Researchers have found that piano lessons have a specific effect on kindergartners' ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between words. Many ...
If your parents forced you to practice your scales by saying it would "build character," they were onto something. The Washington Post reports that one of the largest scientific studies into music's ...
Learning how to play music can help maintain the quality of your brain function, according to a new study. According to new research, elderly people who learned the piano saw no change in the density ...
Welcome to collaborative piano at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music! Established in 2004, the graduate program in collaborative piano offers master of music and doctor of musical ...
Piano lessons with a faculty member are usually reserved for piano majors and require an audition. There are other options for piano study at CU. Piano lessons for children The keyboard department has ...
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The piano teacher: Payam Khastkhodaei

When Payam Khastkhodaei began teaching piano to a family friend’s daughter in his Bothell home at 16, he relied on the same method he had been taught as a kid—classical songbooks, rigid practice, and ...