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 […]
Resources
Free Music Instrument Info Sheets for Students
Several of the symphony orchestras across the country have great, interactive websites for children, parents, and teachers. I just came across the Nashville Symphony Orchestra Kids website the other day. The Our Instruments section of the site has a photo and brief info about each instrument, along with a short recording so that students can […]
the Lesson Room
If you’re a member of MTNA, you probably just received this information, too. TheLessonRoom.com is a new website that describes itself as “the hub for music education resources and valuable content” – among other things. Quite a bodacious statement for a new website, but I look forward to seeing what resources and valuable content they […]
Free Classical Music Downloads
The other day, I happened across the new Color In My Piano blog, which has some great resources for music teachers. In particular, though, I was fascinated to learn about the Classic Cat website, a compilation of free mp3’s of Classical music from across the web. I’m already having a great time searching for (and […]
Piano Camp – A Game and Final Performances!
For our final day of Piano Camp, I decided to switch things up just a little and play a game to start off the lesson. Since we were focusing on relative keys today, I printed off a copy of my Major Minor Scale Matchup Worksheet on cardstock and then cut it into rectangles with one […]
Piano Camp – Ensembles!
Continuing with the Piano Camp theme for the week, here are a few pictures from another one of our daily activities – ensemble playing! I played through a whole stack of ensemble repertoire last week looking for the perfect combinations for the group of students attending Piano Camp this week. We allocoate about 15-20 minutes […]
