe said recently, raking her hands through her hair as she sat downstairs while her mother taught a piano lesson upstairs. Family Ties. Political Divisions. 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z She began taking classical piano lessons at 4, first from a woman who lived up a hill in her neighborhood and then at her Catholic school. Anita Kerr, ‘Little Miss Nobody’ behind Nashville Sound, dies at 94 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In addition to the salsa and folkloric music that surrounded her in daily life, González-Granados listened to opera recordings with her father and started taking classical piano lessons. Meet Lina González-Granados, L.A. Opera's new resident conductor 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Waldron had said that he started taking piano lessons as a young child because his parents hoped it would keep him out of trouble. Mal Waldron, sideman to jazz greats, gets a solo retrospective 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z She had a good musical upbringing with piano lessons, doing things like madrigal singing when she was young. Queen had ‘immensely detailed knowledge’ of music, says royal composer 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Lewis first took piano lessons at age 4. Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z A pastor at the local church noticed Archbishop Weakland’s musical talents and arranged free piano lessons from a nun. Rembert Weakland, leading liberal voice of Catholic Church, dies at 95 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Durham started taking piano lessons at age 6 and later studied at Ruyton, a girls’ day school near Melbourne. Judith Durham, who sang with Australia’s the Seekers, dies at 79 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z It also made me wish I remembered something — anything — about reading sheet music from those piano lessons I took as a kid! A mariachi space opera meets gender-bending Chicano punk in an ambitious sound art show 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z His family said he began piano lessons at age 6 and took up the drums when he was 12. Alan White, longtime drummer for prog rock band Yes, dies 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z And he claimed to have begun piano lessons at age 5, which Mark Epstein said in an interview was not true. Jeffrey Epstein, a Rare Cello and an Enduring Mystery 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Lupu was 6 when he began piano lessons and 12 when he gave his first recital, a performance of his own compositions. Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist of understated allure, dies at 76 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Despite the family’s limited resources, his mother insisted that Mr. Hatch take piano lessons, and she gave him season tickets to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Orrin G. Hatch, longest-serving Republican in Senate history, dies at 88 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The piano lessons he gave her at Preston Lodge High School in the 1980s were a refuge. I found the girl in the photo - now our abuser is in jail 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z She taught private piano lessons at her home, was a judge of the National Guild of Piano Teachers for student auditions, and sang in the chorus for the Washington National Opera. Community deaths 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Epstein later took piano lessons, but he never achieved more than a high-school level of proficiency. Jeffrey Epstein, a Rare Cello and an Enduring Mystery 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z She took classical piano lessons as a child but gravitated to the drums, marimbas and synths kept in her instructor’s piano room. Eiko Ishibashi and the melodies that carry ‘Drive My Car’ 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Gershon began taking piano lessons when he was about 4 or 5. How Grant Gershon made Los Angeles Master Chorale one of the country's most adventurous choirs 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z And Ginsburg, of Brooklyn, recalls stopping by an automat en route to piano lessons and parking herself at a table with a book. From college cafeteria to Seattle film festival: ‘The Automat’ savors a bygone fast-food empire 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z “My father sent me to piano lessons when I was 5,” Mr. Brooker recalled in 2019 to the Long Island Press, “but I grew up thinking that all music was Hawaiian.” Gary Brooker, singer-songwriter of ‘Whiter Shade of Pale,’ dies at 76 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z After a childhood spent in piano lessons, he got into Harvard University and made his way to Paris, where he studied harpsichord with Wanda Landowska and music theory with Nadia Boulanger. Perspective | Finding order (and a hometown connection) in a lost recording of a Bach masterwork 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z He was probably thinking, "Hang on, this is a piano lesson" but when I sang, he just was blown away. Sound Of 2022: Mimi Webb makes music to break up to... as her ex-boyfriend found out 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z His father worked for the city’s public transport company, and his mother, who had trained to be an opera singer, gave piano lessons. Laszlo Bito, scientist who gave hope to glaucoma sufferers, dies at 87 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z He recalled that his family made weekly trips to the local movie theater and that his musical education began with “obligatory schoolboy piano lessons.” Leslie Bricusse, Oscar-winning composer and lyricist for ‘Doctor Dolittle,’ dies at 90 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Hershey pays for braces, birthday presents, piano lessons, tutoring, therapy and other privileges known to families of means. When Dasani Left Home 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Li, the father of two young children, said he plans to arrange piano lessons for his daughter, since she has shown an interest in learning the instrument. Parents laud Chinese rules aimed at kids’ ‘unhealthy’ gaming 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Wein began piano lessons at 8 and, while still in high school, organized his first jazz band. George Wein, Newport music festival founder and innovative promoter, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Young Sheila first took piano lessons from a paternal uncle and was an accomplished classical pianist before studying harp from the age of 14 at the Royal College of Music in London. Sheila Bromberg, harpist on Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,’ dies at 92 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z As a young girl of the 1980s, Esther inhabits a world of ballet classes, piano lessons, Madonna songs, “Get Smart” reruns and Cabbage Patch dolls. Memorable ‘The Way of the Saints’ follows Puerto Rican family flirting with Santeria 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z "I got him into piano lessons, taught him to read." Sparked by COVID-19 pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z “I got him into piano lessons, taught him to read.” Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z For example, she read that kids with musical training do better at math so she found herself shouting, "We got to go, we got to go," every Wednesday for piano lessons. The quest for "perfect parenting" is screwing us all 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z And when they told them about my banging on the piano, he suggested piano lessons.” James Levine, acclaimed Metropolitan Opera conductor who faced abuse allegations, dies at 77 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z It was mere context for her piano lessons. A Musical Life With Echoes That Will Last 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z They filled the house with art and music — including piano lessons for Joseph — and shared a commitment to social and racial justice. Joseph Sonnabend, Early Force in Fight Against AIDS, Dies at 88 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z They provided him with dance lessons, piano lessons, painting lessons. Poet and UW professor Theodore Roethke moved among mysteries — and literary legacy 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z He was desperate for her and her brother to get a good education, enrolling them in violin and piano lessons, but she says feelings weren't discussed in their home. Janice Nix: The drugs kingpin who joined the Probation Service 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles native tells of taking an early interest in music while listening to his parents’ record albums and later taking piano lessons at age 8. Doors drummer John Densmore says he owes his career to crooked teeth 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z She was sure not going to let social-distancing protocols get in the way of one-on-one piano lessons. A Musical Life With Echoes That Will Last 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z “What parents would send their kids to piano lessons” unless transmissions decrease quickly and decisively, she said. After early success, S. Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z They’re also saving $1,500 a month on child care and several hundred dollars a month on piano lessons and taekwondo classes for their older children. A time to splurge or a time to scrape by: Holidays expose widening disparity among U.S. families 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The agency helped pay for their children’s soccer programs, piano lessons, camps — and found a way to support them through emergencies, such as the sudden arrival of the twins 24 years ago. ‘Treehouse really saved our skin’: Seattle agency’s store for foster youth goes virtual during the pandemic 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z When Tanner first started taking piano lessons in Prattville, her father said she wasn’t challenged enough. Tanner instills a love of music in new generation 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z In-person piano lessons for her children on Tuesdays and Bible classes on Wednesdays at their evangelical church. 1 America, 1 Pandemic, 2 Realities 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. White took piano lessons as a child and received a soprano saxophone at 8 as a gift from an uncle. Andrew White, musician and music scholar, dies at 78 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z His father worked as a janitor and his mother as a maid, yet they somehow found money to ensure that both he and his brother received piano lessons. Opinion | Inspiration, as played by Eddie Van Halen 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Their parents hoped the boys would become classical musicians, and the two were given piano lessons as children. Eddie Van Halen, grinning guitar god for a rock generation, dies at 65 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Despite their limited finances, she insisted that her daughter take piano lessons, practising on a battered upright a friend had donated. Alicia Keys: 'I felt I was from another planet' 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z According to the affidavit, Kaminski drove the student to the Boston Conservatory for piano lessons, brought soup to her when she was sick, and spoke on her behalf during an alleged disciplinary hearing. Teacher accused of abuse was trusted by victim’s family 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Marampe discovered his other passion when he was young, learning to play music on a mini keyboard before taking piano lessons. Lives Lost: Indonesian doctor’s musical passion led to love 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Their mother played piano, directed the church choir and insisted on piano lessons for all her children. Freddy Cole, jazz musician who emerged from shadow of brother Nat King Cole, dies at 88 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Unexpectedly, Wong and his colleagues’ analysis reveals that musical training of any kind—including something as simple as childhood piano lessons—increased tonal perception in participants who did not carry ASPM’s TT variant. A Gene May Help Discern Language Tone Differences: Is It Shí or Shì ? 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z In midlife, he rekindled his passion for music, took voice and piano lessons again and sang in the choir at Potomac Presbyterian Church. Kenneth Kent, leader in balloon angioplasty procedures, dies at 81 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z I had stopped piano lessons by then and I think I picked up my first guitar when I was about 15 years old, and there was a freedom in it. Stephanie Quayle discusses ‘creating memories’ she ‘never saw coming’ with her husband amid quarantine 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Policelli grew up in Medford, Massachusetts, his father a maintenance supervisor for Amtrak, his mother a substitute teacher who gave piano lessons on the baby grand in the living room of their split-level ranch. Lives Lost: An unassuming maestro of Sunday soundtracks 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Charles said Patrick was a talented guitar player and, despite disliking piano lessons as a child, grew to become a skilled classical pianist, as well. For this Virginia band, $50K donation is music to their ears 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Many of their kids take piano lessons from the same teacher. No deaths and an army of hospital workers ready to fight: A rural town’s prescription for a nation weighing what’s next 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Beyond channeling Kandinsky in the disorder of her son’s room, she is now giving her piano lessons online and making plans to offer video courses on musical theory. Bored Russians Posted Silly Art Parodies. The World Has Joined In. 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Two courses are free, but then it costs £83.99 a year – pricey for an app, but not so much for piano lessons. 20 learning apps for stir-crazy kids 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z “Free concert slash piano lessons from my heart to yours,” she wrote. Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens dance to 'High School Musical' song during self-quarantine 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Her mother was a church organist and choir teacher who encouraged Barbara’s interest in music, paying for singing and piano lessons by doing laundry and ironing. Barbara C. Harris, first female bishop in Anglican Communion, dies at 89 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Each Wednesday when I was young, I would journey deep into that establishment, to the Douglas family’s beautiful home for an hour-long piano lesson. Perspective | For black voters, the ‘Democratic establishment’ meets in our living rooms 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z When Mr. Weiss was 20, Dr. Harris offered him a piano lesson. He Played With Charlie Parker. For $15 He’ll Play With You 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Tyner began piano lessons at 13, and soon afterward his mother put a piano in her beauty salon. McCoy Tyner, titan of jazz piano who helped propel Coltrane quartet, dies at 81 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z While accepting her woman of the year gong, Swift said: “Right now, your future woman of the year is somewhere in a piano lesson, in a choir, and we need to take care of her.” Catharsis queen: how Billie Eilish became the voice of Gen Z – and the Grammys 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “How strange it is to bring them to piano lessons and coach their soccer teams and sort of generally pretend that everything is fine when you know it isn’t,” he said. An artist set out to paint climate change. She ended up on a journey through grief 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z As I awaited my piano lessons, I would eavesdrop on these meetings as if I were an undercover agent. Perspective | For black voters, the ‘Democratic establishment’ meets in our living rooms 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Upon returning to England, he took piano lessons from age 7 to 14 and taught himself how to play guitar. Neil Innes, Monty Python collaborator and Beatles parodist, dies at 75 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z In “The Music Professor,” from 1983, a girl races to arrive at a piano lesson before her teacher and hides a card between the pages of her sheet music. How Hallmark Took Over Cable Television 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z One group of children might be assigned to take piano lessons for years, while the other group would receive no music education at all. Do music lessons really make children smarter? 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z At 32, she traces music back to her early childhood: starting with piano lessons, then voice lessons and eventually learning how to play the flute. Hospital uses music therapy to reduce sedation for kids 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z “I spent an entire winter taking piano lessons, which basically made me a better guitar player and musician overall,” Van Houten said. Museum awards honors for contributions to art, nature 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z She offered piano lessons at a church, attracting up to 60 students. Homeless singer has a viral moment on L.A. subway and suddenly, new prospects 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z And because Ms. Alexander’s parents loved music — her mother played piano and her father sang tenor — she is paying for piano lessons for her 3-year-old grandson. Losing an Inheritance Is Easy, Because Saying No Is Hard 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Gabriel took piano lessons from a woman named Lulu Johnson. A Georgia teen recorded a song in memory of a Marine he never knew - The Washington Post 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z She helped me with my piano lessons, critiqued my writing, laughed at my jokes. Opinion | My father loved me enough to allow me to write jokes for a living 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z After first hearing the Carpenters in his small West Virginia town, De Hart had gotten a paper route to pay for his own piano lessons when his father refused to. Yesterday once more: The feel-good sadness of a Carpenters fan convention 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The Mozart-Liszt Studios, which offered piano lessons, was at one point found here. A Dupont Circle rowhouse retains echoes of its past 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z So I would start taking piano lessons, then stop taking piano lessons. Thasunda Brown Duckett of Chase: ‘People Need to Know Who You Are’ 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Her parents followed her every creative whim: horse riding, dancing, piano lessons. Billie Eilish: the pop icon who defines 21st-century teenage angst 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Police began investigating March 7 after receiving reports of abuse happening while Griffin was teaching piano lessons with Let’s Make Music & Dance. Piano teacher accused of sex abuse arrested again 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Police say Griffin allegedly had several encounters with the victim while teaching piano lessons at Let’s Make Music and Dance, a music school in Sherwood that serves kids from age 3 up to adults. Piano teacher accused of sexually abusing student 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Benjamin Burke is telling me about piano lessons. How Benjamin Burke uses golf in his match against leukemia - Golf Digest 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z She found work at a pair of music studios, teaching piano lessons five nights a week, and was invited to practice sessions with a local band. Pianist recovers after freak accident 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In each round, players arrange courses and activities — piano lessons, swim classes, creative writing, coding and more. In China, This Video Game Lets You Be a Tiger Mom or a Driven Dad 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z On Saturdays, he sleeps in while his wife shuttles the three children to piano lessons or sports activities before he wakes up. Japan’s Working Mothers: Record Responsibilities, Little Help From Dads 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z She raised her girls to be “confident, proud black women,” grounding them in a childhood anchored by music, church, piano lessons and a neighborhood community center. Kamala Harris lays out the core ideals of her 2020 campaign in her new book, ‘The Truths We Hold’ 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z New Orleans lore claims his father, District Attorney Harry Connick Sr. made a deal with Booker, making a prison sentence for drug possession disappear in exchange for piano lessons for his son. Harry Connick Jr. reveals surprising new gig, says talent to perform 'was given by God' 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z She began playing at age 5, when her parents, who believed the ability to play an instrument was an important part of a well-rounded childhood, put their three daughters in piano lessons. Pianist recovers after freak accident 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z I thought about answering your email in the afternoon, while my older daughter and I waited outside the school for her sister to finish a piano lesson. Opinion | Why I Didn’t Answer Your Email 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z One employee described not being able to pay for her grandchildren’s clarinet and piano lessons. For these federal workers, shutdown means weighing which bills to pay 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z And so, after a 35-year hiatus, I started taking piano lessons again. Opinion | I’ll Never Be Rachmaninoff 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z My mom started giving me piano lessons when I was 5, and my dad had a great collection of jazz. 5 Minutes With: Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff Baxter 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z At that point, she said, she was content to immerse herself in academics and piano lessons. High schooler shines as state’s Distinguished Young Woman 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Under the mayor’s budget, it would be open for eight hours and would offer activities such as piano lessons and dance classes, Schulkin said. Seattle plans to add hours at South Park Community Center in bid to serve teenagers 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z I’d been taking piano lessons since the age of 7, but no teacher had ever had such an effect on me. Opinion | Piano Lessons in the Panopticon 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z He began to collect exotic percussion instruments—his compositions are marked by an innovative use of percussion—and took piano lessons, advancing quickly through levels of mastery. