http://johnbraheny.com/stefan-szemler%e2%80%99s-stradivarius-and-me/ Expert songwriting advice for songwriters and bands. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://skyrocket.me/?v=3.0.1 http://johnbraheny.com/stefan-szemler%e2%80%99s-stradivarius-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Suzanne McLaughlin Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:20:22 +0000 http://stormpro.nickdaugherty.com/?p=9#comment-604 Well, the anti-spam word to contact you was happiness, so I guess that's fairly appropriate, Johnny. Thanks for the post. It's nice to hear from family even in a round-about way. I spoke with Henrik tonight. I also took a peek at Peter's My Space page and saw him playing the guitar and singing. What a blast. Hope you are well and happy, too. Much love. Well, the anti-spam word to contact you was happiness, so I guess that’s fairly appropriate, Johnny. Thanks for the post. It’s nice to hear from family even in a round-about way. I spoke with Henrik tonight. I also took a peek at Peter’s My Space page and saw him playing the guitar and singing. What a blast. Hope you are well and happy, too. Much love.

]]> http://johnbraheny.com/stefan-szemler%e2%80%99s-stradivarius-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Shirley Allen (Zoernig) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:33:40 +0000 http://stormpro.nickdaugherty.com/?p=9#comment-424 My son, Kevin Zoernig, studied piano with Stefan Szemler from 1963 (he was 5 years old) until about 1968. The only reasoon he changed teachers wasa that we moved acros town, and there were, by that time many children, and getting to Szemler's house was a problem, so we got a teacher in the neighborhood, and he could walk to his lessons. Mr. Szemler was very fond of Kevin, and Kevin was a good student. He is now a teacher, composer, and performer, but in the jazz field, which Mr. Szemler would not appreciate. He gave Kevin an exxcellent foundation. Imagine a 5-year old with that bear of a man! My next son, Lawrence also took some lessons, but unfortunately, Mr. Szemler kept saying "why can't you be like your brother?" Lawrence switched to cello when he was 9, and is now a professional cellist. My son, Kevin Zoernig, studied piano with Stefan Szemler from 1963 (he was 5 years old) until about 1968. The only reasoon he changed teachers wasa that we moved acros town, and there were, by that time many children, and getting to Szemler’s house was a problem, so we got a teacher in the neighborhood, and he could walk to his lessons. Mr. Szemler was very fond of Kevin, and Kevin was a good student. He is now a teacher, composer, and performer, but in the jazz field, which Mr. Szemler would not appreciate. He gave Kevin an exxcellent foundation. Imagine a 5-year old with that bear of a man! My next son, Lawrence also took some lessons, but unfortunately, Mr. Szemler kept saying “why can’t you be like your brother?” Lawrence switched to cello when he was 9, and is now a professional cellist.

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