Whenever I’m considering new music for my piano students, there is one important test that a piece must pass. I must like it. If I play through it and don’t like it, it’s a definite pass. If I play through it and feel indifferent, it gets set to the side. But if I play through […]
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New Piano Keyboard Diagrams for Creating Music Theory Worksheets
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is brainstorm and plan for the next year’s practice incentive theme. My students and families may think I do it all for them, but in reality, idea creation is something that energizes me and gets me excited for another year of teaching. I’ll share more […]
New Piano Camp Program Now Available!
If you’ve been following along, last week we had an adventure-filled time at this year’s Piano Expeditions piano camp: To the Grand Canyon with Grofé and His Suite. Now that everything has been tried and tested, the whole package is available for anyone else who wants a ready-to-go piano camp program for use in their […]
Piano Camp Day Five – To the Grand Canyon with Grofé and His Suite
If I could transmit all the energy that was in our studio at piano camp today your screen would leap out in front of you and break into a wild song and dance! Everything felt like a whirlwind as we tried to fit in all of our activities and prepare for a presentation for the […]
Piano Camp Day Four – To the Grand Canyon with Grofé and His Suite
The most exciting moment of piano camp today came when one of my 8-year old boys finally decided to disclose the “classified” object in his pocket and it proceeded to jump onto the floor! That’s right, it was a real live toad! Truly, never a dull moment! Now, on to other highlights: The light-up drum […]
Piano Camp Day Three – To the Grand Canyon with Grofé and His Suite
Wednesday often feels like a turning point in the piano camp week; the students have grown comfortable with the setting and with one another and tend to be very energetic (a.k.a. naughty). I found this to be true of my younger group today, but not so much with the older ones. Nevertheless, it was still […]
