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Harmony begins in the Soul, Long before the first note is Played
Forward by Lee StrasburgThere are many approaches to piano theory. They range from the simple technique of reading music and touching the keys, to playing-by-ear, but few have taken the inner path that begins in the soul.
Mildred Portney Chase merged her piano lessons with the discipline of mindful Buddhist practice and created an experience that evokes not just music for the pleasure of the listener, but a journey that leads the student to a world of calm and peacefulness flowing from the soul out into the universe . . . ever-evolving day-by-day within the heart of the student.
About the author
MILDRED PORTNEY CHASE (19211991) was an international
concert pianist, teacher, author, wife, mother, and grandmother.
She first began to play the piano by ear before she could
speak. After growing up in Los Angeles, Mildred was granted a
four-year fellowship to Juilliard, where she studied with famed
Russian pianist and piano teacher, Josef Lhevinne. Back in Los
Angeles, she performed with Peter Yates in his "Evenings on
the Roof" concert series, then taught piano at the Los Angeles
Conservatory and at the University of Southern California
Graduate School of Music. She studied Eastern philosophy and
culture which influenced much of her peaceful techniques,
practices and theories.
