October Birthdays Corner!

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October Birthdays Corner!

Check out our list of classical composers that were born in October. Find out what composer was born on your day!!!

 
 

October 1 Allessandro Stradella 1644

October 2 John Duarte 1919

October 3 Steve Reich 1936

October 4 Ernesto de Curtis 1875

October 5 Ernst Haberbier 1813

October 6 Karol Szymanowski 1882

October 7 Ralph Rainger 1942

October 8 Heinrich Schutz 1585

October 9 Camille Saint-Saents 1835

October 10 Giuseppe Verdi 1813

October 11 Simon Sechter 1788

October 12 Healey Willan 1880

October 13 Antonio Pasculli 1842

October 14 Alexander Zemlinsky 1871

October 15 Friedrich Nietzsche 1844

October 16 Jan Dismas Zelenka 1679

October 17 Domenico Zipoli 1688

October 18 Miguel Llobet 1878

October 19 Geirr Tveitt 1908

October 20 Charles Ives 1874

October 21 Malcom Arnold 1921

October 22 Franz Liszt 1811

October 23 Ned Rorem 1923

October 24 Luciano Berio 1925

October 25 Georges Bizet 1838, Johann Strauss 1825

October 26 Domenico Scarlatti 1685

October 27 Niccolo Paganini 1782

October 28 Dmitry Bortnyansky 1751

October 29 Dmitry Amfiteatroff 1901

October 30 Peter Warlock 1894

October 31 Ignaz Spangler 1757

 

FALL REGISTRATION HAS STARTED! FREE FIRST CLASS!!!

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images 22FALL REGISTRATION HAS STARTED! DEAR STUDENTS, YOU CAN NOW REGISTER FOR PIANO, VOICE, GUITAR AND FLUTE LESSONS IN NEW YORK CITY. IF SIGN UP FOR LESSONS BEFORE AUGUST 20TH, YOU WILL GET THE FIRST CLASS ABSOLUTELY FREE! SO HURRY UP!

Art of Piano Playing Music School is a successful organization established in 2011. We provide in-home PIANO LESSONS, VOICE, GUITAR, FLUTE lessons in ALL New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music School offers one on one music lessons for all ages and levels of students, and also group piano classes at public, catholic and private schools all over New York City and Long Island NY. We have the best music teachers on staff! Main reasons to take lessons with us: NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS! WE WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE! GREAT PRICING! WE COME TO YOU!

Please contact us at 646-221-7518 or artofpianoplaying@outlook.com

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TAKE SUMMER PIANO LESSONS ?

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The advantages of taking summer piano lessons:

1. Summertime is a time when students can really focus on practice without the pressures from school.

2. Piano practice is a better pastime, than television and video games.

3. Children actually have the time to practice more and add new music to the repertoire list, learn new skills or try a new piano method.

The disadvantages of not taking summer piano lessons:

1. Taking summer off results in students failing to move forward with their playing.

2. Piano practice is a better pastime, than television and video games.

3. The teacher will try very hard to bring the student back to their previous level of proficiency, but the experience will be frustrating for students.  The teacher has to help the student stumble through things that they used to play with ease, having to re-teach old things without demoralizing the student.

and finally the big one!!!

4. “Use it or Lose it”. You have made a substantial investment in your child’s education. Many parents figure they will “save money” by stopping music lessons for the summer. This is actually quite a big short-sighted decision – because it is not taking into account the “attrition” of skills and techniques, and having to re-learn these things come Fall “Back to School” time. If you have to learn something TWICE you have wasted your money. Your child (and you!) have worked hard on their instrument all school year, and if they take all summer off from lessons they will LOSE IT because they didn’t USE IT all summer long.

Solutions:

Please take summer lessons as much as you can. Even a few odd lessons here and there throughout the summer will make a big difference!

PIANO LESSONS IN NEW JERSEY!!!

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Dear music lovers!

We are very happy to announce that now we service all NEW JERSEY with piano lessons, voice, guitar and flute lessons!

Please visit our New Jersey website at www.bestmusiclessonsnj.com

Art of Piano Playing Music School is a successful organization established in 2011. We provide in-home PIANO LESSONS, VOICE, GUITAR, FLUTE lessons in ALL New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music School offers one on one music lessons for all ages and levels of students, and also group piano classes at public, catholic and private schools all over New York City and Long Island NY. We have the best music teachers on staff! Main reasons to take lessons with us: NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS! WE WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE! GREAT PRICING! WE COME TO YOU!