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z He took piano lessons, quickly taught himself the guitar and the drums, and started rapping at the age of fourteen. The Tragic Death of Mac Miller, a Musician Who Never Stopped Evolving 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Also on her daily schedule, however, are piano lessons. The Hunger Artist 2000-02-28T05:00:00Z For four brief months in 1842 she was employed to give piano lessons to three sisters by the name of Wheelwright. The strange cult of Emily Brontë and the 'hot mess' of Wuthering Heights 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z I nodded and began to respond before he interrupted, brightly, “Hey, want to have a piano lesson later?” Opinion | Piano Lessons in the Panopticon 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z A nearby house holds piano lessons for children. The children of Japan’s single mothers have become a despairing underclass 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z She also taught piano lessons for 22 years, keeping her in contact with children on a regular basis. South Dakota farming family awarded 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Jamie had wanted to be a musician, but as a child she hated piano lessons. Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “I’ve seen Keith tirelessly mentoring someone over a phobia or becoming a better speaker or giving someone piano lessons, because he has those values,” she said. The ‘Sex Cult’ That Preached Empowerment 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The pressure of an old-fashioned piano lesson was poised to be magnified by the panopticon of the internet. Opinion | Piano Lessons in the Panopticon 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Jacob’s parents enrolled him in piano lessons by the time he was four, despite being turned away by multiple instructors. Child prodigy wants people to know having autism is ‘cool’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Hansen began developing his musical skill by taking piano lessons when he was in the third grade; his lessons were taught by Jean Harris. Jared Hansen’s hands are on pianos all over Grand Island 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z An aunt pushed Mr. Dorough on stage at 4 to sing at a talent contest, and he soon began taking piano lessons. Bob Dorough, who set numbers and grammar to music in ‘Schoolhouse Rock!,’ dies at 94 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z His very first commission, “Yog-iano,” was for a family friend who loves yoga and teaches piano lessons. Autism is both ‘a tool and a gift’ for local young artist 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Then we turned to more formal piano lessons intended for kids on the autism spectrum. Music helps my autistic son’s dexterity — and makes his soul sing 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He started piano lessons at age 4, and when his mom wouldn’t let him quit at around age 10, he decided to run away from home. Running away from home taught Atlassian exec Jay Simon a valuable skill 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z At his mother’s insistence, he started piano lessons around the same time. A Hall of Fame hitmaker finds happiness and harmony in Bellingham 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z I started piano lessons when I was about eight. Opinion | The Songs That Bind 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z In the third grade, he took piano lessons because his mother wanted him to “learn to play properly.” Mississippi native McAnally honored for career in Alabama 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z I took piano lessons and I wanted to play drums when I was six. Ex-chorister is second on Sound Of 2018 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z So Bourne taught piano lessons; in between, he acquired his writing voice by being a proofreader and doing secretarial work. Randolph Bourne's 1911 essay on disability shocked society. But what's changed since? 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z He approached the prison authorities and while they did not agree to his plan for piano lessons, they proposed an alternative. Colombian prisoners regain self-esteem through theatre 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z He lives off Social Security and gives the occasional piano lesson, barely making a dent in his court-ordered restitution of nearly $5 million - a judgment he has little chance of satisfying. Polka, Ponzi and prison: Jack Black stars in new biopic 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z He lives off Social Security and gives the occasional piano lesson, barely making a dent in his court-ordered restitution of nearly $5 million — a judgment he has little chance of satisfying. Polka, Ponzi and prison: Jack Black stars in new biopic 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z She teaches piano lessons, stays involved in her church and other community activities and recently began volunteering to teach an English as a second language class. Iowa boxing studio designs classes to fight Parkinson’s 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z He says his mother encouraged his interest in music by paying for his piano lessons and taking him to shows when he was growing up. NY high school renames building after Bill Joel’s mother 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z He says his mother encouraged his interest in music by paying for his piano lessons and taking him to shows when he was growing up. NY high school renames building after Bill Joel’s mother 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z His wife had been teaching voice and piano lessons in Calgary in recent years, and the cross-continent move meant she needed to be creative to keep her career thriving. Islanders’ Jordan Eberle Adjusts to New York Life, On and Off the Ice 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He started piano lessons at age 5 but did not focus on the instrument more seriously until he was about 12. The nation’s only African American piano maker counts fans 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Sean Smith, 17, of Kenosha, Wis., says he overloaded himself in his freshman year by taking five courses, plus an online Spanish class, band, lacrosse, cross-country and piano lessons and performances. Step Away From Your Over-Scheduled High School Student 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Lots of kids, Asian kids especially, grow up forced into piano lessons. Beyond the Scream: What I Learned from Horror Movies 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z She received her first piano lessons as a gift when she recovered from a childhood bout of tuberculosis. Zuzana Ruzickova, Holocaust survivor who rediscovered life’s beauty in Bach, dies at 90 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z She offers to pay him for piano lessons, and his desperation leads him to teach her on the Slipaway, the docked boat where she lives. Sweet and simple drama 'Slipaway' is carried