Last week at our state music teachers conference, I presented a workshop called, “How to Design a Practice Incentive that Will Motivate Your Students All Year Long.” It was a lot of fun! As much as I love designing my own full-blown program, I know that lots of teachers prefer to either use a pre-designed […]
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Piano Camp Lesson Plans and Free Student Workbook!
As long as I’m thinking about Piano Camp stuff, I thought I would run a special for anyone interested in purchasing the Lesson Plans for a fun week of Piano Camp! This is the one that I put together for last summer and my students and I had a great time! See lots of pictures […]
More about the Mastering the Mystery of Music Practice Incentive
I’ve received some questions about the latest practice incentive that I uploaded to the website, so I thought it would be helpful to give a few more details here for those interested in possibly using it in their studios. It’s called Mastering the Mystery of Music. This is the one I used with my students […]
Reigniting Enthusiasm – Cultivate Creativity
What makes you really excited? Studying music history? Sight-reading new repertoire? Dreaming up game ideas? Improvising arrangements of familiar tunes by ear? Capitalize on your own area of interest to build the enthusiasm of your students. Invest your excitement into putting together creative assignments for your students. For example, plan a group class around composers […]
Piano Camp Lesson Plans
Piano Camp Lesson Plans This is the daily outline for our week-long piano camp, with lots of hyperlinks to correlating resources and websites. If you’re interested in planning a fun, memorable Piano Camp for your own studio, this will give you the information and tools you need. The outline is succinct and easy-to-follow. It can […]
Student Christmas Gift Ideas?
Is everyone else trying to figure out what to give their students for Christmas this year? Anyone come up with any great ideas yet? I usually like to give something creative that will last longer than the time it takes for a piece of candy to make the journey from their mouth to their stomach. […]
