On April 8, 2008, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented Brubeck with a “Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy” for offering an American “vision of hope, opportunity and freedom” through his music. “As a little girl I grew up on the sounds of Dave Brubeck because my dad was your biggest fan,” said Rice. The State Department said in a statement that “as a pianist, composer, cultural emissary and educator, Dave Brubeck’s life’s work exemplifies the best of America’s cultural diplomacy.” At the ceremony Brubeck played a brief recital for the audience at the State Department. “I want to thank all of you because this honor is something that I never expected. Now I am going to play a cold piano with cold hands,” Brubeck stated.

How to Learn The Piano Part

Think of the days just before the world-wide web when people actually had to visit a store to find their common keyboard music tunes. Now you have printable written music downloaded from cyberspace that saves your day. For those, that didn`t like getting music (ahem, students) these people usually had to beg a friend or colleague to photocopy it from them.