by a revelatory performance 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, he headed home to take his two sons to dinner while his wife finished teaching a piano lesson. A short bike ride put him on a long road to recovery 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z For Berninger, whose formal musical education amounts to some piano lessons when he was a child, there’s something punk in his lack of expertise. The National: ‘Even in the hard times, we always loved each other’ 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The next year, following a move to Colorado and much begging on Huot’s part, his mother agreed to pay for piano lessons. Artist program in South Dakota aims to form mentorships 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Amazing as it may seem to parents who spend their evenings and weekends traipsing to football training and piano lessons, childless people find plenty of things to do with their time. The rise of childlessness 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z And frankly, I don’t care that you have to chauffeur little Timmy to piano lessons three times a week; priorities, buddy. 29 reasons why you didn't play well today - Golf Digest 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The opera house’s standing-room section and its Saturday matinee radio broadcasts, along with the piano lessons he began at 5, were his introduction to music. Philip Gossett, musical sleuth who revived forgotten operas, dies at 75 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Robinson will tell you how Morenz skipped piano lessons to play pond hockey, and show you the spot, near where Whirl Creek joins the Thames River. Still Chasing the Stratford Streak, 80 Years After He Left the Ice 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, I am able to support myself by working in a hotel as a waitress and giving piano lessons because free movement includes the right to work. General Election 2017: The EU citizens in the UK who can't vote - BBC News 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z She began piano lessons at four and joined a local choir at eight, all the while taking in the music that her mother played on the stereo—classical, jazz, pop, folk, Latin, Senegalese. Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Timeless Jazz 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z When he says extras he’s talking about things like braces for his kids, piano lessons and the occasional vacation. For teachers, advancing often means leaving the classroom 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Learning handbells also meant learning music literacy and theory, of course, so Compton also took piano lessons to build his basic musical foundation. Vancouver handbell ringer, composer eager to teach, lead 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z St. Paul’s other organist, Linda Ippel, started piano lessons at age 5 and was 14 when she started taking organ lessons. EXCHANGE: Pipe organ master keeps tradition alive in Kenney 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z And then there are the piano lessons he offers on the bottom floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center. Road to redemption: Crack was ‘monster’ that man had to slay 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z In her mid-40s, Ms. Fink took piano lessons for several years, but she lost momentum because her work schedule made evening practice sessions the only option. Warning to Retirees Who Take Up Music: The Cat May Flee the Room 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Goldstein says all of her siblings took piano lessons and played in band while attending school. EXCHANGE: Open mic night leads solo artists to form duo 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z “HELICOPTER parent” may sound like an insult, but given the chance, most parents would probably opt for the help of a chopper to zoom little ones between school, football practice and piano lessons. A handful of startups are launching ride-hailing for children 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z To keep body and soul together, he drew on his musical background and taught piano lessons. ‘Lost & Found’ film debut is a dream come true for Puget Sound native 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Sticking with your piano lessons and practicing a lot produces a helluva good pianist... in about 12 years. The Sketch Guy’s Most Valued Lessons Still Sting. How About Yours? 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z When I was 3, my mother began taking me by subway into Manhattan for weekly piano lessons. Meredith Monk’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ Moment 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z One day, as a reward for getting better from her illness, she asked her parents for a piano and piano lessons. The 'miraculous' life of Zuzana Ruzickova - BBC News 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z She asked me at what age Remy started his piano lessons. ‘We Are Orphans Here’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z As if two sports and class don’t keep Greta busy enough, she also plays clarinet in band and takes piano lessons. Williston high school student plays every sport she can 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z As a child, Allison picked cotton and worked in the fields, but started taking piano lessons at school. Mose Allison, influential jazz and blues musician, dies aged 89 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z She spent years preparing for her Everest expedition, financing much of it through her work as a technical editor and by giving piano lessons and teaching English. Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, dies at 77 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Is it right you started piano lessons at the Royal School of Music, wearing a disguise to avoid the Brosettes and the paparazzi? Craig Logan 'not interested' in joining Bros reunion - BBC News 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Jim, much less flashy than his friend, took piano lessons and sang in an Episcopal church choir. James Ferguson Sold America on the Joys of Jell-O and Cool Whip 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z He owns a house in Bowie and pays for family vacations and piano lessons for his two middle-school-age children. Why so many of America’s sushi restaurants are owned by Chinese immigrants 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z While I was there one morning, the team pulled an electric keyboard outside and beckoned a slightly uneasy Rizzo, who had been taking piano lessons, to show what he had learned. The Most Pleasing Campaign of 2016 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z It was his mother who saw to it that he took piano lessons. Derek Smith obituary 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Private voice and piano lessons also are available. Special needs theater troupe helps kids shine 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z My childhood was a cocoon of tennis and piano lessons, but once I reached my teens, disturbing news began filtering in from the world beyond. I rejected my parents’ WASP values. Now I see we need them more than ever. