Sam Holland, Executive Director of the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy welcomed the attendees – over 700 representing every one of the 50 states and numerous countries. He officially opened the conference and then turned the podium over to Brenda Dillon to introduce the opening keynote speaker, Barry Bittman. Recreational Music Making: A Scientific Perspective […]
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy – Thursday 8:45
Now, Jeanine M. Jacobson is sharing about her new book, Professional Piano Teaching – A Comprehensive Piano Pedagogy Textbook for Teaching Elementary-Level Students.Professional Piano Teaching – A Comprehensive Piano Pedagogy Textbook for Teaching Elementary-Level Students. The handout includes this information: Topics Included * An introduction to the profession * An overview of principles of learning […]
National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy – Thursday 8:00
The conference has begun! Thanks to wi-fi access throughout the hotel, it looks like I’ll be able to live-blog during the conference, as I had hoped. The morning started out with a Publisher’s Showcase. This is E.L. Lancaster showcasing the relatively new Alfred Premier Piano Performer course. We received a complimentary tote bag with Lesson […]
Review of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora, Vol. 2
This 53-page second volume of Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora is definitely more challenging than the first volume! It is labeled Intermediate, but I struggled a good bit with some of the complicated rhythms and dissonant harmonies myself. The layout is the same as the first volume, with the first several pages […]
Isaac Watts Documentary
We just concluded our first week of piano camps here at the studio. With my older group, I decided to try a new project – writing and filming a documentary of the great hymn writer Isaac Watts. Each of the six students in this group are church musicians, so I thought it would be a […]
Visual Scale and Chord Builder
Have you ever had a question about a particular scale or chord? How to build it or how to label it? Then head on over to the Piano Room of the Chord House! It’s an incredibly helpful tool! You just click the root of the chord and select from 58 different chord types. It shows […]
