Awaken Your Musical Passion through the Piano Christmas Carols (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781468039573)

This little piano book consists of Christmas music that I have arranged for their simplicity and beauty. Making music is our birthright, and nothing else can satisfy this need - so congratulations on taking this step; you are about to embark on a wonderful adventure In the words of the wonderful and inspiring pianist and teacher Arminda Canteros, with whom I studied many years ago, "Playing the piano is like love. The more you give to it, the more that comes back, which then grows your love to give again". I sincerely hope that the spiritual uplift that can be yours through playing these carols will allow for this loop of love to take hold as it has for me and countless others who have taken solace, expressed joy, celebrated happy occasions, entertained, and simply had fun through contact with the piano's wonderful keys - keys to happiness, keys to fulfillment, and keys to living.

Author: Thomas J. Parente
ISBN-10: 1468039571
ISBN-13: 9781468039573
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2011
Pages: 30
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.06d

About the Author
Dr. Thomas J. Parente is associate professor of piano at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, where he teaches piano. He is the author of a piano instructional video series entitled The Tom Parente In-Home Piano Video Course and a training text for piano teachers entitled How to Teach Group Piano Successfully through Flow. He is also a coauthor of Experiencing Choral Music, an innovative series of choral books published by McGraw Hill/Glencoe, and The Choral Rehearsal, which is published by GIA. Dr. Parente is a frequent clinician and has presented workshops, courses, and clinics both nationally and internationally at venues such as Teachers College of Columbia University, the Paris International Conference on Education, Economy & Society, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the Dalcroze Council of Australia, the Hawaiian Arts and Humanities Conference, the Gina Bachauer Piano Festival, the Conservatorio de Puerto Rico, the International Society for Music Education, the World Piano Pedagogy Convention, and the College Music Society. His doctoral dissertation linking skill acquisition with the psychological state of flow has created a new model for piano practice. It was published in 2011 by Columbia University Press. He maintains an active studio of private piano students in his Montclair, New Jersey home.