I have so appreciated your ideas and was wondering, if you find any great Christmas arrangements that you just love, will you let us know? With our Christmas Recital coming up later this week, Christmas music is definitely on my mind! Here are some of the favorites on our program this year: It Came Upon […]
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I Passed the Good Teacher Test…
Last year some of you may remember that I reviewed a piece by Wendy Stevens called Tangy Tango and royally bombed as a teacher in preparing my student to play it well. Ever since then, I’ve been determined to try again with a another student to see if I could pass my own self-imposed good-teacher-or-bad-teacher […]
Spotify – The Best New Online Teaching Resource Since YouTube!
What do you get when you merge the instant accessibility of YouTube with the interface of iTunes with the music library of the whole internet? Spotify! I had heard rumblings about Spotify for a while, but recently decided to check it out. I kid you not when I say this has now become my personal […]
Two Years of Masterclasses at Your Fingertips!
Thanks to Music Matters Blog reader Brooke for alerting me to a fabulous resource! Visit the Sonatina Enterprises website for archives of two years’ worth of masterclass videos taken at their summer music programs. Just click on the 2011 Masterclass Archives or 2012 Masterclass Archives buttons on the home page to view a list of […]
Free Educational Arrangements of Christian Sheet Music
One of my students showed up a couple weeks ago with a simple arrangement of the contemporary Christian praise song, Mighty to Save. Her Grandma had found it as a free sheet music download on-line, and it’s the perfect level for her. She kindly sent me the link and it’s a treasure trove! If you […]
Review and Giveaway of 5 Piano Books from Red Leaf Piano Works! by Martha Duncan
Thanks to Martha Duncan for submitting the following guest post highlighting Red Leaf Piano Works: Don’t miss your chance to win one of these exciting new piano books! What do you get when a group of piano teachers who also double as award-winning composers get together? The answer is Red Leaf Pianoworks -an online composers’ […]
