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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Here is the 2nd question at the end of the Composition for Kids session. See the 1st question here. How do you get students to compose outside the key of C? When students come to a lesson with a piece
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I recently read an excellent article on “Teaching the Overstretched Student” in the July/August Clavier Companion. In the article, Sheila Vail and E. L. Lancaster both had good, practical advice for all teachers but I was struck by a couple
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Here is the first question that was asked after the lecture, Composition for Kids. When do you have your students begin to write down their compositions? Not too soon! Just as we teach our children to form sentences before they
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This is the final topic in Composition for Kids: Time Saving Ways to Encourage Composition in Your Studio. In this segment, I discuss what to do with the student who brings in an already completed piece. You know, the student who comes
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Susan Paradis from Piano Teacher Resources has posted a review of my Easy Hymn Solos series. She is very descriptive of the uses of the books and her descriptions should be helpful for teachers and students. I especially appreciate that
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If you use Twitter, you’ll want to follow @PrimaMusic! You can save an extra 10% by using their special Twitter code through the end of September. Prima music is an online music retailer with excellent customer service! They emailed me
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Hal Leonard has published a new series of mine called Easy Hymn Solos! I am so excited about this series because there are 10 solos in each book and each of them are actual arrangements of sacred music rather than just
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Since I blogged about incentives, there has been quite a bit of discussion in emails, comments, and other forums about what kinds of things teachers use to award their students. Many teachers want to make sure that the awards incentivize
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Many teachers have asked where they can get the Composer Bucks or Music Money that I referenced in my post about my 2009 incentive. Here are a couple of resources: Free Music Money – Susan Paradis has a wonderful site
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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!
