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Bridging Cultures at the Keyboard: The Taiwanese Folksong Arrangements of Yi-Chih Lu
Taiwanese folksongs have long served as emotional anchors for generations past, offering comfort during times of hardship and disaster,...
May 9
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Featured Composer: Hiroyuki Sawano
Hiroyuki Sawano is a composer, lyricist, arranger, and music producer from Tokyo, Japan. He is renowned for his evocative scores in...
Aug 26, 2024
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Featured Composer: Emma Lou Diemer
Emma Lou Diemer (1927-2024) From: Kansas City, Missouri Education: Yale School of Music (B.M. and M.M. in Composition), Eastman School...
Aug 19, 2024
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Reflections on Hiroyuki Sawano
As I reflect on my time as a 2024 summer intern for A Seat at the Piano, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of joy and...
Aug 19, 2024
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Featured Composer - Oscar Peterson
The Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson (1925–2007) is well known as a virtuosic performer, winning 8 Grammys during his lifetime and...
Jul 11, 2024
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Featured Composer: Josepha Auernhammer
Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820) was born in Vienna and lived there her whole life, studying with Georg Friedrich Richter, Leopold...
Feb 14, 2024
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Featured Composer: R. Nathaniel Dett
Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) is perhaps best remembered today for his stylistic approach, blending African American spirituals...
Jul 25, 2023
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The Concerto (Part 2)
The 20thC was a time of experimentation, where composers pushed the traditional boundaries of the concerto, exploring new forms,...
May 12, 2023
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Featured Composer: Ethel Smyth
Throughout her professional career, the English composer Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) faced a critical dilemma that many women composers...
Feb 27, 2023
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The Concerto (Part 1)
There are few genres of music more exciting than the concerto. A soloist, pitted against the strength of an orchestra, performing a...
Jan 4, 2023
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Featured Composer: Silvestre Revueltas
Perhaps best known for his string and orchestral compositions, Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940) was a violinist,...
Oct 13, 2022
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Featured Composer: Ann Southam
Born in Winnipeg, MB, the Canadian composer Ann Southam (1937-2010) is known for both her early tape music and her large-scale cycles for...
Sep 8, 2022
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Sitting At The Piano
When I was selected as ASAP’s 2022 summer intern, I thought that maybe the directors had emailed the wrong person. Sure, the interview...
Aug 12, 2022
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Featured Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) was an English composer and conductor, best known today for his cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast,...
Jun 2, 2022
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Creating Accessible Scores with Universal Design
I am so excited to be launching a project to create universally designed scores. I will be focusing my initial efforts on piano and vocal...
May 6, 2022
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Featured Composer: Marianne von Martinez
Marianne von Martinez (1744-1812) was a vocalist, keyboardist, and composer, once known across Europe both as a performer and for her...
Jan 29, 2022
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The Unrecognized Sounds of Asia
Growing up in Indonesia, I was exposed to various kinds of people, music, food, cultures, religions, and traditions. There are over 300...
Dec 17, 2021
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Featured Composer: George Walker
George Walker (1922-2018) was an American composer and pianist, who first came to national fame upon winning the Pulitzer Prize for his...
Nov 24, 2021
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Where Are All the Great Women?
For a piano teacher, there is nothing more exciting than a young student possessing that magical mixture of natural ability, work ethic,...
Nov 19, 2021
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Featured Composer: Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She was a prolific composer, with hundreds of both...
Sep 18, 2021
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