This method did not begin in a classroom. It began with my daughter, Alla. Alla started piano lessons at five years old and loved them. Her teacher was wonderful, she practiced happily, and by every visible measure the lessons were working. Then, about three years in, I noticed something that stopped me. She could play […]
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Piano Group Class Ideas for the Year
One of the perks in our studio is a monthly group class for all the students. When I hold Year-End Evaluations in the spring each year, group classes often make their way onto the Student Questionnaires as one of the activities students enjoy the most. Since I have a combination of in-person students and virtual […]
New Piano Practice Incentive Unveiled!
A new year of piano lessons is off to a lively start following our annual September Surprise! kickoff event. The evening began with the announcement of our new practice incentive theme: Glacial Meltdown: an endurance trek for pianists. Throughout the year students will be learning all about musical keys and earning Endurance Steps as they […]
Best Piano and Guitar Chord Resource!
Ingvaras Galinskas, the founder of Melodician (a word the developer coined to mean, “a person who makes melodies”), contacted me several weeks ago to let me know about this amazing resource he has created. If you’ve ever wanted a quick place to go or to send a student to look up the notes of a […]
MasterPiano App – A Review
It seems that piano sightreading apps are a hot development project right now! When the developer of the new MasterPiano app contacted me at the beginning of summer after learning about our Cracking the Crystal Code practice incentive theme last year, I was eager to check out this new and promising app focused on developing […]
Piano Tree App – A Review
With our studio focus on sight-reading last year with our Cracking the Crystal Code practice incentive theme, I’m particularly attuned to resources with an emphasis on piano sight-reading. So when Tomas Iglesias, the developer of the new Piano Tree app, reached out a few months ago I was very eager to take a look! Here’s […]
