Our first session of the KMTA Conference is coming to a close, and I thought I would share my notes with you. It was a truly inspiring start to what promises to be a great weekend! Fostering: Love of MUSIC Love of PIANO 3 Aspects of Fostering a Love of Music, especially for young children […]
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Happy Birthday, Schumann!
Today marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birthday. Gerald Klickstein, of The Musician’s Way blog, has put together a wonderful compilation of resources and links commemorating this occasion. I’m sure you’ll want to check it out!
Summer Blogging
Some of you have asked what my blogging plans are for this summer. I’ve been trying to figure that out myself! Since many of us are on a lighter teaching schedule, I’ve decided it might be good to keep to a lighter blogging schedule as well. This week, I’ll be in Kansas City for our […]
Piano Pedagogy Magazines
A reader sent me this question: Are there any good piano pedagogy magazines you could recommend (apart from AMT)? The only other piano pedagogy magazine I subscribe to is Clavier Companion, which was birthed from a merger between the former Clavier and Keyboard Companion magazines. It is a fabulous publication! I don’t always keep on […]
Summer Plans
Summer has officially begun for my studio! We’ve finished the last of the Year-End Evaluations, gotten everyone’s summer lessons scheduled, and taken a few days to catch our breath before launching into whatever we’ve decided to work on for the summer. I think I must have worked my students especially hard this year, because about […]
A Fun Rhythm Dictation Game
For the last week of regular lessons this spring (the week before the Year-End Evaluations), I let each student choose whatever he/she wanted to do for the lesson. It was kind of fun to see what they chose! Some opted for a bunch of improvising, some wanted to play through their regular assignments, some wanted […]
