“I am curious about student achievement awards. I am wondering what you and other teachers do. Do you give out awards based on years in lessons (i.e. 3 year award) or perhaps awards based on level of achievement (i.e. completed Faber level 2A etc.)? Maybe some teachers simply give out a participation certificate. This will […]
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The Ultimate Guide to Playing Piano
I haven’t even begun to check out all the links yet, but just check out this treasure trove of piano playing-related links over at the Artiden blog! This looks like a fabulous collection for any piano teacher, piano student, and piano performer. And if you’re looking for great music resources, visit the Community area of […]
Get Classroom Maestro 3.0 for Free (a $69 value!)
Zenph is one of the leading music technology organizations. I’ve been fascinated by them ever since reading an article last year about some of their projects. Their Classroom Maestro software sounds very interesting – and you can download it for free (a $69 value!) if you complete a brief survey. Classroom Maestro is described as […]
The Kinshasa Symphony
In the war-torn, poverty-stricken country of Congo, Africa, music breaks forth gloriously! You can’t help but be inspired by this amazing story:
Monday Mailbag – How to Equip Students to Improvise at the Piano with Pattern Play
“How have you found the Pattern Play books to be successful? I’ve had some great improvisations while I play a pattern and some where the students play the pattern and I’ll improvise, but getting them to that solo level just has seemed to be intimidating for them.” One of the “complications” my students can choose as […]
More MTNA Conference Posts
Be sure you stop by the Color In My Piano blog where Joy is posting a wonderful collection of notes from the 2012 MTNA Conference, including some from Professional Studio Saturday. I had such a great time hanging out with Joy and am enjoying reading her posts from the sessions that I missed!
