Kudos from a Mom
By · CommentsI received the following kudos from in an email from the mom of Josh, one of my piano students. Josh is very talented and incredibly motivated to learn. He is a joy to work with and works hard each week.
June 2008
He is still doing piano! We landed the most amazing piano teacher in the fall of last year!!!! He has also taken Joshua to new levels and pushes him in ways he was never been pushed before! If you are looking for a piano teacher, this teacher is the guy for you!!! His life is dedicated to music and he is truly a gift to us!! (Thank you Ron!!!)
Holidays of the New Era Nominated for Award
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Today I received an email from ERMMedia announcing that Holidays of the New Era, Vol. 1 was one of four ERMMedia CDs to be nominated for the prestigious JPF award.
JPF, the largest music organization in the world announced the awards nomination this morning (June 25, 2009.) These nominations were selected from over 560,000 entries worldwide.
The Award Nominations from ERMMedia are:
BEST CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY ALBUM:
***** FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT (Gustav Hoyer, composer. Hartford Virtuosi, Marcia LaReau, cond. Daughters of Eve Quartet.) ERMMedia Prestige CD [ERM6808]
***** HOLIDAYS OF THE NEW ERA – Volume One (Music of Brandon, Dal Porto, Golub, Karlen, Knight, Marshall, Mathews, Meachem, Pan, Powers, Reese, Schroeder, Stephenson, Stoop, Stroobach, Wagner, Ward-Steinman and Williams (Sing Noel). Kiev Philharmonic, Robert Ian Winstin, cond.) [ERM6806]
***** TALIBAN DANCES (Kiev Philharmonic, Robert Ian Winstin, composer & conductor.) [ERM5555]
BEST CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL ALBUM:
***** MASTERWORKS OF THE NEW ERA – Volume Twelve (Music of Abbott, Bagdazian, Barmor Rose, Bilotta, Blumhofer, Brickman, Clark, Constantinides, Dal Porto, Evans, Field, Garber, Gottschalk, Guthrie, He,
Jones, Korneitchouk, McMullin, Olac, Powers, Rudenstein, Sartor, Schroeter, Tarsi, Timpson, Stadig, Walczyk, Winsor, Worthington & Wylegala. Kiev Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Robert Ian Winstin, cond.) [ERM6827]
This years entries were selected from over 560,000 entries and from all over the world. Two years ago, ERMMedia won BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM with MASTERWORKS OF THE NEW ERA – Volume Two.
Awards will be presented on August 29, 2009 in Nashville. Our hearty congratulations to all of the composers featured!
Heart of Broomfield Award
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Broomfield Community Foundation
Ron was a recipient of the 2008 Heart of Broomfield award presented jointly by the Broomfield Community Foundation and the Broomfield Enterprise at the annual Heart of Broomfield award banquet on April 6, 2009.
Heart of Broomfield:
Williams knows music is meant to be shared
Broomfield Enterprise Newspaper
By Julie Baxter (Contact)
Sunday, March 29, 2009
My Well is Dry
By · CommentsMy well is dry. My creativity seems to have dried up. I haven’t written anything since I was fired from Broomfield UMC last June. Dry…totally dry. I’ll go down to the studio and listen to or review some of the things I have written, but I haven’t had the drive to write something new. It is totally discouraging, especially when I review some of the things I have written. I have done some very good work.
I’m getting the urge to write, but haven’t started to do so yet. I guess I’m afraid there will be nothing there.
Piano Judging
By · CommentsI judged a piano festival today in Niwot for the Federated Music Teachers. Eight hours of listening to kids play and writing comments. It was awesome! I was so excited to watch these kids play. This is the future of music and it looks good! There was an abundance of talent present.
My favorite was a seven year old boy that had to have a cushion to lift him higher and a box to put his feet on. He knocked my socks off. Not only did he play at an advanced level, he played technically and note perfect. But the amazing thing was his musicianship. He played very musical, and that is something that comes from within. What he did can’t be taught.
I hope this surgery is successful and I can hang around a few more years because I want to watch this kid grow up in piano.
If you think the young people of American are going down the toilet, then you need to witness what I saw today. Motivated, disciplined kids, working to perfect their music. The values, work ethic and discipline they learn from music will permeate their entire lives.
It’s sobering and humbling to have a part in their development both as a judge and a teacher. It’s a sacred trust that only a few have the opportunity to understand.
