Some of Veras students did an end of semester concert at Belleair Garden Club. Here is a cute moment from that.

“Play always as if in the presence of a master.” ―  Robert Schumann “If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind of themselves, when you are not practicing, you may be still more pleased; for the internal organ of music is then roused in you. The fingers must do what the head desires; ...

Cristofori, Creator of the First Piano The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Italy. Cristofori was unsatisfied by the lack of control that musicians had over the volume level of the harpsichord. He is credited for switching out the plucking mechanism with a hammer to create the modern piano in around the year 1700. The instrum ...