Hal Leonard is now showcasing composers in the new email Hal Leonard Mainstage Newsletter. In this first issue, Carol Klose talks of watching Liberace as a child and and how she crafts music to connect with her audience. One of Carol’s most […]
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Lisa Lukas is a composer friend of mine in California. I met her on one of the piano teaching forums and we’ve shared ideas back and forth now for quite a while. Lisa has won several awards through Composer Today as
Bradley Sowash, an excellent jazz musician and educator, was one of the composers that corresponded with me this summer about teaching composition to kids. Bradley shared with me that he thought specific assignments with specific parameters were helpful in working
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When I interviewed many prominent pedagogical composers on teaching composition to children, several of them had some wonderful things to say. I thought I’d share one of the quotes from our correspondence: I feel strongly that piano teachers should encourage their
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Here is part 2 of the interview with Kevin Costley.  Take a moment to read Part 1 if you missed it. Kevin’s first experiences as a composer: 6. How did you practice the art of composing when you were first learning? What kind
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Thank you to all the students and teachers who submitted questions for the interview with Kevin Costley.  All of the questions were interesting and thought provoking. I found that several of the questions overlapped, so it was easy to find
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Tuesday is your last chance to submit questions to Kevin Costley about composing.  After Tuesday, I will be selecting the best 5-10 questions and submitting them to Kevin so that he can work on writing answers. The longer I am
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Kevin Costley, the composer for whom you may submit interview questions, has written a number of books and pieces for all levels of students. His most recent pieces include Summer Portraits and Turkey Talk. In this post, I wanted to
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Hopefully, you and your students are thinking of interview questions for Kevin Costley. Don’t forget to leave them as a comment to the “Your Chance to Interview Kevin Costley” post. You have until October 6th. In case you don’t know
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If you are a student composer 0r a teacher of piano students, you will want to take advantage of this great opportunity to submit interview questions to a living composer! Kevin Costley, a wonderful composer published by FJH, has graciously agreed to
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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!
