Skip to content

O'Connor Piano Studio

Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Composers
  • Online Checklist
  • Portal
  • Registration
  • Studio Policy
  • Zoom Instructions

Tag: jazz

Happy Valentine’s Day!

February 14, 2023
| No Comments
| Composers, Holiday, musicians, Pianists, Valentine's Day

Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano.  He wrote the Valentine Stomp above in 1929.

Read More »

Posted in <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/composers/" rel="category tag">Composers</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">Holiday</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/musicians/" rel="category tag">musicians</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/pianists/" rel="category tag">Pianists</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/holiday/valentines-day/" rel="category tag">Valentine's Day</a> Tagged <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/composer/" rel="tag">composer</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/fats-waller/" rel="tag">Fats Waller</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/holiday/" rel="tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jazz/" rel="tag">jazz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/organist/" rel="tag">organist</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/pianist/" rel="tag">pianist</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/singer/" rel="tag">singer</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/valentine-stomp/" rel="tag">Valentine Stomp</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/valentines-day/" rel="tag">Valentine’s Day</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/video/" rel="tag">video</a> Leave a comment

Happy Birthday to Gene Krupa!

January 15, 2023
| No Comments
| Birthday, Holiday, musicians

  Eugene Bertram “Gene” Krupa lived from January 15, 1909 to October 16, 1973.  He was an American jazz and big band drummer, actor and composer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style. One of my all-time favorite non-piano songs is Sing Sing Sing. Krupa joined Benny Goodman’s band in 1934, where his featured drum […]

Read More »

Posted in <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/holiday/birthday/" rel="category tag">Birthday</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">Holiday</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/musicians/" rel="category tag">musicians</a> Tagged <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/actor/" rel="tag">actor</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/benny-goodman/" rel="tag">Benny Goodman</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/big-band/" rel="tag">big band</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/buddy-rich/" rel="tag">Buddy Rich</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/composer/" rel="tag">composer</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/drummer/" rel="tag">drummer</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/gene-krupa/" rel="tag">Gene Krupa</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/harry-james/" rel="tag">Harry James</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jazz/" rel="tag">jazz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/sing-sing-sing/" rel="tag">Sing Sing Sing</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/tom-tom/" rel="tag">tom-tom</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/youtube/" rel="tag">YouTube</a> Leave a comment

Holiday Concert Near Greenbriar

November 29, 2022
| No Comments
| Christmas, Holiday, Local Events, music, musicians, Pianists, Piano

  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, […]

Read More »

Posted in <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/holiday/christmas/" rel="category tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">Holiday</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/local-events/" rel="category tag">Local Events</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/musicians/" rel="category tag">musicians</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/pianists/" rel="category tag">Pianists</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/piano/" rel="category tag">Piano</a> Tagged <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/christmas/" rel="tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/christmas-carols/" rel="tag">Christmas Carols</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/flute/" rel="tag">flute</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/handbells/" rel="tag">Handbells</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/harp/" rel="tag">harp</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/holidays/" rel="tag">Holidays</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/irish-session/" rel="tag">Irish Session</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jazz/" rel="tag">jazz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/organ/" rel="tag">organ</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/piano/" rel="tag">piano</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/singer/" rel="tag">singer</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/vocalist/" rel="tag">vocalist</a> Leave a comment

Happy Birthday, Jelly Roll Morton!

October 10, 2022
| No Comments
| Composers, Holiday, Pianists

    Jelly Roll Morton, born Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe in 1885, was one of the most influential composers of the jazz era, bridging an important gap between ragtime, blues, and jazz. In a sense, he was the first great jazz composer. His career began in New Orleans, where he began to experiment with a unique […]

Read More »

Posted in <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/composers/" rel="category tag">Composers</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">Holiday</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/pianists/" rel="category tag">Pianists</a> Tagged <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/birthday/" rel="tag">birthday</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/blues/" rel="tag">blues</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/composer/" rel="tag">composer</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/composers/" rel="tag">composers</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/holidays/" rel="tag">Holidays</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jazz/" rel="tag">jazz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jelly-roll-morton/" rel="tag">Jelly Roll Morton</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/musicians/" rel="tag">musicians</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/pianist/" rel="tag">pianist</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/pianists/" rel="tag">Pianists</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/ragtime/" rel="tag">ragtime</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/the-new-orleans-rhythm-kings/" rel="tag">the New Orleans Rhythm Kings</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/the-red-hot-peppers/" rel="tag">the Red Hot Peppers</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/today-in-music-history/" rel="tag">Today in Music History</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/video/" rel="tag">video</a> Leave a comment

