The following story was published in Stanford University’s “Lively Arts” Magazine following the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition because the university had engaged the Gold Medal winner for a recital in October of that year. It’s easy to get to piano heaven, just go to Fort Worth for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition….

The following is a handout provided to the students on the first day of class to my “Introduction to Music” course at Boise State University. These points derived from my studies in the philosophy of music for my Masters thesis in Communication, and gave them an approach and framework for “understanding classical.” …Music heard so…