I’ve just finished presenting Part 1 of Stress-free Business Practices at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and I’ll be presenting Part 2 on Saturday at 11:30. I told all of the fabulous teachers that attended that I would write […]
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MTNA has negotiated with Office Depot to give it’s members some amazing deals on office supplies and copies! Here are just a few of them: Black and white copies for 2.5 cents Color copies for 22 cents Binding, folding, and
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Back in March, I posted this article on how to take unscheduled time off (for when you are sick, your kids are sick, you have jury duty, knee surgery, maternity leave, etc.) and not experience a change in your monthly
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This is a very funny and educational guide to the 12 tone row. I think you’ll really like it! The example using “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (starting at point 9:00) is particularly effective in resonating even with the less musically
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Every time I go to a piano pedagogy conference, there are several times during the conference that I think, “I MUST remember to bring that next time!” But alas, I don’t usually write it down and soon forget that list
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We have over 30 of you wonderful teachers coming to the ComposeCreate® dinner at NCKP on July 25th. It’s going to be wonderful to meet every one of you and I can’t wait! If you have not done so already,
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Jill Zuber from Michigan recently told me that the Rhythm Menagerie fun has moved into rural Mexico! Jill founded and works with a beautiful, non-profit organization called Music Mosaic which provides music lessons and classes to help train students to
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by Patti Kolk In my bag of teaching tricks, props, and games, I use multiple options to reinforce beginning concepts for young students ages 4-6 years. In my teaching, I have noticed students who appeared to understand a specific concept, but
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I want to invite all my NCKP 2013 friends and ComposeCreate® followers to dinner on Thursday evening, July 25th around 6:15. We’ll meet at the beautiful Brio Italian Restaurant which is less than 1/2 mile from the hotel. You can
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While we were having a group lesson recently, a sibling of two of the students in the class was sitting patiently waiting for her lesson. She asked for a piece of paper, and unbeknownst to me, proceeded to draw this
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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!"