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z He started taking piano lessons when he was 8 years old. X Ambassadors singer Sam Harris on how Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds discovered the band 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z She began taking piano lessons when she was 4, and wrote her first composition, “Dollar Bills,” a year later. Lady Gaga’s childhood piano could bring $200,000 at auction 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z “I'm going to pick up my daughter from a piano lesson, then I'm done for the day,” he says. 24 hours at the X-ray factory 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Crystal Murray says in a Heritage news release she was intrigued by the sheet music because her children took piano lessons at the time. 1853 Texas map found in box of sheet music up for auction 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z In high school, she took music-technology classes and piano lessons; at night, she devoured beat-making tutorials and messed around with music software. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The Rev. Barnes took piano lessons as child, taught herself how to play guitar and played clarinet in school band. Woman goes from singing liturgical music to becoming priest 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z He started piano lessons at age 5 but switched to guitar after seeing the Beatles perform live in downtown Detroit, The Times reported. Health Highlights: Jan. 19, 2016 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z When Heidi was 5, her parents signed her up for piano lessons, and she insisted on practicing an hour and sometimes two each night. Heidi Cruz is the high-powered political spouse we've rarely seen since Hillary Clinton 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z He sang in the choir of the Catholic school and took piano lessons but also shined in math. Pierre Boulez, a radical titan of contemporary music, dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z She then went to college for music and began teaching piano lessons at Columbia River Music when she moved to The Dalles in 2005. Perfect pitch, classically trained 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z After that, this father prudently opted to wait in the car for the conclusion of piano lessons. Mrs. Alvey’s Opus 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Gaga was introduced to the stage by her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, who said piano lessons as a child helped the pop star discover her gift for music. Gaga, Missy Elliott in tears after getting Billboard honors 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z He took a few piano lessons when he was 8 or so and started on the saxophone in junior high. Top instrumentalist still adding to collection 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z She wrote that she cried a lot at the prospect of starting over again, but that her parents responded that the move did not excuse her from good grades and piano lessons. For Carly Fiorina, Peripatetic Childhood Helped Build Worldview 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z At 5, Faith began taking piano lessons twice a month in Portland with Elena Istratova, who grew up in the Soviet Union and has 32 years of teaching experience. Perfect pitch, classically trained 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z His music education was mostly piano lessons, which he begged to quit. The Gent Behind “School of Rock” 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Eventually I went from piano lessons and emphasis on solo performance to playing and studying flute and singing in ensemble. Jacqueline Berrien, former EEOC chairwoman, dies at 53 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z “Remember those piano lessons - this is just like the piano,” she said. Man in hospice care finds joy in weekly visits from harpist 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and began piano lessons at the age of five. Pianist Martha Argerich is awarded top music honour - BBC News 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Beyond the work issues, there was plenty of the comical, such as when a 9-year-old girl wrote to tell him she did not like her piano lessons because "my teacher smells of dead alligators." Jeb 2.0: Bush relaunches campaign with e-book, tour 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Friends reported Davis missing after the accomplished musician did not show up for the piano lessons he taught. Police: Lynnwood killing started with Craigslist ads 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z When children leave the nest, many parents celebrate an end to the years of paying for braces, piano lessons and college tuition by splurging on themselves. For Empty Nesters, Spending May Trump Extra Saving 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z When my piano lessons resumed, my teacher, Antonia Brico, wanted me to memorize the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 10 for two pianos. Judy Collins Recalls Her Early Struggles 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Her only musical experience until that point had been childhood piano lessons. As Hit Factory Fades, Chrome Faucets May Supplant Gold Records 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The daughter of a Haitian father and French-Guadeloupean mother, she grew up in Miami, where she took classical voice and piano lessons. Jazz singer Salvant proves breakout success is no fluke 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z I took piano lessons as a kid, but I didn’t last very long. Like the Eagles' 'Desperado'? Don Henley says thank Stephen Foster 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z And White took piano lessons from ages 5 to 12. Edison's Garrett White credits parents, persistence as path leads to Yale 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z I didn’t get into the music business because somebody made me take piano lessons, you know. Buffy Sainte-Marie: ‘My music is much more diverse than almost any singer you can think of’ 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z “I took piano lessons for eight years, hated it, and got fired by my piano teacher,” Kwan relates. How Outwhiz Is Motivating The Unmotivated When It Comes To Learning Math 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z I hated taking piano lessons because I hated practicing scales. 'Inside Out' composer Michael Giacchino is on a roll 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z With that task accomplished, he said he came to “shine a light on the transformative power of music education” and reminisced about his piano lessons as a kindergartner with a nun. Journey headlines a record-breaking benefit for the L.A. Phil 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Though Roossien’s own music career was short-lived - he recalled several short unsuccessful piano lessons - Roossien’s fascination with organ music started with his father. Hope’s new concert organ to elevate music program 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Alfred was a blacksmith; Nancy picked cotton and gave piano lessons. Willie Nelson: ‘I’ve bought a lot of pot, and now I’m selling some back’ 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Back when I was a child, my mother wanted me to learn piano lessons. Tenacity And The Investor: An Interview With Charles E. Kirk 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z I started playing pop songs when I was 10 to pay for the piano lessons. Alicia Witt interview: ‘Revisionary History’ music maker balances acting career 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Today, McAlexander, 61, said she sees her purpose in piano lessons, horseback riding, church and motivational speeches. Jefferson City pianist passionate despite blindness 