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Apr262022

Musicians Jon Batiste and Matthew Whitaker playing piano and melodica for a "Juneteenth celebration + voter registration recital" called "We Are" on June 19, 2020. On the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library in Grand Army Plaza

🎵 When I move my body… it feels like Freedom!

LessonsBy Mary Ellen GraceApril 26, 2022Leave a comment

Watch Jon Batiste performing Freedom from his Grammy-winning album of the year at the 64th Grammy Awards. Compare this super colorful production of the tune to his video release of…

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Mar182022

Hiromi Uehara performs Canon in D

Canon in D Like You’ve Never Heard It Before

LessonsBy Mary Ellen GraceMarch 18, 2022

Canon In D (Pachelbel) Performed by Hiromi Uehara in Marciac, 2010

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Dec112021

Happier Podcast

Stand Up Straight

Exercises, LessonsBy Mary Ellen GraceDecember 11, 2021

Walking through my neighborhood, I’m listening to a podcast called “Happier”. The hosts, Gretchen Rubin and her sister, Elizabeth Craft, have a segment they call “Try This At Home” which…

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Dec22021

Dream Blues

Dream Blues

Black Voices, Lessons, Music Notation, SongsBy Mary Ellen GraceDecember 2, 2021

This blog post was going to be about how Lil Nas X was named musician of the year by GQ and how excited I am about a mainstream mag naming…

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Nov102021

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National Clarinet Day

LessonsBy Mary Ellen GraceNovember 10, 2021

Who decides these things?! According to the interwebs, Nov. 16 is National Clarinet Day. But why that day? No one seems to know. And to make matters worse, a group…

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Jun192021

Michelle & Charles

Grand Opening Third Eye Books!

LessonsBy Mary Ellen GraceJune 19, 2021

Juneteenth Celebration I’m writing this post as I listen to the phenomenal music by Donna Jones and The Delegation, part of the Juneteenth Celebration live-streamed from The Jack London Revue.…

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Jun112021

This is me in 1966, the year "See you in September" was a hit

????School’s Out For Summer! ????

LessonsBy Mary Ellen GraceJune 11, 2021

See You In September  (bye-bye, so long, farewell) “See You In September”  was a hit by The Happenings in 1966. I was 8 years old and that song’s melody and…

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Jan72021

old reeds

Where do dead reeds go?

Reeds, Trill (Short Post)By Mary Ellen GraceJanuary 7, 2021

To the compost pile! Remember, cane reeds come from bamboo cane. They are grown and harvested and usually stored for a couple of years to ‘age’ and ‘cure’ the cane…

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Nov202020

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Black Voices, SongsBy Mary Ellen GraceNovember 20, 2020

“Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was…

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Nov22020

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Let Every Voice Be Heard

Black Voices, SongsBy Mary Ellen GraceNovember 2, 2020

I awaken around 3:30 this morning with these words on my lips. I think to myself, “That sounds like a familiar lyric.” I open my voice memo app and record…

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Sep212020

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My Fave Zoom Tricks

TechnologyBy Mary Ellen GraceSeptember 21, 2020

In today’s post, I’m sharing some of my favorite Zoom tricks and tips.
The power of the spacebar
Pinning Video
Using reactions
Nonverbal feedback

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Sep162020

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Winter Recital Prep Underway

Lessons, Musical EventsBy Mary Ellen GraceSeptember 16, 2020

Production has begun on the Winter Recital to be held, Sunday, December 6 via a Zoom gathering. Save the date on your calendar. Send me an email to request an…

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