New York Magazine

The Everything Guide to Picking Up the Piano

Dwight Bell, 64, first heard Mozart’s Sonata in A-major, K. 331, 30 years ago in an episode of The Twilight Zone in which the dolls in a dollhouse come to life. He eventually wanted to play it — a ...
Los Angeles Times

When my son stopped piano, I took over his lessons. Here’s how that went

In the early 1980s, my father got a Baldwin upright electric piano. My dad had played piano as a child and in college. He’d performed live, improvising soundtracks to silent movies at an art-house ...
Classic FM

Scientists find taking up piano lessons at older age could delay dementia onset

A new study shows evidence that learning to play the piano could preserve memory function in healthy older adults. There is already proof that learning a musical instrument is associated with the ...
Times Union

Piano camp for adults creates community of musicians

Among the legends about the elusive and eccentric piano virtuoso Van Cliburn, one says he has a grand piano in every room of his Texas mansion. For Polly van der Linde and her rambling 1895 house, a ...
Mississippi State University

MSU to offer 10-week adult piano classes

Beginning Friday, Sept. 10, Mississippi State will offer a series of 10 midday classes for adults who wish to learn the basics of playing the piano.(Photo by Beth Wynn) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Beginning ...