Marcheselli Music Studio

In today's blog post, I am happy to write about a student who was brought to me by his father as an absolute beginner at the age of 10.

I remember how his father wrote that he planned for his…

This upcoming weekend, I welcome members of our local community to join us in celebrating the accomplishments of my students participating in Marcheselli Music Studio's latest student recital.

I consider these recitals to be true celebrations spotlighting all of the…

Here is a friendly reminder that, as a recorded artist and cantor certified by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, I have a keen interest in working with piano students who enjoy singing and who would like to learn to…

For some five seasons, it has been my great pleasure to serve as an accompanist for school-based musicals in western Massachusetts.  With the support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the musicals that I accompany are also scripted by the young…

Today, I am very happy to share a special announcement that I have been rocking out and teaching beginner guitar and ukulele - in addition to private and group piano lessons and choir - to public school kids and teens,…

As May is Mental Health Awareness month, I thought I would just sit down and write a few words touching on the considerable benefits of music study on the mind and spirit of students.

Only this month, one of my…

Recently, I was thrilled to coach one of my teenage students in songwriting.  We studied chords, chord progressions, and the singing of ideas - including melodies and harmonies - into being.

It was exciting to share with her a bit…

Something about the piano can attract a player during any time of the year.  

In the springtime, it's great to play the piano indoors during rainy days or to put up flowers by your piano or just to open the…

It can feel like a bittersweet journey to reach the end of a period of preparation leading up to the performance of one's repertoire at a concert.  

However, this “now-what” can easily be followed by the joyful realization of a…

In honor of my studio's upcoming tenth anniversary, I have been in the process of migrating my studio's blog, LIVE LOVE TEACH REPEAT, from where it was on Wordpress to my studio's website which is this part of my…

As Valentine's Day approaches, I have a fond recollection of teaching a beginner adult student and retiree who was newly widowed and who was seeking a new outlet in his life after having spent a long time taking care of…

Today's blog post found me wishing to write about so many things, yet I couldn't help but address the elephant in the room that a very big milestone lies ahead for my piano studio, and that is Marcheselli Music Studio's…

While teaching a teenage student of mine who is working on the first movement of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” I found myself saying to him that we, piano-players, are “perfected in the struggle” as we work on our latest and most…

“We must choose joy and keep choosing it.” – Henri Nouwen

Today’s post is about a “joy” challenge that I recently gave myself at the piano and it is geared toward piano players with very large, cultivated repertoires that can…

A great motivational book recommended to me by my virtuoso piano teacher, Josh Wright, is “Atomic Habits” which introduced me to the “66 day challenge.”

This wonderful challenge can be applied to anything that you would like to get better…

Today, I am very excited to announce my new piano meditation series airing on my piano studio’s channel on Youtube!

My first episode touches on the subject of taking messy, imperfect action when embarking on piano studies regardless of…

As I celebrate my personal anniversary of 10 years of private piano teaching today, I am taken by surprise by how fast the time has flown since I took on my very first formal piano student (who still happens to…

In earlier posts elsewhere on social media, I have talked about the topic of why it could still be useful for new piano students to keep their electronic keyboards, even if they have upgraded to an acoustic piano for the…

It may start with a certain “blah” feeling when you walk by your piano.

But then it may carry on for a day or two or three, and then, before you know it, several days have gone by with little…

I was thinking of different ways to share some reflections after my recent Chopin lecture-recital in western Massachusetts this past summer, and finally settled on this blog post. These were some lessons learned…

1. Piano pedaling isn’t just important in Chopin…

Today, we honor World Piano Day at Marcheselli Music Studio, so named because it is celebrated 88 days into the new year, in honor of the 88 keys of a piano.

Why not let this day inspire you! In no…

Recently, I was taking my latest private lesson with my piano teacher, Dr. Josh Wright, and had several flashing moments of insight.

Wright seemed to truly appreciate, for example, my playing of a Chopin mazurka and noticed a certain way…

Recently, I had a great time writing an article for the newsletter of the New England Piano Teacher’s Association this month about a few of my takeaways after attending this year’s NCKP Conference (National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy).

It was…