By Kristina Lee Some months ago, I wrote an article called Is Music a Language? The conclusion of the article was that music is not a language in its strict definition but that the process […]
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Is Music a Language?
By Kristina Lee *This article is a follow-up to a blog I wrote called Why We do 45 minute lessons? The short answer is a “No.” Music is a medium of communication, but it is […]
Why We Do 45-minute Lessons
By Kristina Lee It used to be that I would start a beginning student with 30-min lessons and then move them to longer lessons. We don’t offer 30-min lessons anymore because along the way, I […]
The Gift of Listening
Last year, I got to see Joey Alexander perform. I first heard of Joey from a friend of mine who sent me a clip of Joey’s interview. And then I heard some of my musician […]

“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” John Cage

Life Companion
While I was attending the MTNA National Conference in Las Vegas in March, I shared a room with a friend who was there to help out at the Yamaha booth. One night, I was talking […]
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. -Max de Pree

Christmas Story: How I [might have] saved a life one Christmas
Two years ago. I was in the middle of recovering from a personal tragedy that resulted in collateral damage so epic that I could hardly recognize myself. One relationship gone wry resulted losses in every […]