My oldest son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was a toddler, and ever since we’ve tried countless treatments and alternative therapies to help him live as rich a life as possible. Our most recent exploration was into the world of music therapy, and it was astonishing how well he responded to it. Since […]
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The Inaugural World Pianist Invitational
Destined to take its place among the world’s premier international classical music challenge events, the World Pianist Invitational is a two-part competition. Phase I – which officially launches this week – is an online entry activity through which aspiring competitors, aged 5-29,will submit a video recording of their classical piano performance to a blue chip […]
[How to] Expand Your Teaching Practice Online – A Guest Post by Phil Amalong
It is now second nature to turn to search engines like Google and Bing to find just about anything. Guess what? Your potential students (and their parents) are searching for a music teacher online right this minute. There are over 1 million music-learning-related searches every month on Google alone! There’s a growing wave of music […]
More 2013 MTNA Conference Notes
We should be back to the Monday Mailbag feature next week, but for this week, I thought I would direct you to several other teachers who have blogged about the conference: Jennifer Foxx, of Foxx Piano Studio Resources, took notes on a number of the sessions that I didn’t get to, so check out her […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Full Conference Blog Post Schedule
Saturday Welcome to Southern California! Evening – Opening Session Sunday Early Morning – Faber Showcase Morning – Advanced Masterclass Late Morning – Elementary Piano Technique by Nancy Bachus Early Afternoon – Alfred Showcase Afternoon – Ten Steps to Parnassus: The Keyboard Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Late Afternoon – Variety Night – Dinner Get-Together Monday […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Wednesday Morning – Speaking Their Language: Teaching the Child with Autism
Hannah Creviston, Victoria Jacobs, and Heather Wheeler presented this session, each coming from different perspectives and diverse experiences, but with a desire to help music educators best know how to teach children with autism. Hannah began with a poem about someone planning a trip to Italy, but ending up in Holland. Dealing with children with […]
