Hal Leonard’s beautiful fall catalogue is now out and you can receive a 40% savings off many titles including: Hal Leonard Method Books Christmas music Fall music including Scatterbrained Scarecrow! The new Piano Teacher’s Guide to Creative Composition by Carol […]
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I was teaching a few short term composition students this summer and came across this wonderful chart of instrument ranges that so beautifully illustrates the ranges of most instruments. I love it that it also further emphasizes to the student
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Rhythm Menagerie is an exciting, reproducible PDF resource that features fun and intriguing activities to explore new rhythmic concepts. Rhythm Menagerie is much more than just a set of your typical clapping exercises!  Each unit showcases a unique animal and often incorporates
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Yes indeed, the adorable yet crazy looking Tarsier, Jerboa Jumping Mouse, Bonnet Monkey, and many other are coming soon! Â They’re a part of the new rhythm resource that your students are going to love! Â We’re just working on making it
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A few readers told me that when we changed the look of the website, they had a bit of trouble reading the blog articles. Â I have increased the font size and would like to know if this is better for
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I’ve been thinking for months now about how the perfect assignment journal for my students would look. Â As usual, it took much longer to make it than I anticipated, but I’m very excited with the results and wanted to share
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You might remember this interview with Karen Harrington about year ago. Â Karen is the author the Piano Teachers Resource Kit an excellent set of fun worksheets that can be reproduced for your studio. Â I have copied almost every page in
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When I was at NCKP, I stopped by the Music Educators Marketplace booth and visited with the ever friendly Karen Koch. I was talking to her about what was new and she showed me these wonderful Composer Seals that she
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At NCKP this year, there was a new feature called Ped xi. Â This session was supposed to mimic the “ideas worth spreading” mantra of the TED talks. Â Since I love many of the TED talks, I attended these sessions and
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This month, I have asked my students to fill out a form about what they would like to improve over the next year. Â I originally just asked them to finish this statement, “This year in piano, I would like to
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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!
