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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


I'm Awake!
Things to wake you up on the job: When you answer the phone and the voice says, "Hi! I'm the keyboard technician for the rock band...
Loretta Pritchard
Feb 15, 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


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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