Learn all about classical dances like the musette, mazurka, waltz, and sarabande in this episode of classical composers! Please pardon the absence of background music as it would have interfered with the piano.
Learn about the Israeli composer Arie Shapira! (No, that is not a typo; it’s Shapira, not Shapiro)
Happy Beethoven’s birthday! Learn all about him in this episode!
The last time I recorded this episode, I made a slight error in the dates, so I will attempt to rectify them mistake with the re-recording of the episode. Learn all about Avner Dorman in this episode!
In this episode, I will talk about my top five favourite classical pieces.
Please pardon the absence of my normal background music; it would have interfered with the piano playing.
Learn about the incredibly famous composer who is known for having ridiculously hard compositions and getting ridiculously big reactions for his performances in the mid-19th century.
Learn all about the Israeli composer Avner Dorman in this new episode!
Emils Darzins is a lesser known composer from the Baltic country of Latvia.
In this episode, let’s learn all about Rachmaninoff. He’s most well known for having incredibly huge hands and piano pieces with incredibly huge intervals.
What would it have been like if Mozart and Beethoven had a debate battle today? Find out in this episode!
Famous for his Gymnopedies, super-tranquil pieces, Satie has his own place in music history. Learn about him in today’s episode!
The Finnish composer is most well known for having a music notation software named after him. Today, we will learn about him and his works.
Learning and memorizing a tricky piano piece can feel very overwhelming. In this episode, we’ll discuss how to learn and memorize a piece effectively.
Learn all about Debussy’s life and works! If you’re a late intermediate-early advanced student, be sure to give Le petit Negre a try! Sheet music: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/32/IMSLP04565-Debussy_-_The_Little_Negro.pdf If you liked this episode, please be sure to rate and follow the podcast!
Learning how to play music is an extremely rewarding experience, but you often may find yourself asking: which instrument is for me? This episode aims to help you choose the right instrument for you and the difficulty levels of each orchestra instrument.
Learn all about the form of the sonata and common ones you may have heard of, as well as how to write your own! EDIT: this episode appears near the top of the list as I had to re-record a section of it. I removed the Spotify track so that it is also available on Apple Podcasts.
Learn all about Leonard Bernstein’s life and works as his 105th birthday is coming up on the twenty-fifth!
Learn all about how to conduct, the history of conducting and why the conductor is a vital part of the orchestra. Often the conductor is also an instrumentalist.
Learn all about the different instruments of the percussion section!