Several budding composers have asked my advice on submitting manuscripts to publishing companies. I’ve given them a few suggestions, but I recently found this Guide to Submitting Manuscripts from the Lorenz Corporation that captures a lot of the things that composers […]
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Tuesday is your last chance to submit questions to Kevin Costley about composing. After Tuesday, I will be selecting the best 5-10 questions and submitting them to Kevin so that he can work on writing answers. The longer I am
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MTNA has published their first edition of the MTNA e-Journal. As a complement to their current magazine, the American Music Teacher, the MTNA e-Journal provides a peer-reviewed journal featuring more extensive, in-depth articles. MTNA states, This new format will be especially
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Don’t forget about the opportunity for students to submit questions to Kevin Costley! The deadline is next Tuesday, October 6th! I’ve come across several new tips for teachers in the last weeks and I just couldn’t wait to share them with you. Secret
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Kevin Costley, the composer for whom you may submit interview questions, has written a number of books and pieces for all levels of students. His most recent pieces include Summer Portraits and Turkey Talk. In this post, I wanted to
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Hopefully, you and your students are thinking of interview questions for Kevin Costley. Don’t forget to leave them as a comment to the “Your Chance to Interview Kevin Costley” post. You have until October 6th. In case you don’t know
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Natalie over at Music Matters Blog has posted an in depth review of Easy Hymn Solos. She begins, Attaching the tag line, “stylish arrangements” to a collection of early elementary hymn solos may seem like a bit of a stretch,
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If you are a student composer 0r a teacher of piano students, you will want to take advantage of this great opportunity to submit interview questions to a living composer! Kevin Costley, a wonderful composer published by FJH, has graciously agreed to
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I’ve been fascinated by a new blog by Elissa Milne lately. One of her most recent posts, Scales as a Form of Propoganda, Elissa asks what musical value comes from having our students learn scales. Of course, we often cite
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The winner of the Easy Hymn Solos giveaway is Brenda Rohrich! Brenda, if you will email me your mailing address, I will get that set of Easy Hymn Solos to you next week. (By the way, I used a random
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