It is now second nature to turn to search engines like Google and Bing to find just about anything. Guess what? Your potential students (and their parents) are searching for a music teacher online right this minute. There are over 1 million music-learning-related searches every month on Google alone! There’s a growing wave of music […]
Theory Strips – An Ingenious Idea!
At the MTNA Conference I had the privilege of meeting Bonnie Slaughter, the creator of this ingenious approach to theory. I like to think of it as the text messaging approach to music theory. 🙂 Theory Strips are a 10-level program that organize music theory concepts into strips that can easily be completed one day […]
More 2013 MTNA Conference Notes
We should be back to the Monday Mailbag feature next week, but for this week, I thought I would direct you to several other teachers who have blogged about the conference: Jennifer Foxx, of Foxx Piano Studio Resources, took notes on a number of the sessions that I didn’t get to, so check out her […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Full Conference Blog Post Schedule
Saturday Welcome to Southern California! Evening – Opening Session Sunday Early Morning – Faber Showcase Morning – Advanced Masterclass Late Morning – Elementary Piano Technique by Nancy Bachus Early Afternoon – Alfred Showcase Afternoon – Ten Steps to Parnassus: The Keyboard Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Late Afternoon – Variety Night – Dinner Get-Together Monday […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Wednesday Morning – Speaking Their Language: Teaching the Child with Autism
Hannah Creviston, Victoria Jacobs, and Heather Wheeler presented this session, each coming from different perspectives and diverse experiences, but with a desire to help music educators best know how to teach children with autism. Hannah began with a poem about someone planning a trip to Italy, but ending up in Holland. Dealing with children with […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Wednesday Morning – Sense of Rhythm and Timing with Latin American Music
The final day of the conference began with a session by Alejandro Cremaschi, a specialist in Latin American music, group piano, and technology. He will primarily be covering pieces from Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Argentina with different rhythmic energies – from elegant salon pieces, to wild toccata-like music. What can you learn by studying these […]
