Chris Foley has posted an interesting collection of ideas and thoughts from teachers on how they write lesson notes for their students. As much as I love and try to utilize technology in my studio, I just can’t seem to break away from the handwritten weekly assignments. Part of this, I think, is because I […]
Music for Keyboard Ensembles
If you teach in a lab setting or have access to multiple keyboards in your studio, you might be interested in checking out this new Keyboard Ensemble sheet music over at SoundTree. For $9.95 you can download a pdf and print as many copies as you need. You can also listen to audio samples of […]
A peak into my practice incentive for this year…
Well, after many hours of brainstorming, praying, revamping, and planning, I’ve finally pulled together a practice incentive theme for the upcoming year. Hooray! Several weeks ago, I posted 4 Components of a Good Practice Incentive, so I kept these in mind as I was developing the theme. There were a couple of ideas floating around […]
Monday Mailbag – Sight-Reading Ideas
Do you have any fun ideas for helping students improve their sight-reading skills? Oh yes! This is an area that is really important to me, so I’m always trying to come up with better ways of helping them develop sight-reading skills. One thing that is important to keep in mind is that sight-reading encompasses a […]
Great Multi-Media Presentations on Composers
The San Francisco Symphony does such a great job of putting together these multi-media presentations to help visitors explore the lives and music of various composers. Just visit their Keeping Score website and click on the composer links to see it for yourself. Each one is designed differently, but is interesting and informative. While you’re […]
Amazing 6-Year Old Pianist and Composer
Have you seen or heard about Emily Bear? My sister told me about her several weeks ago, but I forgot to check out the links until just recently. Start off by watching this inspiring news story: Here’s another video I found that has a compilation of many of her original compositions: One thing that inspires […]
