June 10, 2022 | Blog

Performance vs. Nerves

Many musicians deal with a problem of being nervous while performing and many live with it through their lives. Vladimir Horowitz, one of the finest concert pianists of 20th century, took a 12-year break from performance due to the same reason! Case of Adults: A study in UK concludes that adults are 3 times more nervous than children performing in f ...

June 10, 2022 | Blog

Career in Music

Many students, aspiring musicians (along with their parents with worried faces!) approach me seeking guidance on prospects of pursuing music as a profession. This is one very serious question and little information about the music industry is available to someone who is just starting out. At this stage they don’t even know what they need to know! H ...

June 10, 2022 | Blog

Addicted to Sheet Music

Are you addicted to sheet music? Do you feel nervous sitting at the piano without a book on it? Don’t know what to play when asked to improvise? Do you spend endless hours practicing to memorize music? Believe it or not, the symptoms surely point towards poor command of the theory of music and ear training. Over years of learning, teaching, playing ...