When I was perusing the Virtual Sheet Music website the other day, I came across their section of free resources for music teachers and noticed that they have a music manuscript file that you can adjust and print in either landscape or portrait mode with your specified number of staves. Since I rarely use theory […]
Teaching
New Piano Expeditions Piano Camp Curriculum Coming This Summer
Grab your tickets and get ready to travel because this summer our Piano Expeditions Piano Camp is off to experience the wonders of Italy! Our summer piano camps have been a highlight in the studio for many years, and for the last several years the Piano Expeditions programs in particular have been a fabulous way […]
A Comparison of Jane Magrath’s Piano Teaching Literature Reference Works
Years ago I acquired a used copy of Jane Magrath’s book, The Pianist’s Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature, published in 1995 by Alfred Publishing. It has served me well for many years, especially in my early days as a piano teacher when I was learning how to appropriately level and select repertoire for […]
New Piano Arrangements Added
One of my young beginner piano students loves the worship song Build My Life by Housefires and wanted to learn how to play it on the piano. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything even remotely close to his playing level, so over my Christmas break, I decided to write a simplified arrangement that he can easily read […]
Happy New Year!
My husband has pointed out that one of my apparent missions in life is to create a cozy reading nook in every room of the house. I don’t deny that one of my greatest delights is curling up with a warm blanket and a cup of hot tea to lose myself in the pages of […]
Year In Review – 2022
One of the things I started doing almost a decade ago is keeping a document titled 2022 Year in Review (or whatever the year happens to be). I include a number of categories that are meaningful to me and then I update it throughout the year. It’s fascinating to pull up previous years and be […]
