Here’s a composer bio that one of my students wrote on a very obscure composer, Marcel Laisné.
I stumbled across a xerox of a piece of his called “Pastorale” floating around my studio during a recent clean-out. (A young student had brought it in to learn maybe 20 years ago??) Now Adelaide, a 5th grader, is learning it. I asked her to write a paragraph on Laisné (because frankly I knew zilch about him, and it’s pretty hard finding out anything about him: check out one of the sites she visited, see screenshot below!).
Now I know more about who this composer is, thanks to her hard work and research!! 🙂
(And if you’re reading this, and can add more info for me and my students, especially on where to find his miniature piano pieces, it’s greatly appreciated!!)
Cape Ann Piano Studio 
Dear Mrs Julie Cleveland, My daughter Sarah may have been a music student of yours at the high school. Her gran gran grandfather was Marcel Laisne from France, and he composed “La Pastorale” for Madeleine, when my grandmother , his daughter was 5 years old. Somehow we do not have a full copy from that piece of music. Do you by chance have a copy as I heard you found one in the classroom and one of your student did an essay on him ? That would be wonderful to get that piece. Hoping you keep safe, Looking forward to hear from you, Sincerely, Christine Brooks
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Hello Christine, I am just seeing this now, I do have a copy! I am trying to remember your daughter, so sorry! When did I teach her? Please contact me at my email: julie@capeannpiano.com
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