I just found out that the 2010 KMTA conference will feature Randall Faber! If there was any doubt as to whether or not I would go, there is no longer. This year’s conference is June 11-12 at Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, […]
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Solo Time Music Games is a company making and selling music games that I have recently discovered. Solo Time sells music games for elementary and early intermediate students covering a wide variety of concepts. Their motto, “Putting the flash back in
It seems MTNA has rolled back its registration rates this year because of the down economy. Here is their invitation to the 2010 National MTNA Conference:  Take a trip down Route 66 as MTNA heads to Albuquerque, New Mexico,
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This year, I noticed that the Piano Explorer did not specify the age brackets for their composition contest. So, I emailed the editor and asked her a few specific questions about this and other things. Here is her response: Question
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The January issue of the Piano Explorer has arrived and the details of their annual composition contest are included. If you are a student in my studio, you can pick up your copy at your first lesson in January, but
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There have been a lot of questions lately about how the Hal Leonard First Choice club (new release club) is structured. It seems that since Hal Leonard is now distributing Nancy and Randall Faber’s materials, more teachers are interested in
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One teacher at the Kansas City workshop in November asked me this question on a comment card. I think this is a great question since at several points in my Composition for Kids lecture, I mention that I encourage doodling.Â
Question #6 – How Do You Deal with Constant Doodling? Read More »
If you have heard the Composition for Kids lecture, you have heard about the Theme and Variations challenge that I have suggested to “encourage creativity.” This last month, I challenged the students in my studio to create their own variation
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At Wendy’s Piano Studio, students recently submitted artwork for our Christmas Cover Art contest. The artwork was fabulous this year, so congratulations to all of you on being so skillful in your drawings. I have tallied the votes, and the
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Jennifer Linn, the manager of the Hal Leonard educational piano department, has written an informative letter to interested teachers concerning the newly acquired distribution rights of the Faber materials.   In this letter, she explains a bit about how the Hal Leonard
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