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Category Archives: piano playing
Go Tell It on the Mountain: A Spirited Seasonal Spiritual
Throughout the past 30 years in my work as Music Director at the Hartford Street Presbyterian Church in Natick, MA, I’ve had the opportunity to become familiar with quite a few African-American spirituals. The greatest thing about this repertoire is … Continue reading →
Carol of the Bells and We Three Kings, a 2 in 3 Medley for the Holidays
Although my piano students and for that matter, listeners in general, tend to prefer pieces that are in major (happy) keys. There are certain songs, written in minor (sad) keys, which capture their interest and rank high on their favorites … Continue reading →
Feliz Navidad, The Joyful Holidays Are Here
It will probably not come as a surprise to you that until I helped one of my Natick Studio high school students learn to play José Feliciano’s Feliz Navidad this past week, I had not been able to create a … Continue reading →
Wait Till You See Her, a Perfect Match of Tune and Lyrics
Boston composer John Harbison said the difference between the standards from the American Popular Song Book and the pop music of today is that in the past a song was the music itself (melody, words, and chords) and today, a … Continue reading →
You Are Too Beautiful (Rodgers and Hart, not Joe Cocker)
Back in the 1970s when I worked with commercial groups led by John Dougherty, Rebecca Parris, Keith Copeland and Pierre Eugene, before leading Synergy, playing music from the “top 40” pop music was the order of the day. And so … Continue reading →
