Kevin Costley, the composer for whom you may submit interview questions, has written a number of books and pieces for all levels of students. His most recent pieces include Summer Portraits and Turkey Talk. In this post, I wanted to […]
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Hopefully, you and your students are thinking of interview questions for Kevin Costley. Don’t forget to leave them as a comment to the “Your Chance to Interview Kevin Costley” post. You have until October 6th. In case you don’t know
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If you are a student composer 0r a teacher of piano students, you will want to take advantage of this great opportunity to submit interview questions to a living composer! Kevin Costley, a wonderful composer published by FJH, has graciously agreed to
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I’ve been fascinated by a new blog by Elissa Milne lately. One of her most recent posts, Scales as a Form of Propoganda, Elissa asks what musical value comes from having our students learn scales. Of course, we often cite
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Here is the 3rd question from the end of the session Composition for Kids Do you have your beginning students use notation programs? No. I’m not saying its a bad thing, but here are some things to consider about notation
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I got this idea from Brent Hugh’s practice page. It’s a bit of a variation on Brent’s idea, so I’m going to outline it for my students here.  This is a wonderful way to practice those difficult sections because it forces you
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Here is the 2nd question at the end of the Composition for Kids session. See the 1st question here. How do you get students to compose outside the key of C? When students come to a lesson with a piece
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I recently read an excellent article on “Teaching the Overstretched Student” in the July/August Clavier Companion. In the article, Sheila Vail and E. L. Lancaster both had good, practical advice for all teachers but I was struck by a couple
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Here is the first question that was asked after the lecture, Composition for Kids. When do you have your students begin to write down their compositions? Not too soon! Just as we teach our children to form sentences before they
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This is the final topic in Composition for Kids: Time Saving Ways to Encourage Composition in Your Studio. In this segment, I discuss what to do with the student who brings in an already completed piece. You know, the student who comes
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