Six-year-old Elliott sat down at the piano and started improvising when she arrived for her lesson yesterday. She was doing it so musically, I suggested we turn on the camera and make up a duet together. "Use black keys," I told her. Later, I notated the...

“Why is there an army of minions in your piano studio?” No one has actually asked the question, but I see parents looking at all the minions (14, at last count), and I know what they’re thinking. We were preparing for a recital, and I had put lots of...