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Musings from the Front Lines No.13: Lee Evans plays his own Invention in C major

By: Paul Sheftel August 9, 2019

About a week ago I had the very special pleasure of watching and hearing Lee Evans record the stunning pieces from his new collection: Jazz Baroque:Vivaldi/Bach, on my Yamaha Disklavier. The set will soon be available on SuperScore. He graciously allowed me to take a...

Musing From the Front Lines No. 12F: Claudia plays I Second the Motion from Easy As 123

By: Paul Sheftel July 30, 2019

Claudia is the older of our two daughters. Like her kid sis Gigi, she is an extremely busy professional, a psychoanalyst. She is the mother of Zoe and Miranda. Hasn't had a whole lot of time in her very busy life to do much music...

Musing From the Front Lines No. 12E: Gigi plays Nocturne from Interludes

By: Paul Sheftel July 28, 2019

While here on her little jaunt to NY my younger daughter Gigi (see 12C) also managed to do a little video of my Nocturne with the backing track accompaniment....

Musing From the Front Lines No. 12D: Gigi plays for Keeps from Interludes 2 with accompaniment

By: Paul Sheftel July 28, 2019

Here is another video of Gigi playing For Keeps, this time with the accompaniment....

Musing From the Front Lines No. 12A: Catherine plays Little Steps from Keyboard Challenges.

By: Paul Sheftel July 28, 2019

Here is Catherine, the oldest of our four grandkids. Catherine graduated Trinity College with a major in Neuroscience. She spent the next two years working at Mass General Hospital in Boston on a research project dealing with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's...

Musing From the Front Lines No. 12B: James plays Forthright from Piano Patterns by Grandpa

By: Paul Sheftel July 28, 2019

James, our only grandson (three granddaughters) recently graduated from NYU where he majored in Psychology. He is now working as a business consultant. One word is all we need to describe James: spectacular! He has not been able to do much piano since he was...

Musing From the Front Lines No. 12C: Gigi plays for Keeps from Interludes 2

By: Paul Sheftel July 28, 2019

Gigi and her family, Boston based, were down to NY for a long weekend. I put them all to work. Gigi is a cardiologist on the staff of Newton Wellesley hospital in Boston. During her long training, undergraduate years in college followed by medical training...

Musing From the Front Lines No. 11: Miranda plays Etude 1 from Interludes

By: Paul Sheftel July 6, 2019

You met Zoe at Musing #10. Here is another of our four favorite grandkids—Zoe's kid sis, Miranda. Miri is no slouch either. She will be entering her sophomore year at Brown University in the fall. During the summer she is helping Grandpa. Apart from being...

Musings from the Front Lines No. 10: Zoe plays Ins and Outs

By: Paul Sheftel July 1, 2019

My wife and I are blessed with four spectacular grandkids (not to speak of two wonderful daughters married to two special guys). Here is Zoe. Zoe just graduated from Kent State University. She did not graduate cum laude, she did not graduate magna — she...

Musings from the Front Lines No. 9: Rhett plays Toccata in 3rds

By: Paul Sheftel July 1, 2019

Rhett, not too long ago, retired from his very busy professional life and now has a bit more time to devote to his cherished piano studies. Here he tosses off with considerable brio my short etude that focusses entirely on major 3rds: Toccata in 3rds from Modules....

Musings from the Front Lines No. 8: Omer plays Tag

By: Paul Sheftel June 29, 2019

WE first met Omer in Musings #3 where he plays a lyrical number called Ballade. Here his mastery of major triad inversions is on impressive display in Tag from In Perfect Accord....

Musings from the Front Lines No. 7: Noteljah plays “A” nother

By: Paul Sheftel June 12, 2019

Meet Noteljah. She is a "care-giver" and an aspiring and already successful actor. Several years ago my sis died after a long decline. Noteljah was with her during much of that time. She was an unbelievable comfort, a support to my sis during that long...

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