Success in music equals success in life. We’ve heard it time and time again, whether it’s a New York Times article, or a Columbia University study. It would seem that the same traits that are required to succeed in music, lend themselves quite well to becoming leading scientists, visionaries, directors, entrepreneurs, and doctors. After all, […]
The Kawai ES7 is not new to the North American digital piano market. In fact, the ES7 has been out for a little more than a year but something keeps its relevant, and something is keeping this piano still one of the hottest digital pianos out there. TONE The first thing that strikes you about […]
Children are capable of learning musical principals from a very early age- research has proven it. Yet there remains a pervasive bias against starting children “too young”. The benefits of music lessons on young minds is significant and broad based. Parents who have figured this out can help their children lead happier, more successful lives. Musicians, on average, […]
Lets take a look at the Kawai K300 upright piano, and most importantly what they’ve done to update the Kawai K300 from the Kawai K-3. A good amount of people who are looking at Kawai Upright pianos these days are very familiar with the K-3 (Kawai’s previous 48 inch piano) and the number one question […]
What makes this digital piano so great? We’re going to start with the touch because of course that’s what stands out about this instrument the most for people when they start researching possibilities in the $2000 -$2500 price range. All of a sudden the Kawai CE220 comes up again and again and everybody […]
Today we’ll be discussing an instrument that has a very personal past to me, the Kawai K15 Continental Console. I grew up with many instruments in my home, but when I graduated from University, the Kawai K15 Continental was actually the very first instrument that ever graced my own home, bought with my own money. I had it […]
Four music education experts sat down to discuss Merriam Music. Here’s what they felt were its reasons for success. “I am extremely impressed with the Merriam program on so many levels,” said Brian Chung. “Across North America I can’t think of another company that has so successfully combined is retail and music education with a level […]
As the owner of a large music school in Canada, I have closely observed over twenty thousand beginner students (including my own 5 children) during the past 30 years. I am one of the fortunate few that has been able to gain a unique perspective on this issue; what works, what is least […]
S H A N A Y A P A T E L Shanaya Patel has always wanted to sing. And she consistently charms and wows audiences whenever she steps in front of a microphone. But she didn’t always feel comfortable on stage, didn’t always know how to control her breath, how to properly […]









