Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Auld Lang Syne for piano and iPad

6-year-old pianist Olivia Ajero plays an arrangement of "Auld Lang Syne" by Phillip Keveren from "More Christmas Piano Solos Level 5" published by Hal Leonard. She plays with MIDI accompaniment powered by Home Concert Xtreme by Timewarp Technologies.

Happy New Year from the Ajero Family!

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

6-year-old Olivia Ajero plays this jazzy piano arrangement of "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" by Phillip Keveren from "More Christmas Piano Solos for All Piano Methods Level 4" from the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. She is playing with the digital audio accompaniment that comes from the enhanced CD that comes with the book: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/more-christmas-piano-solos-level-4-sheet-music/19496242?aff_id=198335

The iPad app that she is using is AnyTune Pro+:
http://www.anytune.us

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Somewhere In My Memory from Home Alone for piano

Somewhere In My Memory from the motion picture Home Alone performed on piano by 6-year-old Olivia Ajero. Composed by John Williams, this arrangement by Mona Rejino comes from "More Christmas Piano Solos Level 5" published by Hal Leonard. The enhanced CD comes with digital audio and MIDI accompaniments. Learn more at: http://www.halleonard.com/piano Olivia is playing with the MIDI accompaniment program Home Concert Xtreme. You can learn more about it at: http://www.timewarptech.com

Friday, December 19, 2014

Chopin Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29

Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29 by Frédéric Chopin performed by 10-year-old pianist, Antonio "Nio" Ajero.

Recorded live at Cole Concert Hall at Stephen F. Austin State University on October 24, 2014.

View the entire recital at: http://youtu.be/Oj3AoTNOE64

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.

Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. posth. by Frédéric Chopin performed by 10-year-old pianist, Antonio "Nio" Ajero.

Recorded live at Cole Concert Hall at Stephen F. Austin State University on October 24, 2014.

View the entire recital at:
http://youtu.be/Oj3AoTNOE64

Monday, December 8, 2014

Debussy Arabesque No. 1

Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy performed by 10-year-old pianist, Antonio "Nio" Ajero.

Recorded live at Cole Concert Hall at Stephen F. Austin State University on October 24, 2014.

View the entire recital at:
http://youtu.be/Oj3AoTNOE64

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414 (Full)

Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed by 10-year-old pianist, Antonio "Nio" Ajero.

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro

Recorded live at Cole Concert Hall at Stephen F. Austin State University on October 24, 2014.

View the entire recital at:
http://youtu.be/Oj3AoTNOE64

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Fauré - Romance sans paroles, Op. 17, No. 3

10-year-old pianist, Antonio "Nio" Ajero performs Romance sans paroles (Song without Words), Op. 17, No. 3 by Gabriel Fauré.

Recorded live from his piano recital on Oct. 24, 2014 in Cole Concert Hall at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C Minor BWV 847 from WTC I

Prelude and Fugue in C Minor BWV 847 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 by J.S. Bach performed by 10-year-old pianist, Antonio "Nio" Ajero.

Recorded live at Cole Concert Hall at Stephen F. Austin State University on October 24, 2014.

View the entire recital at:
http://youtu.be/Oj3AoTNOE64

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Practicing Mozart Piano Concerto in HCX

We got the opportunity to test drive one of the brand new orchestra accompaniments from TimeWarp Technologies on Home Concert Xtreme. This is the first movement of the Mozart Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414 played by my son Antonio "Nio" Ajero. The MIDI file is optimized to be used with the Garritan Personal Orchestra as the tone generator. You can learn more about this technology at: http://www.timewarptech.com

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Let It Go piano

Let It Go from Disney's Frozen arranged for piano by Mona Rejino from Popular Piano Solos for All Methods, Book 5, 2nd edition published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. My 5-year-old daughter broke her left arm. So I helped out playing the left hand part while she played the right hand. The look on her face at the end of the song is why I love teaching piano!

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Snowcrystals by Jennifer Linn

With help from the Yamaha Disklavier Piano, 5-year-old Olivia Ajero plays "Snowcrystals" by Jennifer Linn from the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Piano Solos Book 5.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Practicing Piano with an Injured Arm

My 5-year old daughter fractured a bone in her arm. In this video, we show how we work around the injury to continue practicing piano including using MIDI accompaniments played through the iPad.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Chopin Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29

Antonio "Nio" Ajero performs the Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29 by Frédéric Chopin at the 2014 SMU Institute for Young Pianists in Dallas, TX. Nio won 1st prize in their piano competition for students in grades 4-6.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Innocence at the Piano

Innocence Op. 100, No. 5 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller

2014: Olivia Ajero, pianist (age 5)
2010: Nio Ajero, pianist (age 6) with Olivia Ajero (age 2)

MIDI accompaniment played on Home Concert Xtreme for iPad

Monday, May 5, 2014

How to Import Sheet Music to Your iPad

How to import sheet music into your iPad using the built-in camera, the JotNot Pro scanner app, and ForScore music reader app.

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Vote for Antonio Ajero (Mozart) by April 30

Please vote for Antonio "Nio" Ajero's Mozart Piano Sonata video by April 30 in the International Video Upload Piano Competition (Classical Category Age 9 and under): http://goo.gl/uzfx2Q

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Let It Go from Frozen piano cover with orchestra

My son, Antonio "Nio" Ajero is using the Anytune Pro+ app for iPad to rehearse his piano part for "Let It Go" from Frozen. He's also playing this on a Yamaha NU1 Hybrid Piano. Nio will play this with a REAL orchestra at the end of this month! This version was arranged by Larry Moore and is published by the Hal Leonard Orchestra division.

Friday, March 7, 2014

How to play Let It Go from Frozen on piano

Tutorial on how to play the piano introduction to "Let It Go" from the Disney motion picture "Frozen" on piano.

Learn the rest of the song by going to my Helpouts by Google listing, "Learning to Play Piano" at http://helpouts.google.com/+MarioAjero