Dvořák: Humoresque #7 ~ Daily Listening Assignments

June 29, 2022
| No Comments
| Daily Listening, Piano

  Today’s piece is Antonin Dvořák’s Humoresque #7. Humoresques Op. 101 (B. 187), is a piano cycle by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, written during the summer of 1894. One writer says “the seventh Humoresque is probably the most famous small piano work ever written after Beethoven’s Für Elise. Yo Yo Ma (cello) and Itzhak […]

Read More »

Posted in <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/daily-listening/" rel="category tag">Daily Listening</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/piano/" rel="category tag">Piano</a> Tagged <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/antonin-dvorak/" rel="tag">Antonin Dvorák</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/cello/" rel="tag">cello</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/daily-listening-assignment/" rel="tag">Daily Listening Assignment</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/fur-elise/" rel="tag">Fur Elise</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/humoresques/" rel="tag">Humoresques</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/itzhak-perlman/" rel="tag">Itzhak Perlman</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jazz/" rel="tag">jazz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/ludwig-van-beethoven/" rel="tag">Ludwig Van Beethoven</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/orchestra/" rel="tag">orchestra</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/piano/" rel="tag">piano</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/trumpet/" rel="tag">trumpet</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/video/" rel="tag">video</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/violin/" rel="tag">violin</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/wynton-marsalis/" rel="tag">Wynton Marsalis</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/yo-yo-ma/" rel="tag">Yo-Yo Ma</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/zez-confrey/" rel="tag">Zez Confrey</a> Leave a comment

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore by Duke Ellington from Concert for Ukraine

May 7, 2022
| No Comments
| Composers, Local Events, music

    “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled “Never No Lament” and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. The Morpheus Chamber Players are Alisha Coleman (clarinet, Gwen Jones (flute), Jeff Kahan (oboe), Wendy Chinn (French horn) and Lisa […]

Read More »

Posted in <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/composers/" rel="category tag">Composers</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/local-events/" rel="category tag">Local Events</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a> Tagged <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/advance-982450/" rel="tag">advance #982450</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/aj-rios/" rel="tag">AJ Rios</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/benefit-concert/" rel="tag">benefit concert</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/dont-get-around-much-anymore/" rel="tag">Don't Get Around Much Anymore</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/duke-ellington/" rel="tag">Duke Ellington</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jazz/" rel="tag">jazz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/morpheus-chamber-player/" rel="tag">Morpheus Chamber Player</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/spring-concert/" rel="tag">spring concert</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/ukraine/" rel="tag">Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/umcor/" rel="tag">umcor</a> Leave a comment

Benefit Concert for Ukraine

April 15, 2022
| No Comments
| Local Events, music, musicians

Concert repertoire will include: Harp arrangements by Debussy Piano trio of Jazz/Baroque Flute Concertino by Chaminade Woodwind Quintet with music of Duke Ellington The Widor Toccata Organ Symphony Movement V and an Irish session! Get Directions

Read More »

Posted in <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/local-events/" rel="category tag">Local Events</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/category/musicians/" rel="category tag">musicians</a> Tagged <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/baroque/" rel="tag">baroque</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/brian-stevenson/" rel="tag">Brian Stevenson</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/cecile-chaminade/" rel="tag">Cécile Chaminade</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/charles-marie-widor/" rel="tag">Charles-Marie Widor</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/claude-debussy/" rel="tag">Claude Debussy</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/concert/" rel="tag">concert</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/duke-ellington/" rel="tag">Duke Ellington</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/flute/" rel="tag">flute</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/harp/" rel="tag">harp</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/irish-session/" rel="tag">Irish Session</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/jazz/" rel="tag">jazz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/liz/" rel="tag">Liz</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/liz-eunji-sellers/" rel="tag">Liz Eunji Sellers</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/organ/" rel="tag">organ</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/pender-umc/" rel="tag">Pender UMC</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/piano-trio/" rel="tag">Piano Trio</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/ukraine/" rel="tag">Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://oconnorpiano.online/tag/woodwind/" rel="tag">woodwind</a> Leave a comment

Latest Posts

  • Lenten Hymn and Devotion, Week 4
  • Was Bach on Facebook!?!
  • Happy Birthday, J. S. Bach!
  • All About Music Theory
  • Happy Spring!

