Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and gives behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism is created. Cornelia Vertenstein, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, gave her last piano lesson on February 1 at 6:30 am. She wasn’t well, so she arranged a trip to the hospital. Pneumonia set in, and the family gathered … Read more
Elena Reekie talks about teaching piano online during lockdown. Video / Included When New Zealand went into lockdown, piano teacher Elena Reekie faced a tricky problem. The Auckland teacher takes one to one lessons and has group lessons for up to 7 students gathering with their electric instruments. But the self-isolation rules meant Reekie – … Read more
It took a bit of fiddling, but Samantha Musleh sat Instructor Kate on a stool so she could watch three of Musleh’s daughters, one after the other, play the electric keyboard at their South Bend home. Okay, so it was Kate Ragan, a University of Notre Dame student, streaming live from Denver, Colorado. The girls … Read more
May 5, 2020, 8:50 a.m. | Updated February 5, 2021 at 10:48 am Best music lessons available online. Image: Getty / Nicola Benedetti / Master Class From video instrumental lessons to Skype singing lessons: This is how you learn a new instrument in quarantine, continue your singing training or master your theory – alone or … Read more
Helen Smith-Tarchalski, piano professor at Anne Arundel Community College, has put the music online to keep her students up to date on lessons during the coronavirus pandemic. “Distance music education has been at the forefront of online education for years,” said Smith-Tarchalski. “Music teachers sometimes offer lessons to students they’ve never been in the same … Read more
Learning to play a musical instrument is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. It’s a brilliant way to explore your creativity, it can help expand your social circle, and it’s even been shown to change the structure of your brain. But it also requires discipline, perseverance and – often – a significant … Read more
I have given piano lessons to beginners for several years. Sometimes parents would come to their child’s class and I would see their desperate faces, the thought bubbles above their heads asking… What actually happens in this lesson? It just sounds like popping! It’s going so slowly… Why aren’t they playing any real songs yet? … Read more
picture: Getty Images When she was little, Hannah Barteck had the same bedtime routine as any other American child, but with a twist: Every night she brushed her teeth, washed her face, put on her pajamas — and then flopped on the floor to the piano to the Practice. It’s a habit she now recommends … Read more
3. Plaground Sessions This piano app is backed by some big guns in the music industry including legendary Quincy Jones and artist Harry Connick Jr. The library is filled with songs from every genre from Beethoven to Adele. There are more than a thousand singing lessons, each an interesting deconstruction of the underlying musical concepts. … Read more
This content contains affiliate links. If you shop through these links, we may receive an affiliate commission. “Playing the piano again” is one of my regular New Year’s resolutions, and probably the one I regret most every time February rolls around, giving it up and still not getting down to my long-neglected, dusty keyboard. I … Read more