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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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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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!
