Rosamond van der Linde co-founded a music school unlike any other, blending love of music, love of people and a passionate commitment to education, and community service. A Piano in Every Room tells how van der Linde founded, along with her husband, the Sonatina School of Piano in their home in Vermont, living and teaching in a 42-room home with 34 pianos while they raised their five children with love and music. The story is about a dynamic family that created a music enterprise and thrived within it.

For close to forty years the entire family has been involved in teaching piano, building the music school, summer and adult camps all of which have been written up in books, magazines, The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, and profiled on PBS, New England Channel News, and CNN News. This has generated hundreds of questions as to how it all came about and how the van der Lindes did it. This book provides the answers by the founder herself.

This event will begin with a homemade luncheon featuring a variety of summer salads (choices include chicken or shrimp), breads, cookies and a cold beverage. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the library; seating is limited. There will be copies of Cornelia Read’s books available for purchase and signing after the program.

Tickets cost $10, and can be purchased at the library. Cornelia Read’s books can be found in print at the library and as ebooks at NH Downloadable Books.

“[Madeline Dare]‘s a great character, and her creator is a great storyteller. Caustic, gripping and distinctive—intelligent entertainment.”–Kirkus Reviews