For years I’ve heard people – both parents and teachers – sing the praises of Music Ace. But I just discovered that they’ve combined the original Music Ace and Music Ace 2 into one software program with Music Maestro, a special program for music educators. The result is one software package called Music Ace Maestro! […]
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Harmonic Vision Piano News
Have you subscribed to the Harmonic Vision Piano News newsletter? It’s sent via e-mail each month and includes a nice collection of news, links, upcoming events, and resources. Just click here to subscribe (this will set up an e-mail that is ready to send for inclusion on the mailing list). Also, you can view archived […]
Subscribe to the New Music Matters eNews!
Well, I’ve finally taken the plunge and decided to start a Music Matters eNews. I’ve been thinking about it for quite a while and when I decided to switch my Sibro Publishing newsletter over to Constant Contact last month, I thought it was time to move forward with this newsletter as well! I’m planning to […]
Top Ten Reasons to Participate in Student Evaluation Programs
Last weekend, our local association sponsored our annual Music Progressions evaluations. Students are evaluated in performance, keyboard facility, applied theory, rhythm and pulse, sight-reading, written theory, and listening. We call them student evaluations, but in reality we all know that it’s an evaluation for us as teachers, right? Hence, I was inspired to compile this […]
Special Book Price for Music Matters Blog Readers
One of the things I discovered (quite to my surprise!) when I connected with people at the MTNA Conference this year is that many of the readers of this blog had formed certain ideas about who I am that are not quite in line with reality. 😉 For example, I found out that quite a […]
Helpful Scale Resources
I guess I’m on a scale kick this week! One of my students asked me if I knew of any good on-line resources for scales that included an audio recording of the scale. She’s an aural learner, so it’s really helpful for her to hear what she should be playing. I did a bit of […]