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “In those piano lessons, with the Beethoven and the Bach and the Grieg, she told me the story of her life.” In ‘The Pianist of Willesden Lane,’ Holding On to Her Mother’s Memories 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Bowman, who works as an operations manager for radio stations in Pocatello, took piano lessons in his youth. Eastern Idaho teacher is frontman for country-rock group 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z There, she and a small staff teach piano lessons to children from the ground up. Lawrence music director unlocks youth music potential 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Answer: I started talking piano lessons when I was 7, which was the year I did “Dune.” Alicia Witt interview: ‘Revisionary History’ music maker balances acting career 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z She studied at the Royal College of Music before renting a room and giving piano lessons. Been and Gone: Champion F1 designer and Janis Joplin's guitarist 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Leverson began taking piano lessons when she was just 7 years old and has since taught lessons to more than 250 students and accompanied thousands. Minot piano teacher prizes more than 50 years with students 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Travel, lacrosse, a private Mandarin tutor, summers at farm camp, classical piano lessons--all the ingredients for a fulfilled life as a doctor, a lawyer or in private equity. So Your Kid Wants to Be a Rock Star? 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z His mother, Sandy, sang in the church choir at Jesus Saves Ministry, in Bridgeport, Conn., and Sherrod took piano lessons from the musical directors there. Yale Forward Brandon Sherrod Takes a Break to Sing With Whiffenpoofs 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ads for clairvoyants appeared under The Post’s “Personals” heading, amid listings for piano lessons, Turkish baths, dentists and seamstresses. Gaze into this crystal ball to see the history of some District psychics 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Miranda didn’t study music formally; his piano lessons petered out before he finished elementary school, though he continued to play for pleasure, on a keyboard in his bedroom. Hip-Hop Hamilton 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Having grown up in a musical family, Leverson said she and all four siblings were encouraged to take piano lessons. Minot piano teacher prizes more than 50 years with students 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Before the accident, she took piano lessons and sang in choir. Minnesota music therapist helps other tell their stories 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Croly had taken piano lessons as a child, and earned a two-year degree in arranging and composition in Boston years ago. At a Manhattan Soup Kitchen, Piano Music Is Always on the Menu 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z She began piano lessons at 7 and guitar lessons a few years later. Madison musician’s songs strike a chord 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z They would sing at church, in the car, and he began taking piano lessons as a child. Indiana man helms school’s handbell choir 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Along with accompanying and being a member of the aforementioned groups, Leverson has been teaching piano lessons to students for 52 years, beginning at the impressive age of 16. Minot piano teacher prizes more than 50 years with students 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z It works like this: a member can offer an hour-long guitar or piano lesson to another user, earning Bliive points in return. Meet The Brazilian Entrepreneur Making Money With Other People's Free Time 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z With his brother, Freddy, and a sister, Constance, he learned French, took piano lessons and went to the symphony and the opera. Ben Bradlee, Editor Who Directed Watergate Coverage, Dies at 93 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z It is routine stuff, like practicing scales before a piano lesson. Is Robert Griffin III the Washington Redskins’ franchise quarterback? The famous orchestra conductor Charles Hallé gave piano lessons to Elizabeth's daughter Marianne in their drawing room. The 'fearful' Mrs Gaskell 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Maybe it’s a toy tambourine in kindergarten, a recorder in third grade or piano lessons after school. Music Performance Scholarships Reward Talent, Practice 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Lodato taught piano lessons for decades and played the organ and piano in houses of worship. 3 victims of Alexandria fatal shootings When I was a youngster, I took a good many years of piano lessons. What I Look Forward to Most in Retirement 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Gasoline would become more expensive, piano lessons would not. Shattering Myths to Help the Climate 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Answer: Well, after I was working for a couple years I was teaching piano lessons at Kalamazoo College and music classes at Lake Michigan College. Concert pianist is all smiles in his new career 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z As a child I took a handful of years of piano lessons and at one time was reasonably proficient. 5 Ways to Stay Active as You Age 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Gertrude B. Kaufman, 103, who gave private piano lessons at her home in Silver Spring, Md., from the 1950s until the early 1980s, died July 9 at an assisted-living community in Silver Spring. Washington area obituaries of note She still is, two years later–taking piano lessons, wrestling with her dog and loving school, which she couldn’t attend while sick. Is This How We'll Cure Cancer? 2014-05-07T11:51:00Z I spent every Saturday in back-to-back piano lessons, music theory and ballet classes. The Tiger Mom Effect Is Real, Says Large Study 2014-05-05T19:15:39Z Making rock music started as an act of rebellion by Hai against the classical piano lessons he hated. VIDEO: Asia Beats: Nguyen Cong Hai, Vietnam 2014-03-13T21:19:41Z Alice began piano lessons at 5 and at 16 embarked on conservatory studies in Prague; by the time she was an older teenager, she was giving well-received concerts throughout Europe. Alice Herz-Sommer, Pianist Who Survived Holocaust, Dies at 110 2014-02-27T22:13:18Z Those piano lessons you endured as a child, and those hours your parents made you practice, may benefit you in your later years. Young Musicians Reap Longterm Neuro Benefits 2014-02-22T14:00:00Z Lodato taught piano lessons for decades and was director of Music Together Alexandria, a music program for children. At funeral, teacher Ruthanne Giamittorio Lodato is recalled as generous, loving 2014-02-16T00:13:22Z At the top of the trail they reemerged onto the sunny slope, where Sabine and Henry’s mother waited to take them home for lunch and piano lessons. For children in Alexandria, a winter wonderland of make-believe 2014-02-15T01:30:04Z Amy’s idea that she has no musical aptitude comes from her five years of piano lessons with a very stern teacher, a woman Amy always felt was exasperated with her and critical of her playing. ‘Emotion-traces’ from the past may affect present relationships 2014-01-15T22:53:09Z As a girl, walking to piano lessons in that city, she was enthralled by the nightclubs she passed and vowed one day to appear in them. Page Morton Black, Who Sang Heavenly Jingle, Dies at 97 2013-07-23T04:28:13Z He took piano lessons and fell in love with show tunes from watching early cartoons, and by borrowing scores from the public library, which may still be missing a certain copy of Jule Styne’s “Gypsy.” Character Study: Piano Man of a Silent Screen 2013-07-06T03:48:46Z In 1990, the pianist immigrated to Hong Kong, where he taught piano lessons 10 hours a day. When the Culture Changed 2013-06-18T00:28:53Z Gradually, I was able to fulfill more of my maternal role: helping with homework, driving to piano lessons, making the worst Rice Krispies Treats in the school. The Problem With How We Treat Bipolar Disorder 2013-04-26T11:00:57Z In the movie, Bill Murray brushes up on his piano lessons with a local teacher and eventually rocks out to a full house. 