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 […]
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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 […]
Free Pre-Reading Arrangement of Come Christians, Join to Sing
If you’re not already a regular reader of Susan Paradis’ Teacher Resources blog, you really should be! She has all sorts of wonderful worksheets and game ideas. Check out this great little pre-reading arrangement she just posted of Come Christians, Join to Sing. I’m always looking for more good music options for those pre-reading students. […]
International Music Score Library Project
Have you seen the website for the International Music Score Library Project? I just came across this recently, so I haven’t used it much, but it looks like a fabulous resource for finding free scores – both those in the public domain, and those of composers willing to share their works for free. Their main […]
Review of Twister and 6 Steps for Teaching a New Piece
As soon as I played through this hot-off-the-press piece from Hal Leonard, I thought of several students who would love it! Twister by Wendy Stevens is fast and it sounds flashy, but the patterns make it accessible for an ambitious elementary student. The quick left hand position changes add to the excitement, but could easily […]
