I have mentioned “performance classes” several times on this blog. I try to schedule 2-3 performance classes a year especially right before recital and competition time. These help the students practice performing before their big events. Since I don’t charge […]
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Sigh. As one who loves perfection (I’m sure none of you are that way), it pains me to see the spelling error in the first paragraph of the ComposeCreate® newsletter that just went out! Evidently the author of the newsletter
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Especially for the school music teacher, this press release just came to me from J. W. Pepper: Editors’ Choice Online viewer enables free preview access from web-enabled devices. PAOLI, PENNSYLVANIA — AUGUST 27, 2010 — J. W. Pepper announced today
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The new fall catalogue from Hal Leonard has arrived and I was excited to see that 2 of my recent books were on the front cover! So, you can now purchase both American Portraits and Returning to the Piano for
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Last year, I wanted to encourage my students to play more musically. I made some “Caught Ya Makin’ Music” cards to give to them every time they played one of their pieces musically. It was really amazing to see how
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In this previous post, I wrote about a new item I was going to be using in the fall: erasable highlighters. I was so excited after learning about these that I ran out to purchase them from Office Max. I bought the Office
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The Official Google Blog has been running a series of posts about how Google has helped people in unusual ways. This story gives me great hope for those moments when I too can only remember how a tune (without lyrics)
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I wrote to Anne Crosby this weekend asking if she might be interested in creating some of the ladybug cards using the terms “half step” and “whole step” instead of “semi-tone” and “whole tone.” I know many of the American
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Over on Facebook ComposeCreate, I’ve been talking about my obsession with office supplies. It turns out that many of you share my love of browsing at the local office supply store for fun! Well, I was super excited and surprised
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When a teaching colleague asked me if I had any worksheets that were specific to triple time, I realized to my dismay that I did not! I know that when we first introduce triple time, it is easy for students
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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!
