Steven Johnson has a great white board animation that describes his view of where good ideas come from. He suggests that though the internet has distracted us, it has also given us many more ways of connecting with people which […]
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Thank you to all of you who participated in the Just for Kids drawing. The Just for Kids book is already a winner in my studio already as one of my kids came back with it next week and announced
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The March special for Hal Leonard includes 40% off the Easy Hymn Solos series. If you haven’t used this series before, you might be surprised to find musical arrangements of hymns at elementary levels! These are not just hymn tunes
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How To Compose A Good Melody In a recent Composition Corner post, I talked about 5 problems that students often have when writing melodies or writing pieces. Today, I would like to start to give you some general components how
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Today’s inspiration point is from Lewis Carroll: When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don’t state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental
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This excerpt from “Life after graduate school: The importance of a Mentor” is written by Kristin Yost (soon to be featured in a series of ComposeCreate posts on finances). Kristin is the founder and executive director of Centre for Musical
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Mona Rejino has a new book out that looks like just plain fun for everyone! The book is Just for Kids and features elementary pieces about all kinds of favorite activities of children. I think this is going to be
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Thank you again for inviting me to speak to your group on “Growing a More Musical Studio.” I have learned much in the last few years as I have strived to teach my students to play more musically and I
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Today’s Inspiration Point comes from Beethoven, Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.
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If you are a member of the Hal Leonard Teacher VIP club, you probably already know that they are running a 40% special on the Composer Showcase and Piano Recital Showcase series. American Portraits is in this series, so you might want
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Perk Up Practice!
Autumn & Halloween Music
Grab your pumpkin spice latte and listen to composers talk about how to teach their newest autumn & Halloween music! Join hundreds of creative teachers for an uplifting time of encouragement & learning! New MACs released at this webinar!
