Natalie has posted a review of my Irish Celebration piece on Music Matters Blog. Thanks, Natalie! You can buy this piece of sheet music from any of the online music dealers, your local music store, or directly from Hal Leonard. […]
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Circle of Fifths Worksheets I’ve recently begun to explain to my students how I choose the order of their scales by using the Circle of Fifths. Basically, I just told them that C is zero accidentals (I don’t show them the
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This is Lesson #5 in the pages that most spoke to me in What Matters Now. I’ve referenced this one at the beginning of the year when I was making 1 year goals. I love her last line, “Don’t worry
I love hearing from students who have played my pieces! Â This is the 2nd group of pictures I have received from a student who learned my Twister piece for his recital last year. Â I had the privilege to hear this
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When I was an undergraduate, I was fascinated with the question about whether music had meaning, was moral, and whether it was effective in communicating meaning or morality. I wrote several papers about this, but when I crossed over into the world
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve come across some great posts and resources related to teaching piano. Â Here are a few of them: * Â Toilet Paper Dynamics: Jason Sifford, a composer and piano teacher has written a great post that
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This is Lesson #4 in the pages that most spoke to me in What Matters Now. This one reminds me that while I need to embrace the benefits of new technology, I need to remember that there are parts of what has worked well in
After reading some of her very creative ideas on one of the Piano Teaching Email Lists, I asked Mary Jane Cope to write  a guest post on how to encourage students to play with more dynamics.  Mary Jane is a
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Like most composers, I am always testing my music. I test it for the following reasons: To know what works and what doesn’t. To know what is difficult for the performer and what is easy. To know if the piece
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This is Lesson #3 in the pages that most spoke to me in What Matters Now. This one is great for both composing, teaching, and life in general. Lesson #1 Passion (page 51) Lesson #2 Knowing (page 78) Lesson #3 Change (Page
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!
