by hdpianostudio | Dec 21, 2021 | Student Feature
Léa memorized a beautiful arrangement of “True Colors” by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly as part of a student collaboration for her school’s 2020 end-of-year music video. She did a wonderful job! (Credit to Faithe Hackett for the arrangement....
by hdpianostudio | Dec 20, 2021 | Written Content
First and foremost thank you for being one of my students. Each one of you is a delight and blessing to me. I am so privileged to be able to teach music as my job. Thank you for making that possible! I hope these policies make our experience even better by providing...
by hdpianostudio | Aug 28, 2020 | Written Content
I get questions from parents about what I recommend for all sorts of things. So I thought I’d create a page which I’ll update regularly of people and products I recommend. This list is based on my or my students’ interactions with these people and...
by hdpianostudio | Aug 17, 2020 | Written Content
I recently read a book called “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (https://jamesclear.com/). It sparked a lot of ideas about how to help myself and my students establish good practice habits. Clear talks about 4 laws. First, make the habit obvious. (Control...
by hdpianostudio | Aug 17, 2020 | Composer Feature
I’m starting another series in which I feature some of my favorite composers. This will involve talking about the composer and playing one of his or her songs. To start us off, I’m playing “Blessed Assurance,” arranged by David Nevue. Nevue is...