by Jian Yong Tan | Jun 2, 2012 | Sharing
Did you know that the soothing sounds produced by a piano or any other musical instrument is capable of relieving stress? “You feel a rush. When you play sports, you run and get your emotions out. Music is the same way,” stated Alexis True, a junior music major and...
by Jian Yong Tan | May 29, 2012 | Sharing
Fifteen years ago, Kevin Higgins got into a motorbike accident. It changed his life when the accident took away part of his life leg, which was amputated. Fifteen years on, Kevin managed to win the Jefferson Award for using music to help others. To some it may be a...
by Jian Yong Tan | May 26, 2012 | Sharing
What do you get when you put Olympian and Pianist together? Olympianist. That’s what Anthony Hewitt claims himself to be. His interpretation of the word is simply, a pianist who undertakes an event that is of Olympian proportions. What does Anthony do exactly?...
by Jian Yong Tan | May 22, 2012 | Sharing
Denis Namocatcat wanted to share his love for music to others. That’s the reason why became a piano teacher. He wanted others to experience the joy that he had experienced by playing the piano. When he first started teaching, he was a private tutor who went over...
by Jian Yong Tan | May 19, 2012 | Sharing
She may only be six years old, but that hasn’t stopped Marrisa Liu from winning the Sonatina and Sonata International Youth Piano Competition in Corpus Christi, Texas with the help from her piano teacher, Judith Fairchild. Initially, the organisers of...
