https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Qw5lTwZbE *Note: This concert is geared towards ages 7 years old and up. ​SAM Students enter FREE! Students' names will be verified at the Chapel entrance. Tickets sold the day of the concert at the door will be cash...

There was a time when the guitar was not considered to be an appropriate instrument upon which to convey the beauty of classical music. It was thought to be too common an instrument. This was the time of Fernando Sor (1778 – 1839). Many people consider Sor to be the...

Metronomes, tuners, recording devices, sheet music, books and stands are all the tools that most of us older musicians remember carrying around with us when we were younger. Moreover, many times as we faced the challenge of mastering our scales, developing our...

Anyone who has tried to acquire any skill knows the old adage “practice makes perfect.” This is true of course. Steady, consistent practice time puts students on the road to mastery in all kinds of learning situations. However, the truth is that practice has to be...

There’s an old commercial where a boy (and sometimes a girl) is featured drinking a glass of milk and growing before our very eyes. The tagline for the commercial is “Milk, it does a body good.” Of course, the commercial is meant to tout the benefits milk has on the...

One of the greatest joys there is to being a parent is witnessing the excitement and delight our children have when picking up his or her first musical instrument. This is because we know what a wondrous journey mastering a guitar or piano or other musical instrument...

We’ve all seen the videos on YouTube and other sites that show some adorable 5 year-old playing his/her note perfect version of some classical piece of music such as Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 11 in A major K 331 Third movement (Rondo Alla Turca) or Frederic Chopin’s...

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