I noticed in one of your blog entries that you mentioned that you get new release packages from various music companies. Is this available to other piano instructors? Yes. Several of the major music publishing companies offer new release clubs for piano teachers. I personally only subscribe to the FJH one, but I did a […]
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Composer Quotes
I spent a good deal of time last night collecting quotes for a game that I am planning to have my students play at the September Surprise tonight. There’s a handy composer category of quotes on the brainy quote site – from which I pulled all the quotes. Although you can’t be 100% sure of […]
MuseScore – A Free Notation Software
I’ve been hearing rumblings about MuseScore for several weeks, but Joy’s review of it earlier this week prompted me to finally take a closer look. Like Joy, I was very disappointed to find that Finale decided to charge for the NotePad software that they previously offered free of charge. I had quite a few students […]
Must Have Downloadables for Music Teachers
Joseph Pisano, of the MusTech.Net, has compiled and posted a list of Must-Have Downloadable Freebies for music teachers. It’s a great list, separated into the following categories: Audio Editing, Ear Training, Early Music Instruction (Kids’ Stuff), Jazz Related Programs, Looping/Audio Mixing, Lyrics/Song Writing, Metronomes, Notation, MIDI Sequencing, Music Theory, Tuners, and Virtual Pianos. This is […]
Music for Keyboard Ensembles
If you teach in a lab setting or have access to multiple keyboards in your studio, you might be interested in checking out this new Keyboard Ensemble sheet music over at SoundTree. For $9.95 you can download a pdf and print as many copies as you need. You can also listen to audio samples of […]
Great Multi-Media Presentations on Composers
The San Francisco Symphony does such a great job of putting together these multi-media presentations to help visitors explore the lives and music of various composers. Just visit their Keeping Score website and click on the composer links to see it for yourself. Each one is designed differently, but is interesting and informative. While you’re […]
