I’m always reading articles on creativity and last week, I came across a quote about asking questions and curiosity. This obviously applies to parenting and teaching, but I wondered, “What does can this teach us as adults about how to
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MTNA has announced that grant applications are now available for the 2012 MTNA Teacher Enrichment Grants. The purpose of the Teacher Enrichment Grants is to provide assistance to music teachers for private study, specific college-level course work or other projects
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I’ve had several teachers ask what the PPPPiece is that I refer to at the bottom of the new Assignment Journal. It stands for “Practically Perfect Performance Pieces” and each of my students have received a chart to put at
It’s that time of year when we teachers begin looking for interesting Christmas music for ourselves and our students. If you want this years’ Christmas recital to contain some really memorable arrangements, I’d invite you to listen to check out the
In the past few months, I have taken mental note of how many times I use the phrase, “Does that make sense?” when explaining a new concept to a student. I have noted that this phrase merely asks my students
The September edition of the MTNA eJournal is now available online. In this issue: “Playing With Music: How The Combination Of Traditional Pedagogy and Technology Creates A Generation Of Motivated Learners,” by Andrea McAlister, NCTM “Engaging, Accessible and Fresh: Ferruccio
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The next set of courses offered at the Piano Teachers School begin October 15th. The courses are taught by Kristin Yost who has written a number of posts for the Dollars and Sense part of the ComposeCreate® blog. These courses
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These aren’t just free, they’re fabulous! IMMusic Inc. has created 71 free jingles that you can use for practically anything you can think of! You could use them for presentations, commercials, collages of student pictures, etc. If you are needing
Kristin Yost has written numerous articles on this blog for the Dollars and Sense category. She has presented many national and local workshops on business issues and her infamous workshop How I Made $100k My First Year as a Piano
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I’ve been so excited with the response from all of you about the new Rhythm Menagerie! Tomorrow is the last day to get the $5 off by entering code “RMLaunch” in the coupon box of your shopping cart. Please let
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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!
