Another day of piano camp has come and gone. The hours just fly by! Again, I failed to get many pictures, but here are a few: For our Welcome to Piano Camp song we broke out the xylophone today, which gave students the opportunity to play not only a rhythm, but also a melody, when […]
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Piano Camp Day 1 – To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets
It’s here! After months of planning and preparing, today I welcomed 20+ enthusiastic students into the studio for our week of Piano Expeditions piano camp: To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets! I’ve started offering two different piano camps the same week, one for 4-8 year olds from 9:00-10:30 each morning, and one for […]
1 Week Till Blast-Off!
This year’s piano camp is just one week away, and I can hardly wait! We’re traveling To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets. I’ve been busy finishing up the final planning and gathering all the supplies. After five years of developing Piano Expeditions programs, it’s nice to have lots of supplies that are reusable […]
New Piano Camp – To Outer Space with Holst and The Planets
It’s that time of year again – time to immerse myself in every resource I can find and break out the brainstorming journal to start planning for this year’s Piano Expeditions piano camp! I’ve been reviewing all kinds of music-related kids books for the occasion and trying to find just the right one to capture […]
It’s Time for Christmas Tunes Bingo!
We had our November group class this week, so I decided it was time to pull out our Christmas Tunes Bingo game again! With our practice incentive theme this year (The PUZZLEMAKER), I built listening pages into the assignment books, so we’ve been using them at each of the monthly group classes this year. This […]
Another Successful September Surprise!
How can it be October already?! As always, we launched a new year in the studio with our beloved September Surprise! It’s an opportunity for the students to play any piece that they want (thus surprising me with what they’ve worked on over the summer) and it’s when I announce our new practice incentive theme for […]
