Music Teachers: Fraud Alert

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

There is a new scam going around that targets music teachers. The assholes trawl Craigslist and other sites looking for independent private music teachers to rip off. Basically they pretend to be sending a child from another country to the your location to study, vacation or whatever, and they want ...

Supply and Demand

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

Yingwen put out an ad yesterday to advertise piano lessons. In one day, her schedule is almost full. Amazing! She's on the phone as I write this, setting up schedule details. The phone has been ringing off the hook. Since suddenly we are getting very busy trying to keep ...

Watch my face

Tuesday, January 27th, 2004

This morning I was listening to the Dvorak String Quintet Op. 77 and I remembered a kind of funny story. I'm writing it here so I don't forget. Eugene Lehner (of Kolisch Quartet and Boston Symphony fame) was my chamber music coach for this piece while I was ...