I received this email the other day from Leigh Stringfield, a private piano teacher: “I was wondering if you have any Valentine themed ideas that would work in a group lesson. All your other ideas have made my other group […]
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Marcia Vahl, the Minnesota MTA Judge Education Committee Co-Chair, has recently written an article to help educate those that will be a piano judge for the Minnesota MTA piano events. She has graciously shared her article with us as well. Several of her
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Help Kids Practice Piano with these 5 Tips from Disney Songs Struggling to help kids practice piano? If you are the least bit musical, you know it’s hard to listen to your own child practice. In my early days of listening
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Many of you have written to say that you love the “Easy Recipes for Busy Piano Teachers” series and need some more recipes! Well, I do too and have tried out numerous ones in the last 6 months. Most of
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Ready to bring some more excitement to your recital by involving your audience? You asked for something like We Three Kings Camels and Cups for your regular recitals and now you have it. This new piece is just as exciting,
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Tears were streaming down my face as I sat on the cold wooden bench at my Baldwin piano. I finally had to admit that I had no idea how to play the rhythm in this piece. I bawled. “I can’t do it!”
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You’ve heard plenty from me in the past year and I so appreciate those of you who comment or email to let me know right away what you think. Now, I’d love to hear about what you need in the next year.
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It’s not a new game. It’s not a new piece of music. It’s not a new gadget or office supply (though you know I would have loved that)! It’s a return to a basic concept of learning. Parents Want Learning
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Along with you, I’ve had my share over the years of dealing with highly emotional parents, tiger moms, complaints, unkind emails, and irrational requests. It happens to any teacher, I’m sure. But even empathy from others is not wonderfully helpful when
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Have you ever wanted to attend a piano or music teaching conference but didn’t have the money, energy, or time to do so? Well this is your year because MusicEdConnect is having it’s 2nd annual online piano teaching conference in 2015! You
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Ignite the Spark!
August kick-off webinar
Join hundreds of teachers at this energizing webinar where we unveil new Fuzzies, Color, Beautiful Wonders, Adventure, & video game music! Plus stickers, new catalog, organization & teaching ideas!
