…#5 – Rebekah Maxner! Rebekah will be receiving a copy of the Purple book by Dror Perl. Congratulations, Rebekah! Stay tuned for another exciting giveaway next Tuesday! UPDATE: Dror Perl has generously set up a coupon code that can be used by Music Matters Blog readers to receive 50% off their purchase of any of […]
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Review and Giveaway of Blue and Purple by Dror Perl
To be honest, I wasn’t that thrilled about reviewing these two books because I thought they might be kind of, well…weird. They are written by a contemporary composer and are simply called, “Blue” and “Purple.” The subtitles were even more scary, “Contemporary Music with a Harmonic Twist” and “Jazz and Blues,” respectively. I’m not much […]
And the Winner Is…
#47 – Nicole! Congratulations! Nicole will receive a free copy of the Chord Piano is Fun! book. I think you’ll love it! Thanks to all of you for participating. Stay tuned for another giveaway next Tuesday!
Review and Giveaway of Chord Piano Is Fun!
Don’t you just love it when someone else does all the hard work and puts together a systematic approach to teaching something that is just the way you would do it? Honestly, it’s pretty rare to find something that’s a perfect fit, but T.K. Goforth has done just that with her book, Chord Piano Is […]
And the Winner Is…
[a few days late, I know!] But Heidi N. (#1) will be thrilled to know that she is the chosen one! 🙂 Thanks to all who entered the drawing for the Hymns and History DVD. Stay tuned for another giveaway in just a few hours.
Government Funding of the Arts – To Be or Not to Be?
That is the question! 🙂 There has been a flurry of activity lately in my neck of the woods as word spread quickly that our new governor (Sam Brownback) has proposed cutting funding for the Kansas Arts Commission. Music educators across the state are being called upon to send letters of opposition to the governor […]