Please contact us at 646-221-7518 or artofpianoplaying@outlook.com

Music Recital

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Dear Students!

We are  very excited to inform you that our Summer Music Recital will be held at the new location of the legendary Steinway Hall at 1155 Avenue of the Americas (corner of 6th Ave and 45th Street). Both recitals will be held in one day on Friday June 19th in two sessions 4.00-5.30 pm, 6.00-7.30 pm. Very beginners are more than welcome! We will have a very exciting program: faculty performing, gifts, reception, and lots of fun! Please contact us at artofpianoplaying@aol.com for more details.

Hope to see you there!

Art of Piano Playing Music School is a successful organization established in 2011. our music school provides in-home PIANO LESSONS, VOICE, GUITAR, FLUTE lessons in ALL New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music School offers one on one music lessons for all ages and levels of students, and also group piano classes at public, catholic and private schools all over New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music school has the best music teachers on staff! Main reasons to take lessons with us: NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS! WE WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE! GREAT PRICING! WE COME TO YOU! Please email us today: artofpianoplaying@outlook.com or call at: 646-221-7518

ATTENTION TO All POTENTIAL STUDENTS!

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ATTENTION TO ALL POTENTIAL STUDENTS:

ONLY THIS SPRING YOU GET 50% OFF YOUR FIRST LESSON!

Art of Piano Playing Music School

is a successful organization established in 2011. We provide in-home PIANO LESSONS, VOICE, GUITAR, FLUTE lessons in ALL New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music School offers one on one music lessons for all ages and levels of students, and also group piano classes at public, catholic and private schools all over New York City and Long Island NY. We have the best music teachers on staff! Main reasons to take lessons with us: NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS! WE WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE! GREAT PRICING! WE COME TO YOU!

Please contact us at

646-221-7519 or artofpianoplaying@outlook.com

Christmas Recitals

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Art of Piano Playing Music School is inviting you to the Christmas recitals that will take place on:
christmas recitalsDecember 6 and December 13 at 6.00 pm. Both recitals will be held at Faust Harrison Pianos- a famous piano showroom with a large selection of high quality grand pianos, hybrid pianos and upright pianos for sale in New York City.

Faculty members, students of all ages and levels will be performing at the concerts. A reception and lots of fun is  guaranteed!

Please come to support us. FREE ADMISSION!      

Faust Harrison Pianos showroom is located at 207 West 58 Street New York NY.

 

Happy Halloween everyone, have a laugh!

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Happy Halloween

 

 

 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Student to Teacher: “I can’t reach the brakes on this piano!”

Why is an 11-foot concert grand better than a studio upright?  Because it makes a much bigger kaboom when dropped over a cliff.

Why are pianists’ fingers like lightning?  They rarely strike the same place twice.

Why was the piano invented?  So the pianist would have a place to put his coffee.

The audience at a piano recital was appalled when a telephone rang just off stage. Without missing a note the soloist glanced toward the wings and called, “If that’s my agent, tell him I’m working!”

What’s the difference between a piano and a fish?  You can’t tuna fish.

What did a piano player say to a tightrope walker?  You better C sharp or you’ll B flat!

Why was the piano player arrested?  Because he got into treble.

PIANO LESSONS MAKE YOUR CHILD SMARTER!

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piano lessonsThere is  another very important reason for children to take piano lessons:

Recent study showed that after almost a year of weekly piano lessons, students’ IQs rose nearly three points more than their untrained classmates!

The study supports the idea that piano lessons exercise parts of the brain useful in mathematics, language, spatial intelligence and other intellectual pursuits. Piano lessons, because there are so many different activities involved–such as memorizing, expressing emotion, learning about musical interval and chords–may be motivating the IQ effect.

Here is more about the study itself:

Researchers grouped together a few 6-year-olds for weekly piano lessons. Then another group was created to take weekly drama lessons. Last group of children was going to receive no classes during the period of the study.

All children went through a long intelligence test that assessed them in ten different areas. Following that children went off to first grade at school and to their assigned piano lesson, drama and no lessons at all groups. After the first year of study all children were retested.

At the time of retesting, all students displayed increases in IQ of at least 4.3 points, on average, which is a common result from attending a school. Drama class children`s IQs didn`t differ from those who did not take any lessons at all. Testing the piano lessons children researchers found a  slightly larger increases in IQ than the other groups, averaging 7-point gains in their IQ scores–2.7 points higher than children placed in either drama or no-lessons group.

The bottom line:

sing up your children for piano lessons, it will make them smarter and will support all learning!