by jmansour | Oct 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
See two husband-and-wife duos perform together on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 8PM in Sharp Concert Hall (Catlett Music Center, 500 W Boyd, Norman)! OU professors Jonathan and Stephanie Leon Shames (pianists) will join Ricardo and Christine Souza (percussionists) for this...
by jmansour | Oct 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Just a friendly reminder of JM Piano Studio’s Group Lesson this Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10:30-Noon. Come ready to share your prepared pieces with others! It will be a fun time of exploring music together. This month’s featured musical era will be the Baroque...
by jmansour | Sep 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
The University of Oklahoma is celebrating the installation of a beautiful new pipe organ with a Gala on the weekend of Oct. 2-4. Part of this celebration includes a presentation of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf with the new organ on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 10:30AM...
by jmansour | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
In the piano world, to place in the well-respected Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is an amazing honor. This year, 2009, two of the youngest competitors, Nobuyuki Tsujii and Haochen Zhang, tied for gold. On Sunday, Sept. 20 at 5:00PM, you can hear...
by jmansour | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
You may be asking, what is a fortepiano? Believe it or not, we did not always have the grand 88-key instrument that we play today. The piano has a long evolving history. The fortepiano is one of the earliest forms of our modern piano and first appeared in the early...
