Loretta Pritchard
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
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Loretta Pritchard
May 302 min read
A Diamond Day at Ellis Piano
It was another "things to wake you up on the job" moment for me today at Ellis Piano when this very sweet, humble lady came back to the...
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Loretta Pritchard
Apr 81 min read
My Oldest Friend
“My Oldest Friend” is probably not the title my dear friend, Eleanor Trafton, would want to proclaim, but I enjoy telling everyone that,...
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Loretta Pritchard
Mar 271 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...
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Loretta Pritchard
Feb 151 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...
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Loretta Pritchard
Oct 20, 20232 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...
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Loretta Pritchard
Aug 9, 20232 min read
It's A Miracle
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...
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Loretta Pritchard
Mar 1, 20231 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...
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Loretta Pritchard
Feb 22, 20221 min read
Black History Month - DeFord Bailey
In recognition of Black History Month, I have to target Music History in this category. This photo was taken March 15, 1975, backstage at...
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Loretta Pritchard
Jul 10, 20211 min read
"My Last Night to Cry"
The theme of this song, written by my Dad in 1959, is a universal one: someone is crying over a broken heart. EVERYONE has had a broken...
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Loretta Pritchard
May 10, 20211 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...
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Loretta Pritchard
Aug 13, 20205 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
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Loretta Pritchard
Jun 5, 20203 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
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Loretta Pritchard
Oct 25, 20192 min read
To Tell or Not To Tell - Waiting On God's Timing
To tell or not to tell – that was the question I had been asking myself for several weeks. Someone I was concerned about was having some...
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Loretta Pritchard
May 24, 20198 min read
When the Planets Line Up
Recently, Dr. Jovanni-Rey de Pedro, Assistant Professor of Piano and Pedagogy at Samford University here in Birmingham, stumbled on to my...
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Loretta Pritchard
Apr 16, 20194 min read
Awrecknophobia
Driving home from work one night recently, Michael Jackson's song, "You Are Not Alone," comes on the radio, and almost on cue, a spider...
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Loretta Pritchard
Dec 12, 20182 min read
All About "Jingle Bells"
The Christmas song of ALL Christmas songs was never intended to be for the Yuletide season. Jingle Bells, written in 1857 by James Lord...
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Loretta Pritchard
Oct 25, 20182 min read
Ravel's "Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte" (Pavane for a Dead Princess) It’s Not What Y
“I have written a pavane for a dead princess, not a dead pavane for a princess.” Ravel did not mean for this statement about his lovely,...
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Loretta Pritchard
May 22, 20183 min read
The Power of Music: The Story Behind "God Bless America"
Music can be a powerful force. Did you know that the beloved patriotic song, “God Bless America,” was influential enough to unify even...
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Loretta Pritchard
May 16, 20182 min read
The Power of Music: How a Piano Saved A Pharmacist
Kristin Kennamer had been an unhappy student in Pharmacy School at Samford University for only a short time when she decided that...
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