Here are over 50 music-theme gift ideas from a professional pianist who has been in the music biz for years. Dr. Duane Hulbert has received his share of music themed shirts and ties. Here are some of the gifts he's given, received, or thinks looks fun. (It starts with his very own 4-volume CD.) Included are some gifts for young kids, beginning musicians, advanced musicians and music aficionados. He's hoping to get #12 this Christmas. If you have other gift ideas, write them below. (Most of these gifts can be found on Amazon.)
1) Glazunov Complete 4 volume set / glazunov-complete-work...
2) A Music themed apron and oven mitt set (0:48)
3) A T-shirt-88 keys, 10 fingers, no problem
4) A T-shirt that says “What part of Bach's Brandenburg concerto don’t you understand?
5) A tie with a music theme but kinda classy (1:07)
6) A tie with a bold piano theme
7) Piano fingerless mittens
8) Music theme PJ bottoms (1:21)
9) A T-shirt with Peanuts character Schroeder playing piano
10) An old fashion, wind-up metronome
11) A digital metronome (this also provides tuning)
12) A Samsung washing machine (when the cycle ends, it plays Schubert’s The Trout (1:40)
13) A Mozart Magic® Cube Music Toy for Baby and Toddler (1:55)
14) Tubby the Tuba CD and book
15) Lego Jazz Quartet (2:14)
16) A variety of musical instruments for young kids, a 27 Pack Eco-Friendly Wooden Music Set Gift Set for Preschoolers,
17) A ukulele
18) An electronic keyboard (2:37)
19) Note stickers to identify notes on piano. Handy for kids to learn the notes.
20) Guitar: Orangewood Victoria Grand Concert Acoustic Guitar (3:01)
22) Music box wooden piano puzzle.
23)Musical spoons and Wooden musical spoons For percussive fun.
24) Lives of the Musicians (Good Times, Bad Times and What the Neighbors Thought) (3:33)
25) A 1000 piece puzzle, of orchestra instruments
26) 1000 piece puzzle of a Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor.
27) A musical welcome mat.
28) A subscription to IMSLP
29) A subscription to Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall (4:15)
30) Met on Demand subscription (4:22)
31) Upgrade your Spotify account
32) Subscription to Symphony.live It is a streaming video platform featuring famous symphonies (4:37)
33) Subscription to PBS Passport PBS Passport
34) Symphony tickets (your local orchestra or university orchestra)
34) Books! Oliver Sach’s Musicophilia” (5:12)
35) “The Inner Game of Music
36) . “Famous Father Girl” by Jaimie Bernstein This is a memoir by Leonard Bernstein’s daughter about life with her complicated, talented father.
37) “Experiencing Beethoven” by Geoffrey Block. .(5:47)
38) Music theme steering wheel cover
39) Musical instruments. I’ve bought several from ShopGoodWill (an ebay-like bidding site that benefits Goodwill). (6:10)
40) PageFlip Firefly Premium Bluetooth/USB Page Turner Pedal Allows hands-free reading on iPads, Android tablets, and all computers (6:45)
40) Content Creator kit or any good recording equipment. This includes a Canon M50 camera which is what we use to record these videos. .(6:55)
41) Dixon Ticonderoga pencil, a three-sided pencil with a good eraser
42) Year of Wonder book. This introduces readers to one piece of music each day of the year,
43) Classical Music Lover’s Academic Planner it's an organizer, daily agenda keeper, and planner with inspirational classical music quotes for every month.
44) New Skin
45 ) Busts of famous composers (often given to piano students as a reward)
46). Free! Listen to Bach’s Coffee Cantata by the Netherlands Bach Society. Fun! • Bach - Ei! Wie schmeck...
47) Music lessons, either from a local teacher or on Fiverr Fiverr is an online marketplace for freelance services. It connects freelancers to people looking to hire. There are teachers of all sorts of instruments from all over the world. (8:06)
48)Finale Music notation software program.
(49) Ear plugs (parents who have musicians practicing in the house, or musicians who play in front of loud instruments)
50) Beethoven Clock (8:27)
51) A piano!
52) Glazunov recording (again) My four volume set is on iTunes.
Happy Holidays!
Dr. Hulbert received his BA and MM from The Juilliard School of Music and his DMA from The Manhattan School of Music. Hulbert received the Gold Medal at the 1980 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and also won prizes in the 1981 Leeds Competition and 1985 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition. He has performed as a soloist with symphonies across the United States and has given recitals at Merkin Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Benaroya Hall in Seattle. In 2002, his recording of the piano works of Alexander Glazunov was nominated for a Grammy Award. Dr. Hulbert taught at the university level for over thirty years.
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