As with most Beach Boys dates, Wilson handed out his charts and played the song at the piano to give the musicians an idea of ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude in C Minor packs a speedy punch with its rich, complex, repetitive layers. That piece is not unlike the work of the Bay Area’s John Adams, one of the most influential ...

If you look at a music or piano keyboard ... home key of C major. Try moving your triad up the scale as a block chord, just using the white notes of C major. Be sure to maintain the full triad shape.

The playing is exquisite, a masterful interaction of the symphony’s intertwining textures, with silken poetry from the strings and a sound world calibrated perfectly to scale. Emelyanychev ...

The opening scene starred Steve Guttenberg. For many of us watching wildfires rip into Los Angeles from a safe distance, the ...

Research was a part of the process. They took a visit to Holy Spirit Episcopal Church and the University of Montana Music Building to see the organs there, courtesy of musician Jeff Stickney. The ...

Jerry’s most enduring friendships were with colleagues Randy Rayburn, Dano Goosetree and Ernie Paquette (whom he knew through ...

Snow, sleet, fog, the lot; when the weather is at its worst is when Russian soldiers tend to go out on assault. That’s what ...

The words ‘piano’ and ‘portable’ don’t sit easily together, as the famously large, heavy instrument has so far resisted all attempts to make it more compact and remains more room-scale ...

If you or your child is considering learning the keys, you'll find a vast array of choices out there, from all-singing, all-dancing home keyboards to more basic piano-like instruments and everything ...

A look at the piano designs for some of the various versions of August Wilson’s play, including the latest film adaptation. By Robert Ito Few props have played as pivotal a role in a theatrical ...

While you could stick to the classics here—the museum has a fine collection of Renaissance and Academic art—we recommend ...