A note from Natalie: With so many piano apps on the market (and more being added all the time!) it is often overwhelming to navigate all the options. What appealed to me about Go Practice Music (click here to use my referral link) when Sebastien reached out to me about it is the sleek interface […]
Gustav’s Musical World – A Guest Post by Heather Donovan
Note from Natalie: Anyone who’s been around here a while knows that I love children’s books and I have a whole section of the Music Matters Blog website devoted to Music Books for Kids. So I was especially thrilled when author Heather Donovan contacted me about her new adorable children’s book about Gustav and his […]
It’s Practice Incentive Planning Time!
One of my favorite summer activities is setting aside time to brainstorm and plan for the next year’s studio practice incentive theme. It’s so fun to go over all the input from my students and their parents during our Year-End Evaluations. I solicit specific theme ideas in their questionnaires and then we also discuss areas […]
Rhythm Practice Games for Music Lessons – A Guest Post by Spin the Wheel
Note from Natalie: As a student who struggled with internalizing a sense of musical pulse, I especially appreciate the way that Spin the Wheel incorporates different movements into their rhythm activities to help students not only understand rhythmic notation cognitively, but feel it musically as well! Rhythm Practice Games for Music Lessons: Create a Music […]
To the Isle Recap Video
Here’s a video with highlights from our adventure-filled week of Piano Expeditions piano camp, To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons! Here are a few comments from parents following this week of piano camp: “V. had the best time!” “The boys had such a great week.” “Thank you so much for including A. this […]
To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons Piano Camp Program is Here!
If you’ve been following along over the last week (despite the crazy technical difficulties!) you may have noticed that we had a wild week of dragons and music in our piano studio. Inspired by my granddaughter’s current obsession with dragons and the epic soundtrack music of How to Train Your Dragon composed by John Powell, […]
