Have you missed me?! 🙂 There are so many things I have been learning and working on that I want to post about – especially an amazing creative arts conference that I attended last week. (In fact, I’m planning to do a week-long series of posts on it next week, so stay tuned!) But for […]
Pattern Play Teaching Intensive Day 2
It has been a remarkable two days full of music-making, learning, growing, questioning, and thinking. Lots of thinking. I have greatly enjoyed sitting under the instruction of Akiko and Forrest. Even though it was stretching in a lot of ways, I know it is good for me to feel like a beginner and be forced […]
I Finally Get It!
It took two and a half years and an 8-hour teaching intensive, but at the end of the Pattern Play workshop today I had an epiphany. The philosophy undergirding this series is not that improvisation is a skill to be worked on as part of the piano lesson, but rather that improvisation (or creativity at […]
Picture Highlights from Seattle
As I mentioned several weeks ago, I am thrilled to be attending several days of piano workshops here in the Seattle area! I arrived early enough yesterday morning that I was able to catch a bus downtown to explore the famous Pike Place Market and the Waterfront. It was a gorgeous, sunny afternoon, and I […]
Announcing: Born to Deliver!
As I mentioned back in the spring, I’ve been working on another big project lately (for the past year and a half, actually!). Well…I’m excited to say that I can now officially announce that project! Many of you know about the first book that I published, Pajama School, several years ago. It was a very […]
Pursuit of Music Piano Camp is Underway!
Mornings in the studio this week are abuzz with activity as five high school students and I gather for a week of Piano Camp! Each year I try to do something different that specifically addresses the interests and/or needs of my students. Right now, I have quite a few high school students who are considering […]
