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May 18, 2012
Organist Cameron Carpenter <br>Photo by Kristen Loken

On Thursday evening, May 10th, 2012, the San Francisco Davies Symphony Hall held a performance under the name of Barbary Coast and Beyond.

May 18, 2012
Scott Nygaard, Jody Stecher, and Bill Evans <br>Photo by Kristen Loken

Thursday, May 10, I entered the grand Davies Symphony Hall my hopes high with anticipation to see the Barbary Coast and Beyond concert

May 18, 2012

Soprano Laura Claycomb <br>Photo by Kristen LokenBarbary Coast and Beyond was an amazing display of musical diversity: classical, marches, marimba, banjo, national anthem medleys, musical saw, opera, and a piece that was writ

May 18, 2012

Caroline McCaskey performs on musical saw <br>Photo by Kristen Loken
Caroline McCaskey performs on musical saw

Tristan Arnold - January 6, 2012
Photo by Steve Snodgrass
Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Michael Zwiebach - January 6, 2012

The key here is whether your child (or whoever is playing) is a beginner, a casual player, just trying the instrument out, or is really into it and is seriously expressing herself/ himself through the instrument. You should rent an instrument for the beginner/ casual player and buy one for the serious player.

There. Don't you wish all of life were that easy?

Michael Zwiebach - January 6, 2012

Electronic keyboards have a wide range of uses. They are portable, they can be hooked up, via an industry-standard MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) to a computer for composition, recording, and signal-processing.

Michael Zwiebach - January 6, 2012

Consider the needs of the person(s) playing the piano in your house, but you should also think long term.

Sarah Sloan - January 6, 2012
Basia Bulat, Photo by John Benson
Photo by John Benson

One of the many crucial things a young singer must learn when developing good vocal tec