It feels like every day goes by faster and we are scrambling trying to squeeze everything into our hour and a half. The schedule is packed full and I always figure it’s better to end with everyone wishing we had more time than having too much time and everyone being anxious to know when we’ll […]
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Piano Camp Day 2 – To Outer Space with Holst and The Planets
Another day of piano camp has come and gone. The hours just fly by! Again, I failed to get many pictures, but here are a few: For our Welcome to Piano Camp song we broke out the xylophone today, which gave students the opportunity to play not only a rhythm, but also a melody, when […]
Piano Camp Day 1 – To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets
It’s here! After months of planning and preparing, today I welcomed 20+ enthusiastic students into the studio for our week of Piano Expeditions piano camp: To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets! I’ve started offering two different piano camps the same week, one for 4-8 year olds from 9:00-10:30 each morning, and one for […]
1 Week Till Blast-Off!
This year’s piano camp is just one week away, and I can hardly wait! We’re traveling To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets. I’ve been busy finishing up the final planning and gathering all the supplies. After five years of developing Piano Expeditions programs, it’s nice to have lots of supplies that are reusable […]
New Practice Incentive Theme Available: The PUZZLEMAKER
We have just wrapped up a fabulous year in our studio, thanks in large part to one of our favorite practice incentive themes yet! Here’s a 10-minute video overview of the theme, interspersed with a few fun pictures from the year: If you’re looking for an engaging, studio-wide theme to inspire your students and give […]
2025 Van Cliburn Competition Starts Tomorrow
One of the first Classical CDs I ever owned was World’s Favorite Piano Music by Van Cliburn. I felt so grown up and sophisticated when I listened to it. And it inspired me more in my own piano studies that I probably realized at the time (as I look at the track listing now, I […]
