Laura Lowe is hosting a giveaway for a Composer Activity Pak over on her blog. The Pak is produced by Homeschooling in the Woods, a company known for its Hands-on History Paks. I loved making lap books growing up, and I know many other students enjoy them as well. This looks like a wonderful educational […]
Monday Mailbag – Scheduling Group Classes
I was just wondering how you fit in group lessons into your weekly schedule. How often would they have a group lesson? Do you just keep the same time each week and rotate which group you see? What I do is a little bit of a different approach from most teachers who conduct group classes. […]
Win a Copy of The Right Notes Piano Assignment Book!
Have you seen the new Alberti Publishing Company yet? Their first published product is a fabulous piano assignment book called The Right Notes that incorporates snippets of music history on every page. Alberti Publishing has generously offered to give away 5 copies of their colorful assignment book to readers of Music Matters Blog. All you […]
Monday Mailbag – Advertising for New Students
How do you advertise for more students? What works for you? Here are the things that I have personally found to be most effective: 1. Become a member of one or more local music teachers associations. We have two excellent associations in our area that provide a referral service for members. We’ve had new members […]
Music Matters Blog Now Available on Kindle!
For all of you Kindle users out there, just thought you might want to know that subscriptions to Music Matters Blog are now available through the Kindle store. I haven’t taken the plunge and gotten a Kindle yet, but I am more and more tempted to do so! Right now, though, I’m thinking that I’ll […]
What are you doing for summer?
With all this talk lately about summer and piano camps, I’m curious to know if anyone else has made plans yet. Are you doing anything different or creative? Anyone have a theme for their piano camps? Any great group activities or games you plan to use? I’ve just been collecting all my students’ summer schedule […]
