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Perhaps the most important thing for a church pianist to learn and master is the ability to improvise. When you are learning to play the piano, you are taught to read notes, then phrases, and then entire songs. Everything you need to know is written down on the music in front of you. You simply…

Music directors are as diverse as pianists. They all have differing abilities and talents (or lack thereof) 😉 and working with a director can be one of the most difficult parts of being a pianist.  Almost every pianist is trained classically first. There simply aren’t programs that are designed strictly for “church music.” And honestly,…