Each week, I try to think of some fun activity to start off each lesson. Hot on the heels of the previous week’s A Galaxy of Composers group class theme, I was inspired to do a composer-oriented listening activity with my students. I grabbed my favorite composer resource book (comes with a CD!) – Accent […]
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Happy Birthday, Chopin!
Yes, I know I’m a day late. Yesterday, March 1, was the 200th birthday of the renowned Frederic Chopin. 200 is a pretty big milestone, though, so I think it’s acceptable to prolong the celebration for a little longer. 🙂 Thanks to Gerald Klickstein, of The Musician’s Way Blog, for putting together a great collection […]
Monday Mailbag – Memorizing Incentive
Do you have any incentive ideas for a memorizing contest, or something of that nature to encourage memorizing pieces? Some of my students are very beginner, and some are older students who have transferred (or who have REALLY applied themselves). How do you make it equal for both types of students – the 6-year olds […]
Earn Shopping Money through Swagbucks
This isn’t exactly a music-related resource, but I’ve found it to be a great tool for earning money to spend on music-related resources, so I thought I would mention it again now that I’ve been using it for a while (plus, I get some sort of special credit if you sign up through my link)! […]
Voice Lesson Resource
Last fall, a friend of mine who is a vocalist and I decided to trade lessons – she would teach me voice and I would teach her piano. I’m afraid her job is considerably more difficult than mine! She alerted me to this website with Free Online Singing Lessons that has a wealth of information […]
A Compendium of Composers
Yesterday, I shared a little bit about the Galaxy of Composers group class that we held in the studio last week. In preparation for this each student selected (or was given) a composition by a composer of interest to them. I tried to keep the duplicate composers to a minimum, but of course we did […]
