A New Practice Piece
Actually, this has been attempted! https://youtu.be/sCgT94A7WgI but for my students…April Fools!
Tag: Holidays
Happy Birthday, J. S. Bach!
1685 ~ Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer birthday (Old Style) Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor was featured in the Walt Disney movie Fantasia and the new Fantasia 2000 Read quotes by and about Bach More information about Bach Grammy winner
Happy Birthday, Carl Czerny!
1791 ~ Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer whose vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works. His books of studies for the piano are still widely used in piano teaching. More information on Czerny At the age of fifteen, Czerny began a very successful teaching career. Basing his method on the […]
A Pender Christmas Eve
A Pender Christmas Eve ~Livestream~ 6:30pm “Christmas Concert” Our concert features a variety of styles, as well as both familiar and new Christmas music. 7pm “Fireside Worship” A service that will include lessons, carols, sermon, and candlelight. Watch on following platforms! website: www.penderumc.org Facebook Live: Pender United Methodist Church YouTube: Pender UMC Live Nativity Drive Through From 8:30pm […]
Christmas Countdown: Just In Time For Christmas
From RevKev, Pender UMC’s Former Associate Pastor – “As it was, so it is, Christmas about Jesus. We are all distracted by the glitz and festivities, but let us hear the sound of Angels and the call to worship our Newborn King. Just in time for Christmas, a gift from God to you: A baby […]
Christmas Countdown: Carol of the Bells
Carol of the Bells was composed by Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (1877-1921) in 1916. Originally titled Shchedryk, this Ukrainian folk song is sometimes called Ukrainian Bell Carol. “Shchedryk” which was associated with the coming New Year, originally celebrated in April. Leontovych used this tune in 1904 along with lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky to create the […]
Christmas Countdown: Joy To The World
Joy To The World Joy to the World, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King. Isaac Watts wrote the words to “Joy to the World” in 1719, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The hymn originally glorified Christ’s triumphant return at the end of the age, rather than a song […]
Christmas Countdown: Sleigh Ride
December 1, 2020
I’ve always liked Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride as a secular Christmas song 🙂 It’s not technically a Christmas song since the words never mention Christmas but it’s often played now so it seems like a way to ease into the season. Anderson had the original idea for the piece during a heatwave in July 1946; […]
Giving Thanks
I’m thankful for my piano studio, my students, and my piano 🙂 This year, I’m 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. The one we had in Pawcatuck, CT had […]
Over the River…
“The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day”, also known as “Over the River and Through the Wood”, is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child originally published in Flowers for Children, Volume 2. Although many people sing “to grandmother’s house we go,” the original edition shows that the author’s words were “to grandfather’s house.” […]