 
      
      Nature and the soundtrack of real life
 
      
      Composing Life: an interview with composer Mary Ellen Childs
 
      
      Retreat: an interview with pianist and composer Justus Rümenapp
 
      
      How (and why) to fire a piano student
 
      
      5 Things to Consider When Moving a Piano
 
      
      Don't Blame the Instrument!
 
      
      Lineage: the debt we owe our piano teachers
 
      
      5 Great Memoirs by Classical Musicians
 
      
      Piano Music of Heart and Place: a guest post by author and pianist Laura Dean
 
      
      All Beautiful and Spendid Things: an interview with composer Barbara Arens
 
      
      Plays Well With Others: how to be a great duet player
 
      
      Sudden Light: an interview with film composer Alex Heffes
 
      
      Why Technique is a Lifelong Journey
 
      
      People deciding to be people: music and civil discourse
 
      
      Jazzical Komitas: an interview with pianist Joel A. Martin
 
      
      Pianists and the Power of Delayed Gratification
 
      
      The Future is Female: an interview with pianist Sarah Cahill
 
      
      Loud and Fast: the scourge of the Macho Pianists
 
      
      Dedicated: an interview with jazz pianist and composer Martin Listabarth
