I'm giving a free performance on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at Rehearsal Studios NY and all are welcome. 

Rehearsal Studios NY
853 7th Avenue - Rear Lobby
New York, NY
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

I'm playing my program for this month's Piano Dedication at Hayner Cultural Center (Sunday January 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM in Troy, Ohio).

Schubert. Sonata in A Major, D. 664
Debussy. Estampes
Chopin. Barcarolle

This is Robert Rabinowitz (flute) and I performing his music back in our college days. I loved it at Arizona State and it was fun collaborating with Rob.

I'm performing at Steinway Hall in the Heinrich Steinway room on Saturday 1/7/2012 from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. It's free and all are welcome. I would love to see you, but seating is limited so if you wish to come please email me at jai@jeffryes.net.

Steinway Hall
109 West 57th St.
New York, NY
212-246-1100

The Heinrich Steinway Room is on the second floor. I'm playing my program for next month's Piano Dedication at Hayner Cultural Center (Sunday January 29, 2012 at 2:00 PM in Troy, Ohio).

Schubert. Sonata in A Major, D. 664
Debussy. Estampes
Chopin. Barcarolle

There is no such thing as a weak fourth finger. There is only poor leverage. If you are striving to strengthen your hand, I suggest strength isn't the problem. You could be giving yourself an unnecessary headache.

Go to Alan Fraser's Craft of Piano website and try this exercise invented by Franz Liszt: Bicycle Spokes Exercise.

The exercise is didactic in purpose. When you play,  you aren't going to leave your fingers immobile and you aren't going to activate them solely by moving your forearm. The intention here is to illustrate the solidity of playing on your skeleton by lining up the bones.

Give it a try,and if it helps you, I recommend Alan's books. (This is an unsolicited endorsement.)

The proof lies in how it works for you. For inspiration, check out Horowitz playing Scriabin in his concert in Moscow. Bless his heart, he's 83 and when he stands he's feeble. Not so, sitting at the piano! Formidable hand structure with skeletal alignment affords him the power to break strings were he to unleash it fully.