Do you have any set “curriculum” you follow as far as what you expect students to learn/cover over the course of a year? I know there is the Carnegie Hall Achievement Program that provides “expectations” for each year of study. Is your incentives program for setting goals for students each year? Yikes! These are the […]
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And the Winner Is…
#18 – Mary Beth Purchase! Congratulations! You will receive a copy of Rosamond van der Linde’s memoir, A Piano in Every Room. I hope you enjoy it!
Creativity on the Cutting Edge
Last Friday I presented a session to two of our local music teachers associations. It was titled “Creativity on the Cutting Edge” and dealt with the philosophy and use of mobile technology in the studio. I had a lot of fun putting ideas together for the presentation, and gleaned a lot of inspiration from a […]
Wee Sing Resources
Did anyone else grow up with the Wee Sing series of songbooks? I still have a collection of these childhood favorites sitting on my shelves (I think I need to pull them off and start using them in my teaching!). I just recently discovered that there is actually a Wee Sing Website with more info, […]
Free Piano Sight Reading Flash Cards from Diane Hidy
If your studio is anything like mine, you can never have too many sight reading resources at your fingertips! I was thrilled to discover these sight reading flashcards from Diane Hidy. This will be great to have available in the studio and to give students to use on their own during the week!
Performance Enhancing Tips for the Learning Student
In keeping with our studio practice incentive theme this year, Project 28, our group classes this year are called Project Symposiums. We held Project Symposium #1 last night and had a ton of fun! Another new dimension to the group classes this year is that for each one I’m having one of the Pursuit of […]
