The Piano Podcast HD with Mario Ajero
Summary: Dr. Mario Ajero hosts The Piano Podcast in HD, an internet TV show and podcast devoted to pianists and piano pedagogy. Episodes include lessons in both classical and popular music, performances, and interviews with other people within the piano industry. Mario Ajero is Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Coordinator of Class Piano at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in Music Education with a concentration in Piano Pedagogy at the University of Oklahoma and is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM) through MTNA (Music Teachers National Association). His other degrees are from Temple University in Philadelphia.
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We got the opportunity to test drive one of the brand new orchestra accompaniments from TimeWarp Technologies on Home Concert Xtreme. This is the first movement of the Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414 played by my son Antonio "Nio" Ajero. The MIDI file is optimized to be used with the Garritan Personal Orchestra as the tone generator. You can learn more about this technology at: http://www.timewarptech.com
Let It Go from Disney's Frozen arranged for piano by Mona Rejino from Popular Piano Solos for All Methods, Book 5, 2nd edition published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. My 5-year-old daughter broke her left arm. So I helped out playing the left hand part while she played the right hand. The look on her face at the end of the song is why I love teaching piano!
With help from the Yamaha Disklavier Piano, 5-year-old Olivia Ajero plays "Snowcrystals" by Jennifer Linn from the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Piano Solos Book 5.
My 5-year old daughter fractured a bone in her arm. In this video, we show how we work around the injury to continue practicing piano including using MIDI accompaniments played through the iPad.
Antonio "Nio" Ajero performs the Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29 by Frédéric Chopin at the 2014 SMU Institute for Young Pianists in Dallas, TX. Nio won 1st prize in their piano competition for students in grades 4-6.
Innocence Op. 100, No. 5 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller 2014: Olivia Ajero, pianist (age 5)2010: Nio Ajero, pianist (age 6) with Olivia Ajero (age 2) MIDI accompaniment played on Home Concert Xtreme for iPad
How to import sheet music into your iPad using the built-in camera, the JotNot Pro scanner app, and ForScore music reader app.
Please vote for Antonio "Nio" Ajero's Mozart Piano Sonata video by April 30 in the International Video Upload Piano Competition (Classical Category Age 9 and under): http://goo.gl/uzfx2Q
My son, Antonio "Nio" Ajero is using the Anytune Pro+ app for iPad to rehearse his piano part for "Let It Go" from Frozen. He's also playing this on a Yamaha NU1 Hybrid Piano. Nio will play this with a REAL orchestra at the end of this month! This version was arranged by Larry Moore and is published by the Hal Leonard Orchestra division.
Tutorial on how to play the piano introduction to "Let It Go" from the Disney motion picture "Frozen" on piano. Learn the rest of the song by going to my Helpouts by Google listing, "Learning to Play Piano" at http://helpouts.google.com/+MarioAjero
Twelve Days of Christmas arranged by Mona Rejino performed on piano by Olivia Ajero with MIDI accompaniment in Synthesia for iPad and Mario and Antonio "Nio" Ajero singing. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Ajero Family!
Olivia and Antonio "Nio" Ajero perform Christmas Piano music for the SFA Music Prep recital at the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music. Pieces include "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" and "Up on the Housetop".
Cover of Just Give Me a Reason (Pink feat. Nate Ruess) by 4-year-old Olivia and 8-year-old Nio Ajero. Performance for Centre of Musical Minds in Frisco, Texas: http://www.centreformusicalminds.org
"Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink and Nate Ruess from fun. Video tutorial on how to play the piano part to the intro.
I explain how to play some basic chords often used in piano music and what it means when there is a slash symbol in it.
