Anyone who’s been reading here very long knows that I’m practically in love with the Pattern Play series by Forest and Akiko Kinney. So I was thrilled to recently come across this fabulous improvisation project that Anne Crosby Gaudet used with her students! Read the post for a complete description of how she set the […]
Archives for November 2011
Monday Mailbag – Music Magazines
I have never ordered music/piano magazines and would like to get started. What’s your advice? Here are the three that I receive and really enjoy: American Music Teacher – automatically included in MTNA membership; lots of great articles and current info. Clavier Companion – good interviews, teaching tips, etc. Listen – a more generic music […]
Young People’s Concerts
Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Young People’s Concert put on by our Wichita Symphony Orchestra. I have been organizing a group of homeschoolers to attend for several years now and this was by far the best production I’ve ever seen! Here’s a shot from our seats in the box! After some […]
Crafting and guiding interpretations of great beauty and expressive power
Isn’t that a beautiful aim for every musician? It comes from a column by Thomas Lanners in the recent e-newsletter put out by The 3-D Piano Method. His piece, More Virtues of Letting Go, eloquently expresses the importance of patiently working with students to help them give up control in order to achieve greater musicality. […]
Should You Be Practicing Right Now?
So, I figured out what I’m going to get all my students for Christmas this year. A framed copy of this: Anyone else with me on this?! 🙂 Visit the Odd Quartet website to print out your own pdf of the poster. (HT: LaDona’s Music Studio)
It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas
Is everyone else knee-deep in Christmas books these days?! I confess, spending a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in the basement studio trying to select Christmas music for all of my students wasn’t at the top of my list of favorite activities for this past weekend. But I knew it needed to be done, so I made […]
