Author Archives: YourPianoTeacher

I am an adult learner living in a rural area where good piano instruction is difficult to find.  I am so happy to have found Dr. Isaacs!  She is an absolute gem and a master of piano pedagogy.  I’ve only been studying with … Continue reading →

Boston Early Music Festival  2013. Overview. As much as it is nice to perform at BEMF- the most exciting experience one gets by “diving” into the ocean of the events the festival offers.  Concerts of Artists and Specialists and Fringe … Continue reading →

  My adult piano student Josh Tyree is a band director at the school, but his dream is to become a symphony conductor. He is eager to improve his musical education in all possible areas correlated with the symphony orchestra … Continue reading →

The summer is approaching fast and students are frantically looking for Summer Camps to apply. For those who prefer to stay in the area and take just solo piano lessons, I refer to SEPF (Southern Eastern Piano Festival) at USC … Continue reading →

Art of painting has always been very important in my life, as any other arts. Once you are in music, everything is intertwined and enriches each other, creates more analogies, associations, and deepens music interpretation. I constantly encourage my students … Continue reading →

The Carnegie Hall, aiming improving the quality of the music education on pre-college level in US, was thoughtfully searching for the best program to establish it as a unified standard in US. Quite recently Carnegie Hall in conjunction with the … Continue reading →

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Raisa Isaacs Adult Piano Studio Receives 2011 Best of Atlanta Award U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement NEW YORK, NY, December 14, 2011 — Raisa Isaacs Adult Piano Studio has been selected for … Continue reading →

Atlanta MTA presented a pianist Dr. Aaron Stampfl from Benedictine and DePaul Universities in Chicago with a lecture-recital “Interpreting Liszt‘s “Dante Sonata”. Thanks to an impressively extensive research of Alan Walker, Liszt has not perceived as a superficial virtuoso anymore. … Continue reading →

Currently the fact that literally “getting in touch” with old instruments, such as a harpsichord and fortepiano would give invaluable insight into the style of composers through discovering of the authentic sound is not a relevant anymore. How much harpsichord’s … Continue reading →