For the first time in my piano teaching career I’m seeing a new breed of piano students come through my studio door. No, these kids haven’t grown any extra fingers, but they are coming to piano lessons with a new set of expectations. Meet GenZ, the digital student. One teen came to her lesson last […]
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The Cactus Cuties Sing the National Anthem
Wow! Just wow! HT: J.Pisano
Short Pictorial and Musical History of the Piano
One of the ladies on our committee for the planning of a piano festival next spring sent me the link to this short clip with pictures and music documenting the “Parentage of the Piano.” I actually got to see some of these instruments in person this summer when I visited the National Music Museum in […]
I think I just found a new way to workout…
Who wants to join me?! 😀
Win a Free Djembe
Last week I received some information about the X8 Drums website. As I was perusing it, I noticed that they have a drawing for a free djembe at the beginning of each month! A couple years ago, I got a free djembe at the MTNA Conference and we use it pretty regularly during lessons for […]
MTNA Conference 2010
MTNA has announced their 2010 conference: Take a trip down Route 66 as MTNA heads to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for this year’s National Conference, March 20–24, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency and Albuquerque Convention Center! This year’s conference highlights include: Evening concerts by pianist Kevin Kenner and cellist William De Rosa, the American Pianist Association […]
