I have an older beginning piano student who plays beautifully but still struggles with music reading. She loves Christmas music, so I wanted to give her an arrangement to learn that would be easy and motivating to learn and play. This arrangement of Infant Holy, Infant Lowly is composed to sound sophisticated and sweet. It […]
Resource Reviews
New in the Studio this Fall – Ready to Play
While perusing the Piano Safari website late this summer, I came across a couple of books in their Musicianship category. Ready to Play books 1 (Off We Go!) and 2 (Moving Up!) by Sally Cathcart. Forever on a quest to improve how I teach my students musicianship, I was intrigued and added a copy of […]
New in the Studio this Fall – HomePod Minis
My husband snagged a great deal on a set of Amazon Alexa Echo products, so I eagerly unpacked the box and started setting them up for use in the studio. The idea was to stream mp3 accompaniments from my laptop or phone to multiple devices around the room to create a surround sound effect, especially […]
New in the Studio This Fall – Keyboard Stand
In just a couple of days we will be holding our annual September Surprise! kickoff for the year. This tradition began over 15 years ago with two primary purposes: 1. to encourage students to spend time at the piano during their summer break 2. to announce the new practice incentive theme for the year. I […]
Book Review: More Than Music Lessons
If you love to sit down with other music teachers to pick their brains about teaching philosophies and ideas that have worked with their students, then you will love Merlin B. Thompson’s new book, More Than Music Lessons. [You can even snag a 30% off coupon code on his website!] I appreciate Dr. Thompson sending […]
Custom Shirts for Your Studio
It’s been 10 years since I ordered custom-designed t-shirts for my studio, so my mind started rolling with ideas when I was contacted a few weeks ago by a custom-design apparel company to see if they could send me a sample of one of their products to try and review here on the blog. Especially […]
