Sometimes it seems like there are thousands of articles and blogs talking about creativity, so I find that they often repeat the same things I’ve heard over and over. But, when someone is honest about the negative parts of their
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The Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute offers a unique week-long intensive immersion into the world of a major American symphony orchestra. The next Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute will take place January 2-7, 2012. The scores and application must be postmarked by
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JW Pepper recently published an interview with Randall Faber which I thought you might find interesting. Interview with Randall Faber Part 1 – In this interview, Randall answers such questions as: We know you are busy as a pianist, lecturer,
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If you are a church pianist and are looking for a piece for Easter that is just a little different, exciting, celebratory, and engaging, you might take a look at the arrangement of “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” in
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Today’s guest post comes from Kristin Yost, founder and executive director of the Centre for Musical Minds in Frisco, Texas. You might also recognize her name from her popular workshop session entitled, “How I made $100,000 my first year as
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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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Merry to Moody:
Holiday music for everyone!
Tired of the usual holiday music?This free webinar is just for you! Lots of new, original, and classic holiday, winter, and seasonal music will wow your students onto the bench! And you'll love the new audience participation piece as well!
