Come join us for a free concert of holiday music! Usher in the holidays with the sounds of the Harp, Flute, Piano, Organ, Soprano vocalist, Handbells, Jazz duo and an Irish session! The concert will conclude with everyone joining in singing some traditional carols. A reception will follow. At Pender UMC on route 50, […]
I’m thankful for my piano studio, my students, and my piano đ During Covid I was especially thankful for the Internet! When I was growing up, my dad was a minister, meaning we lived in whatever parsonage the church chose to let us live in. Â The one we had in Pawcatuck, CT […]
I have just purchased a set of Christmas Shades of Sound Listening & Coloring Book for the studio. Please let me know if you do not want your student to participate in Christmas activities and I will assign alternate activities. Each week, I will print out some of the pages for your student and put them in […]
2015 ~ Dr. Maurice Hinson died. He was one of Americaâs most respected authorities on piano literature. Many of the books in the OCMS library were edited by Dr. Hinson. Â Mrs. O’Connor took a piano pedagogy class with him several years ago and learned so much from him. Among his outstanding achievements, he received the […]
 Veteran’s Day .1918 ~ This is Armistice Day or Remembrance Day or Veterans Day or Victory Day or World War I Memorial Day. The name of this special day may be different in different places throughout many nations; but its significance is the same. It was on this day, at 11 a.m., that World War […]
Catacombs from Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-SaĂ«ns Dies Irae Dreams of a Witchesâ Sabbath from Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg Jaws by John Williams Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky The Addams Family The […]
Johann Sebastian Bach’s towering monument of organ music, with its deep sense of foreboding, will forever be associated with Halloween. The piece is recognizable to most and has been featured in many films, including: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Black Cat (1934), Disney’s Fantasia (1940), Sunset Boulevard (1950), 20,000 Leagues Under the […]
Night on Bald Mountain refers to a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839â1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky composed a “musical picture”, St. John’s Eve on Bald Mountain on the theme of a witches’ sabbath occurring on St. John’s Eve, which he completed on that very night, June 23, in 1867. Interestingly, […]
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