Sentences with phrase «piano at my mother»

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Whether standing over the piano mercilessly coaxing a budding prodigy or arguing at the kitchen table over how many green beans are enough, these mothers gave their kids something to live for, strive for, react against; struggle with and grow away from.

Beginning piano lessons at age five, first with his mother, then with a demonically pedantic choir director, he would soon be playing Beethoven sonatas handily.

Women swooned (my mother Corazon included), especially when he sang at the piano.

Her mother was a piano accompanist for dancer Ruth St. Denis; Maxwell traveled with her as a child, and at age three made her first stage appearance in a dance number.

If your eighth grader gives a piano recital at Carnegie Hall, does that accomplishment justify the 6 — 10 hours of practice daily with a mother who says things like «Oh my God, you're just getting worse and worse»?