Rebecca W. just alerted me recently to this fabulous Musopen website! Have you seen it yet? They have an enormous selection of music (audio) and sheet music that can be accessed for free, played from the site, downloaded, and embedded into other websites. In fact, as I type this, I am enjoying listening to a […]
Repertoire Suggestions
Monday Mailbag – Mysterious Repertoire
After reading about the success of your incentive programs I decided to come up with my own for this fall. I’m still working on it, but it’s going to be about exploring the mystery of music. I’m wondering if you have any pieces that come to mind for recitals? (So far I have Agent X, […]
Review of Easy Hymn Solos
Attaching the tag line, “stylish arrangements” to a collection of early elementary hymn solos may seem like a bit of a stretch, but composer Wendy Stevens manages to pull it off! I recently played through each of the hymn arrangements in her new three-book collection of Easy Hymn Solos published by Hal Leonard and was […]
Monday Mailbag – New Release Clubs for Piano Teachers
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
