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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Too often, when we only know someone in one context, they get stuck in our minds existing only in that specific context. Sometimes we see a teacher as someone always teaching, not someone who enjoys competitive cycling. Sometimes we see
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Thank you for coming to the “Nurturing Creativity and Inspiration” workshop today at Senseney! I really appreciate you taking the time to come and I hope you went away with something useful. I wanted to share more details about a
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I hope you and your students are thinking of some questions to ask Mona for our composer interview! Please submit these in the comments section of this Composer Interview post. Here is a brief preliminary interview with Mona which discusses
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When I began my fall semester a few weeks ago, I told my students that they could each earn their own Erasable Highlighter to use in their home practice time if they demonstrated that they were practicing well at home (see
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If you are a student composer, music teacher, or piano teacher, you will want to take advantage of this great opportunity to submit interview questions to a living composer! I’m sure you remember that last year, Kevin Costley was our
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Here is the final portion of “The Myths of Playing by Ear” by Bradley Sowash. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Myth #4 Improvising is only for jazz musicians. This one is easy to dispute. Playing by ear is downright
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Here is Part 2 of “The Myths of Playing by Ear” by Bradley Sowash. Read Part 1 here. Myth #3 Only experts can teach ear skills. The biggest obstacle for students seeking ear skills is finding instruction. To illustrate this, let me
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I wanted to invite all my teaching friends to a workshop I will be giving entitled, “Nurturing Creativity and Inspiration.” This workshop will be on September 17th, at Senseney Music in Wichita from 9:30-11:30. The Wichita Piano Teacher League asked
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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!
