16 Nov, 2010:  A title for me: "Performance in private at home for the pleasure of the musicians is rarely considered an important facet of music making today, although of course it still takes place in the houses of eccentric amateurs and a few dedicated professionals."

— Charles Rosen
Piano Notes

15 Feb, 2010:  Why I practice: "This kind of fine-toothed comb practising, however, is by no means simply a matter of muscle building…such repetitious treatment of short portions of repertoire also have a character of musical contemplation: an apt comparison would be a long, attentive gaze concentrating on a small detail of a masterful painting. ... For a pianist to train the fingers to a mastery ... is not only to discipline the muscles of the hand in a highly specific function, it is also to engage the pianist's body physically in a masterwork by a great composer. Such practising is a sensual kind of contemplation, a meditative muscle training."

— Henry Kingsbury
Music, Talent, & Performance: A Conservatory Cultural System

1 Apr, 2009:  Hey look! It's a new site design. After seven years of broken JavaScript and lame CSS attempts, we finally have a solution that Safari users can visit. The goal of the new design is to be cleaner, easier to navigate, less sarcastic, and more perfeshunal in general — which will probably last six months.