I have an older beginning piano student who plays beautifully but still struggles with music reading. She loves Christmas music, so I wanted to give her an arrangement to learn that would be easy and motivating to learn and play. This arrangement of Infant Holy, Infant Lowly is composed to sound sophisticated and sweet. It […]
New Beginner Piano Arrangement of O Come Little Children
Preparations for Christmas continue! I’ve been having fun putting together special arrangements of familiar Christmas songs for my students to learn this year. The latest project is a rendition of O Come, Little Children arranged for a young student in Piano Safari Level 1. He is doing so well learning to read music on the […]
Win a Free Huge Bundle of Over 800 Music Theory Flashcards!
For last year’s practice incentive theme, I created a collection of flashcards that I’ve wanted to have for a long time. In addition to the typical note identification flashcards, I also wanted ones with a variety of intervals and triads in various places on the staff. The end result was a huge bundle of 883 […]
5 Helpful Tips for Your Piano Studio Website
MTNA launched a business digest not too long ago that features helpful articles and resources related to running an effective music studio. In their October 2022 issue, Daniel Patterson shares 5 Website Rules that Will Increase Your Enrollment. I’ve been pondering revamping my studio website for a while now, and Daniel’s column provides some helpful […]
New We Three Kings Beginner Piano Sheet Music
It’s hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner! Our studio enjoys participating in a local WinterFest arts fair at the beginning of December where students have the opportunity to provide background music for the hundreds of shoppers and vendors participating in the occasion. It’s a fabulous experience that is less intimidating than […]
New in the Studio this Fall – Ready to Play
While perusing the Piano Safari website late this summer, I came across a couple of books in their Musicianship category. Ready to Play books 1 (Off We Go!) and 2 (Moving Up!) by Sally Cathcart. Forever on a quest to improve how I teach my students musicianship, I was intrigued and added a copy of […]