RSS O'Connor Music Studio Recommendations

  • 🛐 Lenten Hymn and Devotion, Week 1
    Brian Stevenson, Pender UMC Director of Music, presents a series of hymn-based devotions on Wednesdays during Lent. The first is Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross by Fanny Crosby
  • 🥁 The Music Man
    Remembering all the words is no small feat. I first started collecting records (yes, records!) of musicals when I was in high school in Springfield, MA. Our library had an outstanding record collection, but I could only check out one (or 2?) at a time. I would bring my record(s) home, and listen to them […]
  • 🖤 Today is the Anniversary of Van Cliburn’s Death!
    Cliburn, who died Wednesday February 27, 2013 at age 78 at his Fort Worth home due to complications from bone cancer, was 23 when he strode into Moscow for the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition, created to showcase Soviet cultural superiority. Playing with unerring precision and sublime emotion, he took the top prize and was given […]
  • 🎹 A Parent’s Guide to Piano Maestro
    It will be fun watching your child improve their piano skills all while having fun using Piano Maestro in lessons each week! As your child’s teacher (or YOUR teacher!), I’m looking forward to seeing the progress they will make when they start using it at home each day. This guide will help you understand how […]
  • 🎂 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.
  • 🇺🇸 Musical Presidents
    Wondering how many U.S. Presidents played musical instruments?
  • 🇺🇸 Musical Quotes by Presidents
    “The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.” – Gerald Ford
  • 🎹 About Steinway Grand Pianos
    Founded in Manhattan in 1853, Steinway & Sons is widely considered to be one of the greatest piano makers in the world. Its grand pianos grace the world’s grandest stages and are played by the best pianists.
  • 🎹 Technic Series: Scales and Arpeggios
    An arpeggio (it. /arˈpeddʒo/) is a musical technique where notes in a chord are played or sung in sequence, one after the other, rather than being played together like a chord. This word comes from the Italian word “arpeggiare”, which means “to play on a harp”. An alternative translation of this term is “broken chord”.
  • ❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️
    Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano. He wrote the Valentine Stomp above in 1929.
  • ‼️ A Favorite of mine – Cab Calloway
    Since I’ve done the Nicholas Brothers and Busby Berkeley, it’s time for Cab Calloway, another old movie favorite of mine. I think the first time I ever came across anything related to Calloway was in the late 1960s when I was watching That Girl on TV – Ann’s father (Lew Parker) sang Minnie the Moocher […]
  • 🎸 It’s National Ukule Day! Who Knew?
    National Polka Dot Day celebrates polka dots, and since 2016 has also been used to celebrate Minnie Mouse, who is known for often wearing the dots. She usually is seen wearing a red dress with white polka dots, and often has a matching bow. Celebrants of the holiday don polka dots to celebrate the dot […]
  • 🎂 Happy Birthday, Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Theophilus Mozart lived between 1756 and 1791. He is considered to be a classical composer. Mozart, born in Salzburg, Austria, began composing before most children go to kindergarten. By the time he was six he had played the piano and violin in public. A Wunderkind, a prodigy of the first rank before the […]
  • 😜 If Mozart had Facebook
    Statistically, people who’ve ‘liked’ Mozart on Facebook have a higher IQ. It got us thinking… what would Mozart ‘like’ on Facebook? And what would his profile look like?! On the tenth anniversary of the social network’s launch, we’ve imagined what the composer might have posted online throughout his life.
  • 🖤 In Memory of My Piano Teacher, Howard Lebow
    Time Magazine Milestones: Jan. 26, 1968 Died. Howard Lebow, 32, U.S. concert pianist; of injuries suffered in an automobile accident; in Amherst, Mass. One of the youngest and most promising of U.S. pianists, Lebow toured 15 countries after his 1963 Manhattan solo debut, played the works of such modern composers as Edward Levy and Erich […]

Buy Me a Coffee


Tweets by UMassMom

March 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Feb    

© O'Connor Piano Studio 2023. Powered by WordPress