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My grandma talks about the time her and her family moved a piano down South street.

I talked to Nana about her childhood and her being raised with four brothers! She talked about setting examples for her brothers and the students she taught being a Sunday School teacher and a piano teacher. We talked about her...

Jim Cunningham, Born 1933 is a man of many professions. When Lucas Grey joined by his Uncle Jim Cunningham sat down at a piano for an interview. Jim Cunningham grew up in the small town of Belpre Ohio, and was...

[Recorded: Friday, September 22nd, 2023] Jess Haykov (19) from Hollywood, Florida, and Julia McCormack (19) from Silver Spring, Maryland participated in this One Small Step conversation as part of their Public Service Pathways 1-credit UNST course at UVA. Julia shares...

Edith discusses her 101 year life, highlighting music, including her time spent at Juilliard School and Columbia University. She also discusses her family; both while growing up and the family she started with her husband John. She also mentions how...

Marc Cary talks with Nickel Five about jazz, hip hop, travel, his inspirations, and more...

Reviews what she's learned from playing the piano

A little bit about my grandma’s history even things I didn’t know.

Joe at the piano

From piano to orchards to little sales in front of the house, the life of Annette has been nothing short of amazing.

Charles King feels that he has led a good life. He feels fortunate to have obtained a good education, have a successful career as a jazz pianist, and now has the opportunity to teach piano to kids.

Oleg Levin and Ivan Konev have been playing repertoire for two pianos together for ten years. They both teach piano at the Saint Paul Conservatory of Music and came together as part of the conservatory's Story Initiative to share stories...

My great grandfather found a sleigh bell in the early 1900s and had a lot of good old fashioned fun that winter.

Joe, age 82, at the piano.

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In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Simpsonville, South Carolina, Nate Sanders (13) interviews his grandmother Laura Malone (70) about her childhood in Alabama. Mrs. Malone shares stories of how she met her husband Grover Malone. She also talks...

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My piano teacher, Janet Kaminsky, talks to me, Eileen Hsu (13) about her childhood and life as a musician.

During this interview, November 21, 2017 in Simpsonville, former piano teacher, Kate Echaniz talks about how different her childhood was than today. Ms. Echaniz also talks about her passion, piano. She also shares stories about how much more safe it...

In this interview, conducted in December 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Matthew Palmer (17) interviews his father John Palmer (54) about his childhood, teenage, and college years. John tells about Christmas with his mother. He also shares what his first...

My mom talks about the role education played in her life growing up and what it’s like going back to school now

This interview of John was recorded at friendship village in Kalamazoo michigan

In interviewing my sister Dayanara, she touched on things such as life experiences, hardships in terms of self harm, self actualization, the AP program, and everything else in between.

Interviewing a former student of McNally Smith College before it closed abruptly. The impact of college and influence of music are discussed as well as the connections and relationships related to college/music life.

This interview includes sisters Cadence (18) and Kynnedi (13). They discuss Kynnedi’s experiences learning and playing the piano.