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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Here is the 3rd question from the end of the session Composition for Kids Do you have your beginning students use notation programs? No. I’m not saying its a bad thing, but here are some things to consider about notation
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Don’t forget to comment, tweet, or blog about the giveaway of the Easy Hymn Solos series for a chance to win a set of all 3 books! To do so, go to the Easy Hymn Solos blog post. The giveaway
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As you know, my new books of elementary and intermediate hymn arrangements are out! I am going to give away a package of all 3 Easy Hymn Solos (total retail value of $23.97) at the end of this week to one individual chosen
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I got this idea from Brent Hugh’s practice page. It’s a bit of a variation on Brent’s idea, so I’m going to outline it for my students here. This is a wonderful way to practice those difficult sections because it forces you
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The ASCAP Foundation announces its Rudolf Nissim Prize Contest for the best original concert music score requiring a conductor. The prize is $5,000. Dr. Rudolf Nissim, who served as head of ASCAP’s Foreign Department for four decades, also established the
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Hal Leonard is offering a special back-to-school promotion to piano teachers. Order up to two copies of specially selected music publications at 40% discount and receive special teacher pricing* on music technology products as well. (Note that the full retail prices are
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Piano Pal has created a page just for my publications! You can see everything that has been published thus far plus my bio. I have never used Piano Pal before, but it was recommended to me by another composer and
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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!
