Last Fall, Dan Fiorentino, Music Historian for NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants), came to Ellis Piano to interview owner/presid

Martha Mier is a world-renowned composer of educational piano music and needs no introduction to the piano pedagogy world.

“My Oldest Friend” is probably not the title my dear friend, Eleanor Trafton, would want to proclaim, but I enjoy telling everyone that,...

My Ellis Piano colleagues and I were waiting on the arrival of Dr. Henry Panion, Professor of Music and Director of the Music Technology...

In 1987, my hometown friend, Billy Heard, came to our family recording studio, "Studio Z," in Jackson's Gap, AL, and played us a great...

"The South . . . where tea is on ice and folks are nice!" Quote by Sean of the South . . . one reason I love the South AND my beloved...

"Your dad is such a sweet man." "Your dad is such a good man." "Your dad is such a Godly man." "Your dad is a remarkable man." "Your dad...

In recognition of Black History Month, I have to target Music History in this category. This photo was taken March 15, 1975, backstage at...

Concerning Groundhog Day . . . I hear that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today - that means 6 more weeks of winter. So, Dad tells me...

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...

It started out a few years ago as a call to get the morning obituaries, but the truth of the matter is, it was more about getting to talk wi

Imagine that you are a young composer in your early twenties, studying composition with a world- renowned composition teacher, who happens