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No European Tour But Fairfield Choir Draws Thousands As It Calms With 'Troubled Waters' No European Tour But Fairfield Choir Draws Thousands As It Calms With 'Troubled Waters'
No European Tour But Fairfield Choir Draws Thousands As It Calms With 'Troubled Waters' Dates at European concert halls may be canceled, but a calming "Bridge Over Troubled Water" virtual performance by Fairfield County Children's Choir posted on Facebook drew 17,000 views so far. The moving cadence of young voices singing Paul Simon's lyrics as "When evening falls so hard. I will comfort you. I'll take your part, oh, when darkness comes" is perfect in these unsettled times. The video has a message of comfort and celebrates the power of children singing separately, but together.  The virtual video came months since the novel coronavirus …

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11-Year-Old Classical Pianist From Fairfield County Says Music Takes Him To 'Different World' 11-Year-Old Classical Pianist From Fairfield County Says Music Takes Him To 'Different World'
11-Year-Old Classical Pianist From Fairfield County Says Music Takes Him To 'Different World' Beethoven. Chopin. Haydn. Mozart.  Eleven-year-old Fairfield County pianist Cary Wang of New Canaan has a musical repertoire so long that when you get to the end, you've forgotten where you started.  Cary made his piano debut at the age of six with Claude Debussy's Le Petit Nègre at Carnegie Hall in December 2015 and hasn't looked back.  He's gone on to win first prize in national and international piano competitions, and, in December 2018, he won a competitive Manhattan School of Music Annual Concerto Competition — the youngest performer in the 10-to-13-year-old age group — w…

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Connecticut Piano Teacher Takes Holistic Approach In Lessons Connecticut Piano Teacher Takes Holistic Approach In Lessons
Connecticut Piano Teacher Takes Holistic Approach In Lessons Is your child a prodigy or just a kid who loves playing the piano? We asked talent development and strategic planning expert, Felicia Feng Zhang, to break it down for parents. Zhang has been teaching piano for 30 years in both China and the United States. After an extensive career in music education, Pedagogical practitioner, she developed her own unique teaching methods and founded All Talent Academy with locations in Greenwich and Southbury. Her students have won Numeral international level competitions and played Carnegie Hall. Zhang is a National Certified piano teacher from National…

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by Donna Christopher