This year, I’ve decided to make “Creativity at Christmas” my theme for this year’s Christmas recital. I have a whole list of creative projects that students will be encouraged to participate in and many of these will be shared at […]
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Rhythm Menagerie is an exciting, reproducible PDF resource that features fun and intriguing activities to explore new rhythmic concepts. Rhythm Menagerie is much more than just a set of your typical clapping exercises! Each unit showcases a unique animal and often incorporates
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I’m excited to tell you that an article of mine, ‘Tapping into Creativity” is being published in the August/September 2011 issue of American Music Teacher. It is on page 25-27 and contains a 1-minute teaching technique which can energize the
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Since we’re on the theme of Christmas activities this week, I thought I’d share about a way to help your students with sight-singing and melodic dictation. Last week, I used these cards as a waiting room activity for my older
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Recently, a reader asked me how I use my snowman flashcards (Download them FREE below). So, I thought I’d re-post an article I wrote last year about how I use them: Since winter is just around the corner and in
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Since the topic this week is encouraging creativity in our students at Christmas time, I thought I’d re-post the “Theme and Variations” challenge that we completed in my studio last year. It was great fun and there is still time
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I was visiting Anne Crosby’s Piano Discoveries site the other day and found that she had uploaded yet more exciting games! She has now divided and organized the games into categories including: Beginner Concepts Interval Identification Key Signatures Notes, Ledger
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An interesting new book called the Piano Teachers Resource Kit has recently been published by Hal Leonard. Several of you asked me some questions about the book, so I decided that I would interview the author, Karen Harrington, so that we
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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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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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