I was just made aware of this article in the New York Times.
Archives for January 2006
Dennis Alexander Web Site
Dennis Alexander has recently launched his new website. The site is still a little sparse, but there is an interesting discussion of the piece, Prelude and Toccata, that he was commissioned to compose for Linda Kennedy’s Piano Studio. It looks like a super fun piece! I’ll have to check it out on my next visit […]
Hot Off the Press!
This brand new book on pedagogy has just arrived at the publisher’s warehouse and is available for purchase. I found a great price for “Thinking As You Play – Teaching Piano in Individual And Group Lessons” at Amazon. This book was written by Dr. Sylvia Coats, Professor of Piano Pedagogy at Wichita State University and […]
From the Top
As I was tracking down links for my MTNA 2006 National Conference post, I came across the website for the radio program From the Top. It is very professionally-designed and is chock-full of content! Here’s a brief overview from the How to Use the Site page. Fromthetop.org is one of the most novel and flexible […]
MTNA 2006 National Conference
Here is some information I received from MTNA about the 2006 conference that will be held March 25-29 in Austin, Texas. I attended the conference in 2004 when it was held in Kansas City. It is a wonderful event for any music teacher! There are numerous sessions to attend, opportunities to meet other teachers from […]
Private Lesson No-No’s
Here are a few excerpts from this site where students communicate their thoughts about teachers and lessons: What this student wants from a teacher: “…be organized, consistent, give specific feedback that a student can work on, be prepared in the sense that if you are about to assign a new piece you are familiar with […]