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kristinaleemusic
Apr 241 min read
13 Original Compositions
The second part of our Spring Concert consisted of presentations of original compositions by 13 students, ages 8-15. Students were...
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kristinaleemusic
Mar 71 min read
A Creative Life
“A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life.”...
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kristinaleemusic
Feb 121 min read
Message After the Recital
A few words about music, humanity, the season, and the world.
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kristinaleemusic
Jan 2, 20231 min read
2022 Winterfall Concert Recap
Ten years have passed since I started Kristina Lee Music. My students continue to astound me with their passion, tenacity, talent, and...
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kristinaleemusic
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Ten year reflection
Angelina came to my studio the fall, 2012, when I started teaching in Bellevue. And she “graduated” in summer of 2022 as her family moved...
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kristinaleemusic
Oct 11, 20221 min read
2022 Spring Concert Recap Video
More than five months have passed since our Spring Concert. So I didn’t feel like making a recap video. I thought I would pass this time,...
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kristinaleemusic
May 8, 20222 min read
what i did during spring break
During Spring Break 2022, I had a wonderful time visiting a friend, who’s a pianist and a professor of ethnomusicology, in Scottsdale,...
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kristinaleemusic
Jan 17, 20221 min read
2021 Winterfall Concert
16 students performed at our Winterfall Concert. This 2 1/2 minute video features few seconds of each student in the order they...
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kristinaleemusic
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Learning and Teaching Beyond the Pandemic
By Kristina Lee By this fall, we will have been living under the pandemic for 20 months. And there are still many unknowns when it comes...
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kristinaleemusic
Jun 21, 20211 min read
2021 Spring Concert — “Back to Basics”
On June 6, 2021. This was the first in-person concert since the pandemic started, on the rooftop of Yuhl Building in Bellevue, WA where...
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kristinaleemusic
Mar 11, 20214 min read
How to Find a Piano Teacher – A Guide for Parents
By Kristina Lee In 2012, when I started a piano studio in Bellevue, Washington, it took about two years to build my enrollment. I spent...
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kristinaleemusic
Mar 9, 20211 min read
2020 – A YEAR TO REMEMBER
I know it’s already March, but I thought I would post this intro video I made for our zoom winter recitals anyway, since everyone loved...
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kristinaleemusic
Sep 21, 20201 min read
Hymn for the Homeless
This piece was written in July 2020 and was first performed during a benefit concert for the victims of August 4, 2020 Beirut explosion....
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kristinaleemusic
Jun 9, 20201 min read
2020 Lenten Project – 24 Bach Preludes in 40 Days
When January 2020 came, I was feeling good about everything; teaching felt creative and dynamic, students seemed to be dialed-in and...
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kristinaleemusic
Apr 10, 20203 min read
Arise, I Dub Thee an Online Teacher
We’ve all been lightening fast inducted into changes and adaptations of our new realities (yes, plural — we’ve had many realities in less...
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kristinaleemusic
Nov 17, 20181 min read
Arctic Sea Ice – TEDxSeattle
Arctic Sea Ice is a piece composed by Judy Twedt, climate researcher, atmospheric scientist, and data sound artist, with 36 years of...
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