Tucked away in my files I recently discovered an article I had saved from Repertoire section of the January/February 2017 issue of the Clavier Companion magazine. Titled, “A Cheerful and Dependable Flower,” Adrienne Wiley shares about British composer, Alec Rowley’s 1915 piano album, A Little Flower Suite, Op. 10. I’m glad I saved the article […]
Repertoire Suggestions
Little Gems for Piano – Recital and Rote Pieces for the Primary Stage
Rote teaching of piano pieces has been part of my methodology for quite a few years now (here’s a blog post where I respond to one reader’s question about the point of teaching by rote), so I’m always excited to find new repertoire or even books devoted to including this approach in a rounded music […]
Want Free Piano Music Every Month?
Yes, please! I just discovered a fabulous new resource for piano teachers today! Carol Matz did a webinar with Chris Owenby this morning for the Practice Habits Membership Community (if you use my link, you can join for a 10% discount!). I only caught the last few minutes (thankfully it’s archived so that I can […]
A Very Out-of-the-Box Book for the Improv-Challenged Pianist
As I mentioned in my recent post about improvisation pianist Anna Ferraro, I spent years feeling stuck to the page in my piano playing. My early forays into improvisation felt very uncomfortable and unmusical. And frankly, I’m still not that great at it. It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut and not know […]
Free Downloadable Sheet Music from Sovereign Grace Music
I’m not sure if I’ve been living under a rock or what, but I just discovered that on the Sovereign Grace Music website, you can search through all of their available songs and access lyrics (in multiple languages!) downloadable guitar charts, lead sheets, and piano scores – all for free! Each song’s page also contains […]
A Lovely Night
Due to a number of unexpected circumstances last year, I made the difficult decision not to host any kind of Christmas recital for my students (after 20 years of that annual tradition!). Instead, my husband suggested that we do something for Valentine’s Day. I decided to give his idea a try, and we had an […]
