Over the past few weeks, I’ve come across some great posts and resources related to teaching piano. Â Here are a few of them: * Â Toilet Paper Dynamics: Jason Sifford, a composer and piano teacher has written a great post that […]
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After reading some of her very creative ideas on one of the Piano Teaching Email Lists, I asked Mary Jane Cope to write  a guest post on how to encourage students to play with more dynamics.  Mary Jane is a
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A lot of teachers ask me how I have time to follow all the piano teaching blogs and other sites that I do. I admit to them that I really don’t have the time to look at each blog individually,
The files that most often get downloaded off of this site are the Rhythm Worksheets. So, I thought I would highlight these for those of you who have not seen them yet. Rhythm worksheets and other helpful PDFs for teachers
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Since I use my own site as my “go to” for rhythm worksheets, I’ve become aware that there is no rhythm worksheet for introducing triplets! So, I have created a Triplets Worksheet and have posted it to the Rhythm Worksheets section (under
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If you have never checked out Susan Paradis’ website, Piano Teacher Resources, you must check it out. Â Many of the games that my students play each week are from Susan’s site! Â Especially useful to me have been her ideas and
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Natalie, over on Music Matters Blog, has posted a review of How Sweet the Sound, my newest collection of sacred arrangements. Â She begins by talking about her performance of the first piece at her local music teachers’ meeting: I had
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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
After introducing my Irish Celebration piece to teachers, many have written in to tell me that they are doing a “World Music” themed recital this year. Â I am so excited for all of you teachers who are doing this because
I’m going to modestly suggest that some of my new pieces might fit this “winning” recital pieces category. 😉 Seriously, I have gotten good feedback on these pieces and do appreciate those of you who give new music and new
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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!
