All music requires is an open mind and heart on the part of the listener, and that can’t be forced.
Author: The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Frances Wilson is a pianist, writer, music and arts reviewer, music PR, and blogger on classical music and pianism under the pen name 'The Cross-Eyed Pianist'
Anne Chmelewsky, composer
The minute I realised what a piano could do, I wanted to make music on it.
Jean Toussaint, saxophonist
Sing/play to your audience with head, heart and soul and never with anger or contempt. Make it a goal to exude love through music and try to learn as much as you can about the art form, including its history, and make it your mission to find a uniquely individual way to express your own identity through the idiom.
Nishla Smith, jazz singer
I’m a storyteller, I’m always looking for the invisible threads that tie things together.
Hayley Jenkins, composer
Music is a language and each performer views music through the possibilities of their instrument and technique; I enjoy having conversations about how best something should be played as there are often possibilities I wasn’t even aware of, and that is exciting.
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