The Future of Piano Teaching – Pete Jutras Interview I’m sure you’ve noticed that life has changed a lot in the last 10 to 20 years! We can now “google” something to get an immediate answer, children and adults have screens
The Future of Piano Teaching…Are You Changing With It? Read More »
If you read the last “Easy Meals for the Busy Piano Teacher” post, you’ll know that I’m sharing my easiest, yummiest recipes with you, my piano teaching friends because: I have no time to cook I hate to cook most of
Easy Meals for the Busy Piano Teacher: #2 Creamy Potato Soup Read More »
It’s so cold these days and I’m guessing you and your students might be needing a little energy boost in this new year. So, it’s with great pleasure that I share with you how one fun loving teacher is using
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Everyone knows that kids love a good story. This early elementary piece has all the elements of a good story: A main character (the student), a setting (the back seat of a car where the student is stuck in his
P-yew! Drama at the Piano Read More »
Did you see the cover? Your students will definitely practice these pieces just because of how the book looks! But if you need me to tell you more, here’s a short video: Tasty Tunes – Zany Piano Music about Food!
New Finger Lickin’ Elementary Piano Book: Tasty Tunes Read More »
Congratulations! If you got an iPad for Christmas, I’m sure you are doing one of two things: Busily downloading free apps, experimenting with all the apps already there, and just tapping away having a great time. OR Looking at it
Got an iPad for Christmas? Read More »
As piano teachers we often discuss the importance of balancing the reading of music by note, by rote, and by ear. Since our first post on this “Are You Afraid of Rote Teaching? Consider this…” there’s been a lot of interested
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The Stinky Stockings (see below) was much more of a hit than even I had planned. So, I wanted to share with you even more options for using them this year. 4 Not So Stinky Ways to Use Stinky Stockings
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Everyone who knows the piece “In the Bleak Mid-winter” talks about it’s fragile beauty. That’s exactly the effect I tried to produce in this arrangement in the All is Calm, All is Bright book and CD: Performed live, it’s breathtaking
Looking for a Hushed and Breathtaking Christmas Eve Piece? Read More »
I’m sure you’ve seen other bloggers talking about this: an online conference coming February 5-8, 2014, just for piano teachers! I’m excited that someone is taking the initiative and doing all the work to bring excellent sessions on piano pedagogy,
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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!
