Every teacher I know has one of these on their student list. The student is itching to expand beyond their method book series, reads well enough, wants to play the piece from their favorite movie (or video game), and is quietly about two months from quitting. Maybe for others, it’s the intermediate transfer student who […]
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Piano Tree App – A Review
With our studio focus on sight-reading last year with our Cracking the Crystal Code practice incentive theme, I’m particularly attuned to resources with an emphasis on piano sight-reading. So when Tomas Iglesias, the developer of the new Piano Tree app, reached out a few months ago I was very eager to take a look! Here’s […]
Website Nightmare
During piano camp this summer (one of the busiest weeks of the year in our studio!), I woke up one morning to discover that the home page on my studio website looked like this: Since I am not in the business of providing shelving for the Asian market I was more than a little […]
Back-to-School Favorites Piano Podcast
I was delighted to join Rachel Ehring on Episode 128 of her Top Music Piano Podcast to discuss all kinds of back-to-school favorites, from practice incentive themes to music books for kids to free music theory worksheets, and more. You can listen to the episode on the TopMusic website or your favorite podcast platform. It’s […]
Rote Solos Galore for Piano Students!
A piano teacher can never have too many repertoire recommendations, right?! In my ongoing quest for just the right music for each student to accompany our practice incentive theme this year, I came across this fabulous collection of dozens of recommendations for Rote Solos. I love utilizing rote solos to help students cultivate musicality and […]
Chrissy Ricker’s Free Piano Stuff Page
In brainstorming and preparing and gathering piano music for this year’s practice incentive theme, I’ve unearthed some amazing resources that I’d never come across before. One treasure trove is this page of Free Piano Stuff on composer Chrissy Ricker’s website. From composer resources to music theory worksheets to free piano sheet music, you can spend […]
