Keith has moved! As of April 1, Keith officially changed his US residence to Reedley, California, to share a home with his partner. Located in the Central Valley of California, Reedley has breathtaking views of the Sierra's and his home to acres upon acres of beautiful peach trees farms.
Check out the Reedley River City Theatre for information on local theater in Reedley. And, if you want to come visit, there is a fantastic B & B, Hotel Burgess.
Keith’s new series of Beginning Books: Beginning Piano Repertoire, Beginning Piano Technic, and Beginning Piano Theory, is being released this month. These new books are written especially for mature beginners.
New Yahoo Group: Piano Teching with Keith Snell. In this group, piano teachers will have the opportunity to ask Keith Snell questions about teaching piano, and about using his books. Teachers in this group will also be able to share ideas with each other. This group will be of particular interest for teachers who value a curriculum based on repertoire by the master composers, and who want to introduce this literature in the earliest years of piano lessons.
Keith was profiled in the December 18, 2008, edition of the Bath Chronicle. Click here to read the article.
Keith will premiere Verbs, Book 2, by Mountainair, New Mexico composer Kathleen Ryan, at the state conference of the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico (PMTNM), on Friday, November 14. The performance will take place at 7 pm at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3700 Canyon Road, Los Alamos. Admission at the door is $10. Press Release.
Keith will be assistant teacher to Maria Clodes in the BUTI Young Artists Piano Program from 24 June to 18 July, 2009, at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Lenox, MA.
New series in print (February 08):
from the 17th, 18th, & 19th Centuries
Preparatory - Level Ten
Selected and Edited by Keith Snell
Keith began working on this collection of graded piano music a year and a half ago. It is a "best of the best" series based on his popular Piano Repertoire series which was released ten years ago. One book at each level, rather than three, and a CD (Diane Hidy, piano) is included in each book.
Keith was profiled in the April 25, 2008, edition of Pasatiempo, published by the Santa Fe New Mexican. Click here (PDF) to read the article by Craig Smith.
"How sour sweet music is
when time is broke and no proportion kept"
Richard II by William Shakespeare
