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Welcome to the
Piano Project!
A platform for the teaching and ideas of pianist, teacher, and composer, Joe Bloom.
The map to a deeper connection in your musical life.
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Music is more than entertainment, it carries the performer and listener beyond the structures of time, and classical music immerses us in the genius of some of humanity’s greatest minds, and makes them part of our own experience.
“A truly cultured and sensitive artist” – Henryk Szeryng (violin virtuoso)
“Joe has taught music theory and piano to my daughter since she was eight-years old. With great skill, infinite patience, and generous emotional support, Joe has developed the skills of a reticent beginner into that of a blossoming Musician.”
Who It’s For
Professional Pianists and Musicians • Teachers • Students of any Level
How It Benefits You
- Overcome obstacles to your playing.
- Receive step-by step-procedures of getting from an idea to a detailed end result.
- Gain an understanding of the body’s role in performing.
- Hear what you’re producing and what’s really happening in the music.
- Learn to evoke, sublimate, and control emotions for optimum performance.
How To Use The Site
- Explore the Video Collection to eavesdrop on lessons in which real students work on real issues in real time.
- Check out Joe’s Blog to get more insight on specific issues, ranging from body tension to Joe’s insights on the best recorded performances.
About Joe
Joe Bloom embodies a unique understanding of the deepest traditions of Western Classical Music. His background, his own pianistic gifts, and a lifetime of teaching, performing, and accumulating tens of thousands of pages of notes on piano technique and musicality has made Joe a true virtuoso as a pianist and teacher.
“His ability to get results with students at all levels is truly amazing; he is universally loved” (Norman Derby, Dean, Bennington College)
“His breadth and depth of music and performance skills is phenomenal. His patient persistence brings out the best in us – gives us confidence where there may be too little, and stretches our limits. He never settles for less when he knows he can get more, doing it gently and with kindness.” (Dr. Margaret Harrington)
Latest From the Blog
Joe Bloom
A.B.’s Lesson 4/8/21
April 18,2021
A.B.’s lesson 4/8/21
Some comments on Bach’s Prelude in C Major from the Second Book of the Well-Tempered Klavier.
Read MoreFinger Evennes For A Younger Student In “Dr. Gradus… (Debussy)
April 16,2021
L.I’s LESSON ON 4/10/21
I don’t usually focus on the fingers in my approach to piano playing, except to use them naturally without tension. I will focus on them today, but I hope the reader takes it in proportion with the importance of all the moving parts of the piano playing mechanism.
Read MoreHow I Wish Note Reading Could Be Taught
April 10,2021
This morning, between 5 and 6 AM, I awoke from some pretty strong dreams, and just lay in bed, eyes open, but in a way, I was perhaps dreaming. I was getting, unbidden, scattered visions of how to teach my eight year old student C.P. who is having prolonged difficulties learning to read music notation.
It is now evening and I present these incomplete and disordered recollections of what came to me earlier in the day. The basic premise is that I imagined a video animation. During it, one sees a changing tapestry made up of the primitive ‘shapes’ that go into the making of standard music notation.
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