I first read about this new musical, Amazing Grace: The True Story, in a news magazine and was thrilled! The story of how it came to be (nine years in the making!) is fascinating. I’ve been following their website and subscribed to their newsletter so that I could stay up-to-date with the progress. From everything […]
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Free Coupon for sheetmusicplus.com
I just received a $1.50 coupon in the mail for Sheet Music Plus. It has to be used by August 2, 2008. Rather than just trash it, since I’m not planning to use it, I thought I would offer it to the first interested reader. I’ll give the coupon code to the first person to […]
Cliburn YouTube Contest Winner Announced!
Congratulations to 35 year-old gastroenterologist Christopher Shih, winner of the first Cliburn YouTube contest. Check out all the latest news here.
Vote in the Van Cliburn YouTube Amateurs Contest
The Van Cliburn Foundation is giving everyone the opportunity to cast a vote in this piano competition! The winner of this YouTube contest will receive automatic entry in the sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. Here’s how to cast your vote: 1. Sign the Guestbook to receive a ballot by e-mail. 2. Watch the […]
Random Ramblings…
Is everyone else equally crazy this time of year?! We just finished our Music Progressions evaluations this weekend – hooray! (So that’s my excuse for a dearth of posts this week.) I told my students I would even give them one week off of playing scales as a reward for all their hard work. 🙂 […]
Songs for Teaching
When I taught Character First! Education classes in some of our local elementary schools, there was a Kindergarten teacher who had moved her piano into her classroom. All throughout the day she would take a seat at the piano and play little songs to help reinforce various grammatical rules, spelling, math facts, etc. The students […]
