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InterHarmony International Music Festival

July 2-July 14, 2024 Opus38 Studio is going to Italy! Stay tuned as the advanced students and adult pianists go on an adventure to Europe this summer to study music. InterHarmony International Music Festival with its internationally renowned Artist Faculty of soloists and chamber musicians for two weeks of strings, piano, woodwind, brass, or vocal…

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Kids Music Day!

Opus38 Studio participated in the 8th Annual Kids Music Day. Students performed in an outreach concert at The Sequoia Senior Living. Kids Music Day is celebrated each year on the first Friday in October.  Keep Music Alive partners with music schools, stores, and other music organizations around the world to help focus attention on the importance…

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Lesson and Practice Chart

How much time students should dedicate to piano- determining your lesson length and practice time. Let’s be upfront and honest about music time outside of your lessons. Parents say they want their child to study piano, but they may not realize the amount of dedication it takes as an entire family. My mother had the…

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Symphony of the Redwoods

The husband/wife team of Eugene Sor and Karen Shinozaki Sor is joined by pianist Lisa Maresch. Two fascinating pieces by women composers of different eras – Amy Beach’s atmospheric Trio Op. 150 and Lera Auerbach’s gripping and brooding Trio No. 2 – are followed by a masterpiece of the piano trio literature,Dvorak’s “Dumky” Trio. Get…

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