Is everyone else gearing up for Christmas with their students? I finally got my act together a couple of weeks ago and got everyone’s Christmas recital music selected. Even still, though, I’m having a blast listening to and looking over all the free Christmas music available as sheet music and audio files at the Sally […]
Repertoire Suggestions
20th Century Intermediate Piano Repertoire Website
Several weeks ago I was thrilled to find the PianoWorks website. I’ve just been alerted to another great database site that allows you to search for an early-, mid-, or late-intermediate piece of 20th Century piano repertoire based on composer or technique. I love that when you click on “View Record” for a piece, it […]
This Week in Videos
Since we were getting ready for our first group event last week, I took the opportunity to film several of my students playing their pieces so they could watch themselves and use it as a tool for improvement. I really need to do this more often! I finally decided to create an official YouTube channel […]
Dream Blog for Church Pianists Who Want to Learn to Improvise!
A couple of days ago, Jennifer Cook left a comment on one of my posts and I clicked over to her blog to check it out. What a treasure! If you are a church pianist and want to learn to improvise (or need some fresh improvisation ideas), you must go read The Church Pianist blog! […]
Incredible Resource for Catalogued Piano Repertoire
The FindPianoWorks website is a must-use tool for every piano teacher! I can’t believe I didn’t know about this sooner. FindPianoWorks is a very user-friendly database search tool that includes repertoire from three series of leveled anthologies: Masterwork Classics edited by Jane Magrath, the Kjos Repertoire series, edited by Keith Snell, and the Celebration Series, […]
Review: Legends and Lore
Composer Library Series: … This collection of Elementary-Early Intermediate Piano Solos is lots of fun! Composer Christine Donkin does an excellent job capturing the imagery her titles inspire. Here are my comments on each of the pieces: Royal Fanfare – A piece composed entirely of parallel 5ths, once the fingering is solidified this piece should […]
