I was so encouraged when I read the article “Lapse” from New Music Box. It seems that composer Kevin Puts was performing as the soloist for his own premier of his Piano Concerto when he lost his place! Kevin writes, […]
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Last week, I gave away the first of my erasable highlighters to 3 students who showed me that they were consistently “practicing smartly.” You can read more about how I structured this mini-incentive program here. I’m really excited about this
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Recently, I read an article on the Psychology Today website called, “How to be Creative: Can Creativity be Taught?” Though the article had some useful suggestions, something bothered me about this title. I realized that the reason I don’t
Recently, I gave a workshop in Wichita called “Nurturing Creativity and Inspiration.” I shared about how to be more creative in teaching and how to find that elusive concept of inspiration. Though I cannot condense a 2 hour workshop into
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An interesting new book called the Piano Teachers Resource Kit has recently been published by Hal Leonard. Several of you asked me some questions about the book, so I decided that I would interview the author, Karen Harrington, so that we
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I wanted to share a few of my favorite pieces by Mona Rejino. (Don’t forget that you have until Friday to submit questions.) As I was writing this post, I became aware of a few more “student saver” pieces of
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The questions for Mona are trickling in and someone told me that I might not have allowed enough time to tell teachers, who would tell their students, who needed to think about questions, and then needed to submit them! So,
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Yesterday, Mona shared about her favorite elementary pieces and why she likes them. Today, she shares about her favorite intermediate pieces: Early Intermediate “Snap To It!” on the early intermediate level is a piece I often hear performed at jazz festivals.
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Mona Rejino, the composer for whom you may submit interview questions, has written a number of original pieces and arrangements for all levels of students. Her most recent pieces include “In the Groove” and Disney Film Favorites. For this post,
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ASCAP has announced its competition for the Rudolf Nissim Prize for Composition. PRIZE: $5,000 FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL CONCERT MUSIC SCORE REQUIRING CONDUCTOR Dr. Rudolf Nissim, who served as head of ASCAP’s Foreign Department for four decades, also established the Concert
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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!
