Aren’t the Olympics exciting?! 

I love how they bring people together – across nations – to recognize and celebrate hard work, excellence, and achievement. 

These are things I want to celebrate in my students.

So, inspired by this year’s Winter Olympics and drawing on the five colored rings in the Olympic logo, I created a piano festival based on five key aspects of musicianship:

Blue – Sight-Reading
Gold – Memorization + Performance
Black – Aural Skills (clap-backs, sing-backs, play-backs)
Green – Creativity (improvisation, composition)
Red – Technique