Here at the UC San Diego Library, toy pianos have been celebrated with great fanfare on or around September 5 to honor the birthday of composer John Cage. Cage was the first composer to write a “serious“ piece for toy pianos. This year marks 22 years of celebrating a big passion for tiny music! 

As with every year, the Annual Toy Piano Festival is making a special stop at the San Diego Central Library‘s Neil Morgan Auditorium. Information on the schedule of festival events at the Central Library can be found on their Concert Series webpage. The festival is free to the public and all ages are welcomed.

For this year’s composers, Scott Paulson will be joined by Sue “Queen of Boogie-Woogie” Palmer, Kay Etheridge, Satomi Saito, Christian Hertzog, Nadiyah Albee, Kenneth Herman and Barbara Scheidker.