Last Thursday evening we held our fifth Olympic Event of the year (The Olympic Events are part of my practice incentive this year, which is titled “Go For the Gold.” After the year is over, I’ll compile all the materials and add it to my selection of practice incentive programs available for purchase.). My objective […]
Survey Question #3
Following is the third installment of the Survey Question idea I’m using in my studio this Spring. If you could automatically improve one area of your piano skills, what would it be? * Increasing my piano level. * Learning hard pieces. * Sight-reading. * Lesson work. * Romantic sounding pieces. * Sight-reading. * Sight-reading. * […]
Music Timeline
While searching for a music timeline tonight I came across this great site – The Classical Score. If you click the “Linear Display” links in the left hand column you’ll see a great layout, including World Events, Musical Characteristics, Genre and Forms, Theorists and Treatises and Collections, Composers and Major Works, and Hymnology. This is […]
Survey Question #2
My students seem to really be enjoying the survey questions! Here’s the second question I asked, followed by all the responses I received: What’s the most helpful technique you’ve learned in piano lessons? * Playing one hand at a time. * Putting your weight into the keys instead of playing all with your fingers. * […]
Los Angeles Food Court Musical
Here’s a fun way to start your Monday morning! (Check out the whole story behind this event here.) HT: Chris Foley at The Collaborative Piano Blog
Year-End Evaluation Forms for Piano Students
At the end of each year I schedule the last week of lessons as a Year-End Evaluation day with each student and their parents. Prior to the evaluation I send a questionnaire home for the parents and students to fill out and I fill out an evaluation of each student that I discuss with them […]
