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🎶❤️ On Valentine’s Day weekend 2026, A wakeful, warm, and wistful moment...

“All the Things You Are” (arranged for the Left Hand)

Now streaming on all platforms. Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang Motion by Eric Bowers

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🎶 Taking a moment to remember where things began...

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A little fun with Czerny... ...on a Centennial Steinway built within 20 years of when he lived! (with thanks to our friends at Cunningham Piano)

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How Music and Art Shape Our Minds: A Music Fan’s Take on "Your Brain on Art" and "This Is Your Brain on Music"

In recent years, I’ve become really interested in how music affects the brain. That curiosity led me to Daniel Levitin’s amazing book, This Is Your Brain on Music. I liked it so much, I read it twice! It also inspired the name of my podcast, Our Mind on Music, where I talk with musicians, music educators, and others in the music business about how music and creativity work together in our…

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I had the joy of hearing Daniel Levitin present on his research earlier this year -- so much wonder, hope, and energy in these pursuits!

🎶🎥 A short film on how one of classical music’s most iconic pieces provides a mirror to life’s experiences...

“Grief & Hope” (10 mins)

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Melody meets metaphor, bright as morning light...

savor the sound of Fauré’s “Aprés un Rêve”

(After a Dream)

🎶 🌅 https://open.spotify.com/track/2EQyFZO4VpbsJbTRibvA8V?si=0619faf13e994041

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Celebrating #worldartday with gratitude towards Xiao Hua Yang, the Illustrator we collaborated with in “Embraceable You”

He has infused our partnership with a greater sense of possibility in storytelling and color.

He drew our eyes upward to the starry sky. Explore “Embraceable You” at: https://www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/embraceable-you

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Celebrating #worldartday with gratitude towards John Decker - the photographer we collaborated with in “The HIDDEN Project”

He has infused our partnership with a greater sense of possibility in storytelling and color.

He has drawn our eyes upward to the sky.

Explore “The HIDDEN Project” at: https://www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/the-hidden-project

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Franz Schubert: Death and The Maiden I. Allegro

Schubert: Death and the Maiden I. Allegro String Quartet No.14 in D Minor Sinfonia Toronto / Nurhan Arman, Conductor Orchestral version by Nurhan Arman https://youtu.be/BVc-tvrGNbM Recorded live on March 1, 2025 Toronto

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🎶❤️ A beautiful performance...

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Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

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Such wonderful moments with these composers!

🎶 ❤️ From Rachmaninoff to Aretha Franklin...

...and historic performances to current inspirations...

...join in listening to “My Favourite Things” Brief thoughts and links to listen at: https://www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/blogs/favourite-things

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🎶 🎊 Celebrating Rachmaninoff’s birthday with one of his iconic melodies: 🟢 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2VxcWUxr2IwKKn62tezjwY?si=bVw-oTGETAutNZNwnPWSBg 🍎 On Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/vocalise-op-34-no-14-transc-for-piano-by-earl-wild/1731927000?i=1731927001 🟥 On YouTube Music https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FxFVPm-VOWQ&si=ttHA4IvylDTjY9eS

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On Love....Meeting the Moment...and Collaboration... https://www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/embraceable-you

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Take 4 minutes for an “Embraceable” moment... Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang

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✨ 🎶 Share a moment with “Embraceable You”

🎧 https://open.spotify.com/track/2zwBtHMvQ78fWlEKfDkbv2?si=60e010d619e34fca Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang

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Spend a moment or two with “Embraceable You” https://www.johnmcarthurpiano.com/pages/embraceable-you Illustration by Xiao Hua Yang

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