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Three teenagers playing music together informally in a living room — piano, flute, and guitar

Motivating the Modern Student

Elán and Žbirka didn't give me piano technique. They gave me a reason why it was worth using at all.
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Close-up of an adult's and a child's hands playing piano together

Why Piano Duets Matter

It wasn't a better method that finally brought me closer to music. It was a second pair of hands at the same keyboard.
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Child seen from behind at a white piano, holding a sheet of music, more pages spread across the piano in front of them

The Child Who Wouldn't Read the Score

The most enjoyable part of playing was always the same: finding the music with my fingers, without the score, without the fingering. My teacher was not pleased.
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An extreme close-up of piano keys, softly lit with warm reflected light

Maresía

A quiet piano miniature, written for an album's opening track, turned out to be the first new composition I'd written in twenty-six years.
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Woman seen from behind on the phone beside an upright piano

The Phone Call

Some phone calls change everything, and you only realize it much later. This is the story of music that waited thirty-six years for me — without my knowing it existed.
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