Ibolya Kovacs recently served as the adjudicator for the National Piano Playing Auditions sponsored by the National Guild of Piano Teachers for the students from the Piano Studio of Betty
The soothing sound of guitar strings greeted patients, visitors and staff at UT Health Tyler this week, part of a new Music and Medicine partnership between UT Health East Texas
Lilâ Miss Story Hour, a local, literacy-based entertainment program led by educator Vanessa Little, is celebrating Black History Month with a special hybrid event on Saturday, Feb. 20. The second annual Black History Month Story Time will offer special guests, music, poetry and crafts along with the stories, and a small vendor market featuring local Black business owners.
âAll attendees â virtual and in-person â can expect a celebration of Black pride and connecting with Black History through storytelling, poetry, singing, dancing and entrepreneurship,â says Little. âLilâ Miss Story Hour will read a variety of picture books and sing songs that promote self-esteem and self-worth. Between each reading, there will be performances and presentations from local Black artists.â
the other cats learned how to work around the new boss of the house. nora would never be in the same room with them. they ve basically learned to stay clear of her. she s a diva. she likes to just do her own thing and be left alone to do it. nora often retreats to the piano studio and watches betsy give piano lessons to her students. very obsessed with the piano from day one. she would go underneath the piano, dance on top of the piano making circles, look over their sheet music while they were playing. and one night the passionate puss decides to take music-making into her own hands or paws. burnell and i were upstairs, and we heard this plink, plink, plink, plink. repeated notes like two notes together. to their shock and delight, nora s playing.
the other cats learned how to walk around the new boss of the house. nora would never be in the same room with them. they ve basically learned to stay clear of her. she s a diva. she likes to just do her own thing and be left alone to do it. nora often retreats to the piano studio and watches betsy give piano lessons to her piano students. very obsessed with the piano from day one. she would go underneath the piano, dance on top of the circles, look over their sheet music while they were playing. and one night the passionate puss decides to take music-making into her own hands or paws. burnell and i were upstairs, and we heard this plink, plink, plink, plink. repeated notes like two together. to their shocking delight, nora s playing. we saw nora sitting at the piano in perfect posture with both paws on the keys,