Essays & Educational Resources

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Tributes to Teachers


Willis Bennett

Jacob "Jack" Radunsky

Howard Karp

Igor Kipnis

Menahem Pressler - 2003

Menahem Pressler - 2013

Joseph Rezits

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Essays and Presentations
by Susan and George

On Music Study and Performance

Physical Aspects of Playing the Piano and Injuries to Musicians

Musical Interpretation Simplified

Guidelines for Musicianship

Carrying Music Theory to Performance

Video Recording of Lecture-Demonstration: "Bringing Music Alive with Earlier Level Students through Music Theory"

Techniques for Improving Sight Singing, and Melodic and Harmonic Dictation

Recommended Books on Musicianship and Interpretation

Relevant Advice From the 18th Century On Playing 18th Century Music

Video Recording of Lecture-Demonstration : "Schubert: Playing his Piano Music"

Handout for "Schubert: Playing his Piano Music"

Audio Recording of Lecture-Demonstration: "Playing Chopin"

Recommended Resources for Chopin and Schumann

Performing Liszt's Piano Music

Smaller Piano Works of Franz Liszt

Wagner's Piano Music

Challenges, Opportunities and Rewards for the Independent Music Teacher

The Mind of a Child

The Third Side of the Triangle: Parents as Partners

Advice to Serious Young Musicians (and even those not so young)

The Admirable Adult Music Student

Some Exemplary and Legendary Pianists from the Past

Some Exemplary Pianists Performing Today

Some Singers For Pianists to Emulate

The State of Classical Music in the US and Reflections on a Life Spent in Music

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Selected Past Recital Programs

Franz Liszt's Transcendental Journey Through Life: A Discussion and Performance in Three Acts

An Evening of Piano Music by Franz Schubert

Piano Music by Primarily Operatic Composers: A Lecture-Recital

An Evening of Late Renaissance, Baroque and Classical Keyboard Music

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The Dersnah-Fee School of Music
Midland, Michigan

| HOME PAGE | STUDIO | E-MAIL US | TESTIMONIALS |
| SUSAN DERSNAH FEE BIO | GEORGE FEE BIO |
| MUSIC THEORY INSTRUCTION | WORKSHOPS, MASTER CLASSES & LECTURES |
| GEORGE FEE, PIANIST | GEORGE FEE IN RECITAL | LIEDER RECITALS |
| SUSAN DERSNAH FEE, PIANIST IN "GEMS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO" |
| EXPLORING THE GREAT PIANO COMPOSERS LECTURE CONCERTS |
| ESSAYS & EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES |
| THE SOLO KEYBOARD SONATAS AND SONATINAS OF GEORG BENDA |
| ORCHESTRATION IN THE ORCHESTRAL WORKS OF BERNARD ROGERS |
| WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S QUINTETS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES |