Where do I begin? As a music major there are many aspects of studying music besides just knowing how to play your instrument. Everyone has their weaknesses in their own studies, and mine, you ask? Is learning about the major classical composers and their piano works.

Upon taking the required music history class, I feel it had helped me considerably to gain a basic introduction of classical repertoire, but I would really like to take the time to understand and know it completely. It's hard to learn something so broad within a 14 week period, therefore, I have started this blog as a continuing education for myself.

I've seen countless students who are studying music and embarrassingly enough, they have no idea of what the basic classical piano works are, let alone the major composers. I'm sure their instructors have given them suggestions as to which piece they would like their student to learn, but I have to tell you, I can sometimes go to a recital and I hear the same works over and over again. I'm sure there are more composers and piano works out there, don't you think?

I'm sure from listening to the radio, watching movies, attending symphonies or concerts, I have probably heard pieces that are a part of the basic repertoire list, but I couldn't tell you what they are. I want to develop and refine my musical knowledge. It's important. Especially working in a music store with strictly piano music, I would love to be able to offer a suggestion of different works that maybe someone hasn't heard before.

We all know, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, the "basics" but there are so many more influential composers and my goal is to learn about them. By any means, I am just a novice, trying to learn, and I feel by blogging about it, I can retain this knowledge a little bit easier.

So here I go, wish me luck. Ü