Yesterday while teaching from home (the Covid-19 Shelter at Home period still in place), I experienced a moment that made me feel something special. In teaching music, part of our efforts are to help students to play their best, while at the same time realizing...
Driving past my Oak Park Music School and seeing it now vacant during the Shelter at Home period, along with all the other businesses along Lake Street, elicits an eerie feeling. Only weeks ago, villagers visited the bookstore next door and the restaurants up...
Music is said to be a universal language. It can mean different things to different people, however the techniques involved in learning and practicing music can be very similar for any instrument. Most of what is written below is applicable to students of...
“We’re in this together.” Those are popular words during this unpopular time. I think a lot about our students at The Cappelli Institute of Music, most of whom have transitioned to lessons online via Zoom, FaceTime and Skype. Our online lessons are going very...
