Did you know that we are in the midst of the Year of Collaborative Music? It commenced at the March MTNA conference in Albuquerque and will culminate at the MTNA conference in Milwaukee next March. I am really excited about this and am thinking about designing my practice incentive theme around this initiative for next […]
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Summer Camps and Workshops for Students and Teachers
One of my students would like to participate in a Summer Piano Camp in Northern New Jersey. I found that Westminister Choir College has a good piano camp in Princeton, NJ. Are you aware of any other camps or Summer piano programs in Northern NJ? I received the above question from a reader and said […]
And the Winner Is…
Joy of the Color in My Piano blog! Thanks to all who entered the drawing for the copy of The Musician’s Way. I hope you’ll all still get a copy for yourselves and find inspiration from it for your own practicing and performing. You won’t be disappointed! 🙂
Review of The Musician’s Way – Win a Copy for Yourself!
You would think that a book subtitled, “A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness” would tend toward dry, colorless explanations reserved for only the most devoted musicians. I can’t say that I was overly excited when Mr. Klickstein asked if I would be willing to review a copy of his book, The Musician’s Way, but […]
Kansas Music Teachers Association and Missouri Music Teachers Association to Host Nancy and Randall Faber at Conference in June
Well, that’s probably the longest post title I’ve ever written! But I thought some of you in the region might be interested in knowing about this great conference coming up. The Kansas Music Teachers Association and Missouri Music Teachers Association are joining forces to put together a fabulous conference this year! Our guest artists are […]
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 […]
