Our Favorite Music Archives

Building Your Music Wish List

The holidays have come and gone so quickly, and now we’ve started a new year and even a whole new decade. We enjoyed our holidays and hope you did too! When I was a little girl, I loved to make a new list every year of a few things I wanted for Christmas. I also made […]

This Month in History: Famous Composers’ Birthdays

At Piano Academy, we celebrate a different composer every month by listening to their music and learning about their life. This month we’re focusing on Sergei Prokofiev, a super cool Russian composer who lived in the first half of the 20th century. It turns out his birthday is this month! So that got us thinking… […]

Fantastic Piano Performances and Where to Find Them

So you just started learning a new piece at the piano… chances are, one of the very first things you’re going to do is listen to a recording (or a few) of it to get some ideas. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a great thing to do – but search any well-known piece of piano […]

Why YOU Should Listen to Classical Music

A while ago, we shared some of the benefits of playing classical music—language development, higher test scores, and higher IQ among them. But you don’t have to take lessons to reap the benefits of classical music—just listening to it has been observed to have some amazing side effects, as well! Here are some of the benefits […]

Halloween Music

Halloween is just around the corner, so to get in the spirit, here is a list of 10 classical songs that sound spooky! Wagner had no interest in music until he entered his later teenage years. Chopin liked to play the piano in the dark. Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1833. […]