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I've Gone Down . . . in history, that is . . .
Last Fall, Dan Fiorentino, Music Historian for NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants), came to Ellis Piano to interview owner/presid
Loretta Pritchard
Nov 4, 20242 min read


A Diamond Day at Ellis Piano
Martha Mier is a world-renowned composer of educational piano music and needs no introduction to the piano pedagogy world.
Loretta Pritchard
May 30, 20242 min read


Divinely Orchestrated
My Ellis Piano colleagues and I were waiting on the arrival of Dr. Henry Panion, Professor of Music and Director of the Music Technology...
Loretta Pritchard
Mar 27, 20241 min read


The Lonely Ghost Needs a Friend
A teacher came to purchase music today at Ellis Piano, where I am the Music Manager, and told me that she had a seven-year old boy...
Loretta Pritchard
Oct 20, 20232 min read


David Foster
I sat down recently on the job at Ellis Piano and played a Yamaha DCF6. I thought, Wow! This is the best Yamaha I have ever played! It...
Loretta Pritchard
Mar 1, 20231 min read


"The Beautiful Shores of Hawaii"
In 1959, the Dadeville High School Future Farmers of America Club commissioned my Dad to write a song for their club band to play in a...
Loretta Pritchard
May 10, 20211 min read


Imagine: Concerning Nadia Boulanger - My Interview with Eleanor Trafton
Imagine that you are a young composer in your early twenties, studying composition with a world- renowned composition teacher, who happens
Loretta Pritchard
Aug 13, 20205 min read


What Is It Like to Take Piano Lessons?
What is it like to take piano lessons? It is a whole new world! A world filled with a variety of things . . . excitement, adventure, enterta
Loretta Pritchard
Jun 5, 20203 min read
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