Play music together! I recently heard author (of Eat, Pray, Love) Elizabeth Gilbert speak about creative work: Everything that is...

Kylemore Abbey It’s March, and I’m enjoying practicing Irish tunes for a few upcoming St. Patrick’s Day gigs. Though I already have two...

http://www.lifehack.org/517069/science-says-piano-players-brains-are-very-different-from-everybody-elses I think it overstates a few...

I am often asked for tips on how to practice most effectively. In my recent post entitled The Best Ways To Practice using the latest...

summer hydrangeas Now that July 4th has passed, you might be thinking about things you would like to accomplish this summer. Many...

Dear Friends:  We are SO pleased to announce… Songs of the Seasons: SPRING Upper Hands Piano: Songs of the Seasons, SPRING is now...

UpperHandsPiano.com/blog I am so pleased to hear that some of you are doing a little improvising. It’s great to try something new, isn’t...

Hello Piano Lovers: blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Today I’d like to delve further into the question, why should we improvise? Firstly, if you...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Dear Piano Friends: Today I would like to begin exploring the possibility of you improvising. Don’t panic. A...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Today I saw the film, Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore as a 50-year-old professor suffering from a rare type...

Recent studies showing how the brain acquires and stores new information can revolutionize our practice habits. Using these new findings,...

blog.upperhandspiano.com I have a brilliant former student named Brendan Cohn-Sheehy with whom I consult on my music and the brain...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Dear Friends: I sometimes turn to moving music to get me through a difficult time, or to reflect my feelings of...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com I had several lovely piano teachers growing up. The teacher that influenced me the most was Mildred Portney...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com I recently came upon this Ted Ed lesson on how playing an instrument is like fireworks going off in your brain!...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com Today I want to show you a new exercise I have adapted from an exercise by Theodore Leschetizky [lesh-uh–tit-ske...

blog.UpperHandsPiano.com One day when I was perusing a charming used book shop in London, I came upon this prize of a book, written in...

Pledge To Play 10 Minutes A Day Today we start our pledge to play 10 minutes a day, for 30 days. Even if you can’t commit to playing...

UpperHandsPiano.com/blog Dear Piano Lovers! I love that January is the time of year for new goals and added resolve. If you are reading...

blog.upperhandspiano.com The NY Times recently ran an article called “Is Music The Key To Success?” The author, Joanne Lipman showed that...