It’s that time of year! My students have started playing Christmas music over the last couple of weeks in preparation for our annual WinterFest community event. One of the aspects of piano teaching that I love is trying to find special music for each student that will appeal to them and that they will be […]
Resources
How to Give Your Students’ Note Reading a Super Boost – A Giveaway!
With the plethora of piano teaching resources constantly hitting the market it’s easy to let old favorites slip to the wayside when exploring new possibilities. I’m sorry to say that’s exactly what happened with Notebusters, a fabulous workbook created by Steven Gross and Karen Spurney. It’s been 10 years since I reviewed their original workbook […]
Free Piano Music from Composer Albert Rozin
When I received an email a couple months ago from Will Johnson about a project that he and a team of 4 others were working on, I’d never heard of composer Albert Rozin. Since then, I’ve enjoyed learning a bit more about him and perusing the fabulous website that Will and his team have put […]
Free Resources from the Creative Piano Teacher Website
Thanks to a tip from Amy Chaplin in her Friday Finds #264, I was introduced to the Creative Piano Teacher website. The site is run by Olivia Ellis and Davis Dorrough and has a fabulous collection of colorful and well-designed free resources for piano teachers. They have an entire section of Free Resources, and I […]
Free Music Listening Challenge Game
One of the favorite activities from our September Surprise! this year was the Music Listening Challenge. Teams had 4 minutes to listen to 10 musical excerpts and try to correctly identify the piece title and composer. I’ve added a free download of this Music Listening Challenge game to the Music Matters Blog store, so feel […]
3,000 Piano Repertoire Videos
I have a vague recollection of hearing about this project at one point, but I was thrilled to recently rediscover the University of Iowa Piano Pedagogy Project! Their description explains, “Over the course of the next few years, we will be posting basically the complete piano teaching repertoire for beginners to intermediate level pianists. In […]