5 Groundhog Day Principles: From Old Grind to Greatness 2013-02-02T19:28:19Z With the war over, she returned to Paris and took up singing and piano lessons at the Paris Conservatoire. Did this song change the world? 2013-01-22T00:07:38Z Born in Broadstairs, Kent, and raised in Devon, Sir Richard started piano lessons at the age of five and began composing at the age of six. Tributes to film composer Bennett 2012-12-27T00:49:36Z Similarly, it breaks their hearts to see us filling kids’ time with tutors and piano lessons before they’ve even started kindergarten. What Your Toddler's Teacher Will Never Say 2012-11-28T21:35:31Z Despite years of piano lessons, I could barely stumble through "Für Elise." City Room: Toscanini and Me: The West 69th Street Connection 2012-11-25T16:00:14Z For a while the four of us, my wife and I and the children, had piano lessons together. Can you shape your children's taste in music? 2012-11-19T10:11:18Z HJC: Yes, but I took two years of piano lessons when I was seven and eight, and that was it. When Brian Eno met Ha-Joon Chang 2012-11-11T19:00:01Z The Obamas talked about their daughters’ piano lessons, their struggles with student loan payments, the grind of the campaign trail. Obama’s supporters see advantage in debate’s town-hall format 2012-10-16T00:34:00Z And often, you just don’t get anything meaningful; a search for “piano lessons Miami” produced only one listing in the Sidebar: “Larry Sherman likes Miami.” Google and Microsoft Feature Do-It-All Search Pages - State of the Art 2012-05-23T21:38:56Z How many of us took piano lessons or some other instrument. SchoolBook: State Testing Is Over. Let's Review. 2012-05-04T22:36:08Z Rich and well to do people pay to keep their children's interests alive, piano lessons, little league, trips to the shore for surfing. SchoolBook: Poll Finds Most City Voters Support Release of Teacher Ratings 2012-03-14T03:54:54Z Lin's parents did force-feed him piano lessons like so many Asian-American parents, but he loved and was better at basketball. Opinion: 'Asians aren't all just nerdy and smart' 2012-02-10T20:04:07Z This site led to a great conversation about "needs" and "wants," the cost of piano lessons, our tiny church's goal of raising $1 million to repair its sanctuary ceiling and the cost of college. Money Games for Kids 2012-01-21T03:53:34Z Balancing biotech with gymnastics and piano lessons Lämmle, who hails from the Upper Swabia region of Germany, is almost certainly the youngest college professor in Germany. Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old 2012-01-15T05:20:00Z That event at age 14 was scarring, and I soon stopped taking piano lessons. Time to Forget 2011-12-23T18:45:02.117Z At 14 he began piano lessons, and at 16, during World War II, he joined the Royal Air Force. Clive Robbins, Developer of Influential Method of Music Therapy, Dies at 84 2011-12-13T00:51:52Z Giavanna also takes piano lessons and practices daily, and plays point guard on Assumption’s girls basketball team. Youngsters Lead the Way in Running Families 2011-12-10T23:02:36Z This episode must have been when I was about five years old, and soon afterward I began taking regular piano lessons. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z But do you think I ever had piano lessons? The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z That would be fun for the kids, to take piano lessons in the same room where he’d— Hello? George Saunders: “Tenth of December.” 2011-10-24T04:00:00Z She had never liked the strange woman and had preferred not to take piano lessons of her, after one glance at those hard, cruel eyes and the fierce walrus teeth. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z When Marian was quite small, he began to give her piano lessons. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z He told me that he had given piano lessons in Paris before he began to sing at all. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z She had been placed on the Musical side of the school, and thoroughly enjoyed her piano lessons with Herr Kleindorf, and the classes in theory and harmony which she attended. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z Sure, the soccer uniforms, piano lessons and college tuition add up—but there is nothing like being a parent. The Myth of Joyful Parenthood 2011-08-15T13:15:00.260Z Through her dictation, I attended swimming lessons, piano lessons, and Girl Scouts. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z They were as easy for him as his piano lessons had been. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z And what parent doesn’t dream that piano lessons will instill a lifelong love of playing, even if it is only in the living room? Shortcuts: Family Happiness and the Overbooked Child 2011-08-12T23:46:07Z As she had recently begun piano lessons, she had wisely concluded that, with piano practice, four subjects would keep her sufficiently busy. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z I took piano lessons when I was a kid, and I can tell when he is off-key or when he is not sitting properly. | John C. Liu: Little League and Dim Sum 2011-06-18T01:44:24Z Another “very nervous” girl takes piano lessons, goes to the moving picture shows once or twice a week, hates milk, can’t eat eggs, doesn’t care much for fruit, and is extremely fond of candy. The Girl in Her Teens 2011-04-26T02:00:26.063Z During these years he had a few piano lessons, but made little progress. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z Sometimes we find it quite hard to take one piano lesson or violin lesson a week. Child's Own Book of Great Musicians: Schubert 2011-01-27T03:00:38.530Z He had been giving piano lessons the whole day, in the interim swearing and drinking Moselle and Selters, for it was intensely hot. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I have painful memories of taking piano lessons. | John C. Liu: Little League and Dim Sum 2011-06-18T01:44:24Z She’s always been like that, throwing herself into things—piano lessons, blueberrying, hiking a trail, the bumper cars at Pleasure Beach. Steven Millhauser: “Getting Closer.” 2010-12-27T05:00:00Z How did you read my mind and know that I’d rather be in an orchestra than take piano lessons?” Betty Lee, Freshman 2010-12-20T17:12:25.800Z Through my website, a parent recently asked whether children who don't want to continue piano lessons should be forced to stay the course regardless. Living with children: Gift of freedom 2010-11-23T17:03:00Z Music, not computers, was his passion, starting with piano lessons at age 6. The Next Web Phenom 2010-09-03T12:20:00Z Plus, he wanted to switch from piano lessons to drums. A Parish Tested: The Story of a Haitian Family in Queens That Lost a Father and Husband in the Port-Au-Prince Earthquake 2010-06-08T18:58:00Z |
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