Read to the bottom for a special coupon code for any piano camp curriculum packages! “I love this game! It’s my favorite!” is the exclamation I heard at the end of our fast-paced Eggspert challenge. It’s truly impressive how much the students can learn and remember in one week! The full-color student workbooks are so […]
Studio Ideas
Spring Piano Recital on the Patio is a Wrap!
For many years I’ve wanted to host an outdoor recital. In fact, as soon as the weather starts warming up I contemplate moving my Clavinova on the back patio to teach lessons. I haven’t done that yet (perhaps because my studio is in the basement and the prospect of moving the Clavinova up the stairs […]
Organizing and Updating my Printed Piano Music Files plus Free File Folder Labels!
After being inspired by Amy’s post on organizing her printed piano music files (with very professional labels – why didn’t I ever think of that before?!), I began the much overdo task of reorganizing and weeding out my printed music files. (Turns out that posting about it did help spur me on to actually get […]
Piano Studio Organizing Tips
Sometimes it feels like a never-ending quest to improve organization in various areas of my life. It’s a challenge I enjoy, and I’m glad to be making some headway in a few elements of my piano studio (digitizing student music theory worksheets and compiling a favorite rote repertoire for piano notebook are a few recent […]
September Surprise Fall Piano Kickoff!
It’s that time of year again! I know most teachers have already been teaching for at least several weeks, but I love summer too much to start fall piano lessons before Labor Day. So, as has been our tradition now for at least 15 years (as best as I and some of my former students […]
Going Digital with Music Theory Worksheets
As I mentioned in my Summer Cleaning in the Studio post, in an effort to clear out some shelf space in my studio closet, I finally decided to go digital with my binders full of music theory worksheets. This is what my setup has looked like for years and it has served me well. Currently […]
