I am thrilled that there is finally a resource book for teachers on teaching composition to piano students! Carol Klose has written Piano Teacher’s Guide to Creative Composition and it contains a great list ideas and tips on teaching composition
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These days, I know that teachers are feeling the crunch of the difficult financial times. With all the wonderful piano teaching blogs available, it’s easy to have a million studio ideas, but not know what is most worthy of our
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by Leila Viss The fifth and final article in this “Adding a Lab to Your Lessons” series will provide a list of pros and cons to adding a lab to your piano lessons (see article 1, article 2, article 3,
Adding a Lab to Your Lessons #5 – The Pros and Cons Read More »
In celebration of the new Olympic pieces that we’ve just released, I wanted to revive this post by the creative blogger, Leila Viss of 88 Piano Keys! In 2012, Leila Viss gave me permission to post her article on the
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by Leila Viss The possible materials available for your lab are almost endless. The lists provided in past articles (Article 1, Article 2, Article 3) are meant to help you sift through your options (not to overwhelm!). However, once you
Adding a Lab to Your Lessons #4 – Making the Assignments Work Read More »
Hal Leonard has some great titles in its current monthly promotion for their Teacher VIPs. Here’s what Hal Leonard says about their music: Great selections for your upcoming spring and summer recitals by all your favorite Hal Leonard and Willis
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One of the first harmonizing activities I like to do with all levels of students to compose interesting harmony is to harmonize and re-harmonize a familiar folk tune. I particularly like to do this with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as
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by Leila Viss So you say, “I’m all in with this lab idea, but I could use more advice.” Here is more information about software you can use and other assignments you can give. With the basic equipment and online
Adding a Lab to Your Lessons #3–More Advice Read More »
How would you like to motivate your students to sight-read every day during the month of May? What if you could do this AND give back to your community and those in need at the same time? Sight-reading for Sight-saving
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Articles in the April 2012 MTNA eJournal include: The Experience of Playing Reduced Sized Piano KeyboardsReduced-size piano keyboards are gradually becoming popular with many small-handed pianists in North America but are little known elsewhere in the world.They are also gaining favor among teachers
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Merry to Moody:
Holiday music for everyone!
Tired of the usual holiday music?This free webinar is just for you! Lots of new, original, and classic holiday, winter, and seasonal music will wow your students onto the bench! And you'll love the new audience participation piece as well!
