The Year’s Cadence closes out the regular podcast episodes of 2025 with a moment of musical reflection and quiet anticipation. Framed by the musical idea of a cadence—a place of repose that also hints at what comes next—this episode explores four piano pieces by different composers that mirror the emotional arc of the year’s end.

This episode is both a practical repertoire guide and a moment of gratitude—for the steady, patient work teachers do each week and the lasting impact it has on young musicians as they step into a new year.

Reflections, by Dennis Alexander

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Remembrance, by Maria Mifsud

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Reminiscence, by Edwin McLean

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A New Beginning, by Kevin Costley

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