A homecoming:
After two years in California, Keith has returned to his favorite city and state: Santa Fe, New Mexico. “Sorry California — you are an amazing and wondrous place, but for me, nothing beats Santa Fe as a place to live in America.” Bath, England still steals him away part of the year. “A perfect contrast for me. In a certain way, two sides of the same coin. Santa Fe and Bath are both small cities of extraordinary beauty, with a rich cosmopolitan & cultured life.”
Previously, on News:
A review of Keith’s October 22, 2010, concert in Bath is HERE.
Keith and violinist Matt Mazzei have recorded a YouTube video in which they perform Somewhere Over the Rainbow, arranged for violin and piano left hand by Kathleen Ryan. Their performance, made in support of the Rainbow Delegation, can be enjoyed right here.
Keith will perform the world premiere of Without a Trace, composed for him by English composer Beverley Flanagan, on October 22, 2010, in a recital at the Kingswood School, Bath, England. Without a Trace is a four-movement work for piano left hand alone, which blends together Native American and Taoist beliefs. Program notes for Without a Trace can be downloaded here.
July 2010 saw the release of two new books by Keith: Beginning Piano Multi-Key Reading and Beginning Piano Christmas Songs. Great choices for more mature beginners!
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 Teaching 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 Programfrom 24 June to 18 July, 2009, at theBoston 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 IIby William Shakespeare
