Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor - mvt. 1

Amy Cheng, pianist, and Gene Moon, Director of the Orchestra of the Pines, present the first movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

Amy Cheng & Gene Moon Interview

I interview Amy Cheng, pianist and Gene Moon, Director of the Orchestra of the Pines about the upcoming video podcast of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor.

Amy Cheng holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Yale University School of Music. She has studied extensively with Claude Frank and Wha-Kyung Byun and performed in master classes with Emmanuel Ax, Boris Berman, Leon Fleisher, Murray Perahia, Gary Graffman and Mischa Dichter.

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Back to Basics - Minor Triads and Last Christmas

As a follow up to the last online lesson on Major 5-finger patterns and chords, I go over how to change any major triad to a minor triad. Then we apply that knowledge to play "Last Christmas". The song was composed by George Michael and performed by Wham! The arrangement that I teach is based off a remake done by the band, Jimmy Eat World.

Click this iTunes button to buy the Jimmy Eat World version of "Last Christmas".

If you want to buy the sheet music for the Wham! version of "Last Christmas" from musicnotes.com, follow this link:

George Michael - Last Christmas - Sheet Music (Digital Download)