During piano camp this summer (one of the busiest weeks of the year in our studio!), I woke up one morning to discover that the home page on my studio website looked like this: Since I am not in the business of providing shelving for the Asian market I was more than a little […]
Back-to-School Favorites Piano Podcast
I was delighted to join Rachel Ehring on Episode 128 of her Top Music Piano Podcast to discuss all kinds of back-to-school favorites, from practice incentive themes to music books for kids to free music theory worksheets, and more. You can listen to the episode on the TopMusic website or your favorite podcast platform. It’s […]
Rote Solos Galore for Piano Students!
A piano teacher can never have too many repertoire recommendations, right?! In my ongoing quest for just the right music for each student to accompany our practice incentive theme this year, I came across this fabulous collection of dozens of recommendations for Rote Solos. I love utilizing rote solos to help students cultivate musicality and […]
Chrissy Ricker’s Free Piano Stuff Page
In brainstorming and preparing and gathering piano music for this year’s practice incentive theme, I’ve unearthed some amazing resources that I’d never come across before. One treasure trove is this page of Free Piano Stuff on composer Chrissy Ricker’s website. From composer resources to music theory worksheets to free piano sheet music, you can spend […]
Resources for Piano Students to Play in Every Key
I’ve been doing a ton of repertoire brainstorming and searching over the summer to find engaging music written in every key (which may or may not have something to do with our upcoming practice incentive theme…). It’s been exciting to play through lots of wonderful music, and I’ve found some gems along the way. Here […]
Using Musical Wheels to Make Music Theory and Ear Training More Engaging – A Guest Post by Spin the Wheel
It usually happens in the last ten minutes of a music lesson. You’ve just finished a rhythm exercise that took careful explanation, a bit of clapping, a retry, and finally some progress. The room is just starting to shift. A few students are packing away early. Someone asks, ‘What are we doing next?’ And instead […]
