Send a text 🎹 Welcome to 2025 with the Piano Ninja Tricks Podcast! 🎉  In this special 51st episode, Lisa Spector introduces her new four-legged companion, Sundance, a 17-month-old career-change dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind. Sundance is already learning the art of settling during piano practice! 🐾 Lisa dives into essential strategies for setting achievable, measurable, and specific goals for the new year and discusses how habit-building is the key to success. Learn about the free checklis...

Two Things I Never Look at in a Music Score—and Why You Shouldn’t Either

The Piano Ninja Tricks Podcast is the show for adult classical pianists wanting to play the classical music of their dreams with joy and ease.&nbsp;Meet your host, Juilliard alum and Piano Ninja, Lisa Spector. She's sharing her treasured tricks honed through years of study with legendary mentors Earl Wild, Leon Fleisher, John Perry and Lillian Kallir.&nbsp;But here's the remarkable part: Lisa's journey to piano mastery was interrupted after an unexpected fall led to seven complicated right-hand fractures, resulting in four surgeries over several years and a medical professional telling her she'd never play piano again.&nbsp; Her resilience and unique insights will inspire you.If you're a classical pianist yearning to practice less and play more, you've found your musical oasis.&nbsp;Dropped every Thursday. Season 2 starts October 24, 2024.&nbsp;Tune in, and you'll soon discover your inner Piano Ninja!