Opus 38 Studio Blog written by Lisa Maresch One of the first questions I hear from new students is: “What piano should I buy?” The best instrument depends on your goals, your living space, and your budget. Here’s a simple guide to help you choose. My Recommendation For most Opus38 families living in San Francisco,…
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…
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…
Fri, Oct 14, 2022 7 PM Celebration Mary Artmann, cello and Lisa Maresch, piano celebrate Kaija Saariaho’s 70th birthday with her Im Trauma, plus Schumann’s Pieces in Folk Style and the famed Shostakovich Sonata. https://www.405shrader.com/
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…
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…
Reserve Your Seat in Advance. LIVE STREAMING AVAILABLE! The husband/wife team of Eugene Sor and Karen Shinozaki Sor is joined by Lisa Maresch, in a captivating piano trio program. 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 –…
Worldful of Pianos will focus on one of the most famous piano works ever written: Mozart’s Rondo alla turca. Five players selected in collaboration with the Lang Lang Foundation will perform two kaleidoscopic, five-piano arrangements of the piece (by Greg Anderson), filmed at the Steinway & Sons factory in New York City. They will then…
Join us for a digital livestream Spotlight Concert on Thursday, September 24 at 6 pm presented at The Space with Las Vegas Philharmonic’s Principal Flute, Christina Castellanos and guest pianist Lisa Maresch. “We need opposition in all things, else we cannot know joy from sorrow.” IAN CLARKE Deep Blue IAN CLARKE Orange Dawn STACY GARROP Phoenix Rising OTAR TAKTAKISHVILI Sonata for…
