One of my students would like to participate in a Summer Piano Camp in Northern New Jersey. I found that Westminister Choir College has a good piano camp in Princeton, NJ. Are you aware of any other camps or Summer piano programs in Northern NJ? I received the above question from a reader and said […]
Teaching
Monday Mailbag – Students Forgetting Assignment Books
I would love it if you would address how you deal with students who consistently forget their assignment books! I have started keeping large sticky notes on hand to stick right on the front of their book, but it’s very frustrating when this also doesn’t return! It impedes progress. My students who always bring their […]
Busy Schedules for High School Students
One of my high school boys has an insanely busy schedule this semester. In fact, in March his mom e-mailed me about the possibility of him taking off the months of April and May and resuming lessons in the fall when his schedule is a bit more open again. I explained to her that because […]
Summer is Just Around the Corner!
In preparation for summer, I just sent home a Summer Survey with each of my students last week. I started sending these home with my students several years ago when I first started offering summer piano camps and it has been so helpful! Early on in my teaching, I made the mistake of planning an […]
Tips for Adjudicators
When I was adjudicating at a music festival last weekend, I was reminded of this fabulous post by Chris Foley of the Collaborative Piano Blog: 16 Ideas for First-Time Music Festival Adjudicators. The only thing I would change is to strike the “First-Time” from the title. This list is a handy checklist for new and […]
The Any Song Assignment
Do you have students who love to doodle around on the piano (or, as one student once declared to me, he liked to “type around on the keys sometimes” :-)) and do all sorts of things at the keyboard besides practice their assignments? Or perhaps you’ve encountered the student who can play up and down […]
