Nancy M. Williams declares rather than flowers or choco­lates for Mother’s Day, she wants a concert grand piano, in this Sharps and Flats™ humor essay in GRAND PIANO PASSION™. http://bit.ly/18RMUqd

After I learned the second movement of the Schubert Sonata in A Major, D664, I made the mistake of thinking prac­ticing the Andante in so-called “perfor­mance mode” would be easy. Little did I know … http://bit.ly/10YhV8Y

The British opera singer Ben Luxon denied his hearing loss until he couldn’t anymore. That moment happened to be during a recital. http://bit.ly/ZipwN0

“The piano morphs from an inan­imate wooden box with keys, strings, and hammers to a sulking, poisonous guest. Simply by virtue of its constant presence, its wan white keys glowing in our living room, the piano would reproach me.” Today on GRAND PIANO PASSION™ my story of how I went back to the piano. http://bit.ly/10sXwJ7