Marcia Vahl, the Minnesota MTA Judge Education Committee Co-Chair, has recently written an article to help educate those that will be a piano judge for the Minnesota MTA piano events. She has graciously shared her article with us as well. Several of her […]
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Help Kids Practice Piano with these 5 Tips from Disney Songs Struggling to help kids practice piano? If you are the least bit musical, you know it’s hard to listen to your own child practice. In my early days of listening
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Many of you have written to say that you love the “Easy Recipes for Busy Piano Teachers” series and need some more recipes! Well, I do too and have tried out numerous ones in the last 6 months. Most of
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Tears were streaming down my face as I sat on the cold wooden bench at my Baldwin piano. I finally had to admit that I had no idea how to play the rhythm in this piece. I bawled. “I can’t do it!”
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It’s not a new game. It’s not a new piece of music. It’s not a new gadget or office supply (though you know I would have loved that)! It’s a return to a basic concept of learning. Parents Want Learning
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Along with you, I’ve had my share over the years of dealing with highly emotional parents, tiger moms, complaints, unkind emails, and irrational requests. It happens to any teacher, I’m sure. But even empathy from others is not wonderfully helpful when
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Have you ever wanted to attend a piano or music teaching conference but didn’t have the money, energy, or time to do so? Well this is your year because MusicEdConnect is having it’s 2nd annual online piano teaching conference in 2015! You
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Whew. That was a flurry of posts on the free Holiday Lesson Plan! I think you have more than enough to fill all your lesson time. However, I do think I need to give you one more thing to help
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Thank you for sharing in the excitement for this big day! What you have been waiting for will not disappoint…it’s the Holiday Edition of Rhythm Cup Explorations! Your lesson plan for your holiday party won’t be quite the same without this reproducible
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We’ve covered the first two activities (games) for your holiday group lesson or music class in previous posts. Be sure to take a moment to download your Icebreaker Game and Holiday Music Game! As you know, I’m helping you plan
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How to Revolutionize Rhythm in Your Studio
Learn how this rhythm curriculum gets rhythm IN students' bodies so it comes OUT in ALL their music! See why "It’s the best resource out there for teaching rhythms" and get your students "exponentially improving!"
