Pragmatic and poetic... a rational, eminently workable program of personal exploration and discovery to be embraced along with the nuts and bolts of musical study... advice that a healthy attitude toward performance is a skill which can be learned and will be handsomely rewarded. Frank R. Wilson, MD, Health Program for Performing Arts, UCSF An intriguing analysis of the nature of musical performance... Oliver Sacks, MD Artistic in content and style as well as evocative... a reader's invitation to embrace the intimacy of making music... delightfully thoughtful... Kyle Pruett, Psychiatrist,...

Pianist, author, lecturer and beloved teacher, Barbara Schneiderman shows how parent and child can come together around the joys of making music. This book is both playful and profound, clearly describing how to engage and transform children of all ages into lovers of music--listening and performing. Chapters range from ways to inspire beginning students to detailed analysis of music theory and composition. They reflect the author's remarkable career, which began when she performed on the radio at age 11. An admiring listener recommended her to Sydney Foster, the first of several renowned...