Quite a few people commented and sent me messages about the life-altering quote from G. K. Chesterton on repetition. I thought it might be good to tell you the source of this in case you want to read this fantastic […]
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Well, it’s finally happened! I spoke of a new look for ComposeCreate.com in several newsletters a few months ago, so hopefully this doesn’t throw anyone off too much. Everything that was in the previous look is still here. I’ve added
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This post is for all my piano students. As you know, I am taking the month of July off of teaching, so I am challenging each of you students to learn new lead sheets each week in addition to at
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Have you been wondering what we did at our Music Menagerie Piano Camp this year? Well, wonder no more… Wanna come next year? 🙂
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I just came back from our KMTA conference where one of the college faculty on a panel answered the question, “How do you prepare a student who wants to study music?” with a “Well, I honestly don’t know if I
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This article is written by Stephen Hughes, a teacher in Texas whom I met on Facebook. He moved to a new community and grew his studio from 3 to 23 students in 5 months in very creative ways and I
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At a recent conference, Betty Todd Smith, a wonderful conference presenter said, “Children never tire of repetition. It is we adults who hate the monotony of repetition.” That sentence really struck a chord with me as a piano teacher. I
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Trying to increase the number of students in your studio by 5 or 10 is one thing, but if you find yourself needing to move to a community, filling 30-40 spots is much more difficult! If you find yourself in
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One frequent question among new and seasoned piano teachers is, “What is the best way to market piano lessons?” Of course, there are many ways of marketing piano lessons, but some are clearly better ways of finding and keeping committed
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I’m on a bit of a break from teaching and posting on the ComposeCreate blog, but I wanted to give thanks to some very important people on this very important day. I’d like to thank those who have sacrificed their
The Great Fuzzy Event of 2026!
You will not believe what we released at this premier event! Four new Fuzzies solos, a new and FREE incentive program, summer ideas, new resources and so much more! Even the replay is super fun!
