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Portlanders who frequent the South Park Blocks have likely noticed a piano outside the Portland Art Museum, beckoning passers-by with the words "Please Play Me!" Maybe when you passed by, someone was at the keys, fingering out an old familiar tune. If...

Google is celebrating the 151st anniversary of the birth of French composer Achille-Claude Debussy with an animated doodle set to one of his best-known pieces, Clair de lune (Moonlight). The doodle features a moonlit riverside scene which progresses...

A group of adults over the age of 50 at the University of Kentucky are learning ways to enhance their personal relationships and relieve anxiety all while advancing their skills on the piano. Through the new recreational outreach music making program...

Rochester sidewalks just got a little more musical thanks to Pianos for Peace, a new outdoor music installation. Starting this week, 10 pianos will be placed around the City of Rochester for free and public use. Taking music beyond the concert hall...

From graphic designers to teachers, the diverse members of Amateur Pianists have one thing in common: their love of music. Based in North San Diego County, AmateurPianists is a membership organization for amateur pianists of all professions who want...

TETHERED to electronics, we forget that for centuries individuals were expected to read, write and perform for one another, in the flesh. Music enjoyed a particularly intimate history. Until the 17th century, secular music was played solely within one's...