A new year of piano lessons is off to a lively start following our annual September Surprise! kickoff event. The evening began with the announcement of our new practice incentive theme: Glacial Meltdown: an endurance trek for pianists. Throughout the year students will be learning all about musical keys and earning Endurance Steps as they […]
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To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons Piano Camp Program is Here!
If you’ve been following along over the last week (despite the crazy technical difficulties!) you may have noticed that we had a wild week of dragons and music in our piano studio. Inspired by my granddaughter’s current obsession with dragons and the epic soundtrack music of How to Train Your Dragon composed by John Powell, […]
Video Summary of Cracking the Crystal Code Piano Practice Incentive Theme
This year of focusing on piano sightreading skills with all my students with the Cracking the Crystal Code practice incentive theme has been fabulous! Here’s a brief 5-minute video summary of the theme and how we used it in our piano studio. Remember, use the code CRYSTAL by June 15 to get 20% off this […]
Announcing this Year’s Practice Incentive Theme!
We had a fabulous time at our September Surprise! kickoff last weekend and an invigorating first week back to piano lessons. One of the things I love about instituting a new practice incentive theme every year is the renewed excitement it gives all of us for another year of piano lessons. Each year’s theme is […]
Another Successful September Surprise!
How can it be October already?! As always, we launched a new year in the studio with our beloved September Surprise! It’s an opportunity for the students to play any piece that they want (thus surprising me with what they’ve worked on over the summer) and it’s when I announce our new practice incentive theme for […]
Keybird – A Portable Acoustic Piano
Several months ago I posted about the new PocketPiano – a digital piano that you can disassemble and fit in a backpack. Super cool! The only downside, of course, is that it’s digital. Apparently Lander Pinson feels that way, too. Drawing on his mechanical engineering background, this Danish innovator has built an acoustic piano that […]
