2018 Honors Recital

Hoping to keep you more up to date on our upcoming, family-friendly performances in the area. Actually, they are all family-friendly but some venues are 21 and over. Tonight (Monday, Feb. 27), I’ll be performing a very special solo for the “Backstories” artist series at the East Hills Public Library. This is MY library! They’ve…

There are many talented and qualified piano teachers in our area. We should ask more specifically about the kind of music you are interested in. Based on your desire to get the positive benefits of music for your mind/body and making productive use of your downtime, you might be open to all styles. Most teachers…

Dear Students, Parents and Families, Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving! It’s going to be a great holiday season (now that we are scooped out after last nights blizzard) This email is a little late as a “welcome”. We are coming up on our 1st anniversary in the new location for the SJAA. Thank you…

I love books of all kinds.  Books about education, spirituality, business and marketing, everything by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and especially guitar books. I’ve amassed a real library of music and guitar books over the years.  I work in them, use them, read and re-read them and suggest them to students.  This is a very abbreviated…

How Does The Summer Work? In February, the Academy grew to near capacity. If you’ve tried to make a schedule change or been in the parking lot recently you’ve seen first hand how full things are at the Academy. Each Spring I often get asked these questions: Q. “How do lessons work in the summer?”…