Due to a long association with C. Leonard Coduti, a musicologist who specializes in French music, I became intrigued with his knowledge of French keyboard music "beyond Debussy and Ravel." I began exploring his many recommendations and have found myself fully entranced, fascinated, and amazed at the prolific output of so many wonderful French ...

What kind of responses or plan does a teacher need when a student says: "I'm only taking piano lessons because my parents are making me take them." Many factors enter into the possible responses to the above statement: the student's age, how long the student has studied, and the teacher's relationship with the student and his parents. In the left c...