Last weekend I received the e-newsletter from the fabulous Music Educator’s Marketplace and saw this brilliant new product: Nate’s Scale Plates. They were developed by a 9-year old piano student, and they are exactly what several of my students need! It baffles me that scale fingerings are as difficult as they are for some students, […]
Teaching
Monday Mailbag – Playing in Student Recitals
Do you ever play a piece in your student recital yourself? I was thinking about doing this in order to show students and parents the possibilities of the piano, but I am not sure if it doesn’t look like I “need” an audience. Actually, my students could attend some of my own recitals if they […]
Free Downloadable Music Theory Worksheets
Jerald Simon, of the Music Motivation Blog, is developing a page full of fabulous free downloadable music theory worksheets! Current worksheets include major and minor pentascales, intervals, chord inversions, and chord progressions. What a great resource, especially for students preparing for state theory tests! He is planning to add one new download every day for […]
Theme Ideas for the Studio
Joy, of the Color In My Piano blog, has posted a super list of 30 Theme Ideas for the Music Studio Events. I’m partially posting the link here so you call can check out the great collection of ideas. But I’m mostly posting it here so that I can come back and refer to it […]
A Peek Into My Christmas Recital
It’s been over a month since our annual Christmas recital and I’m finally getting around to posting pictures! I’ve gotten some questions and requests from other teachers related to the recital, so here is a glimpse into our 2009 recital, themed: Jesus: God of the Galaxy. First off, I LOVED having a professional photographer! It […]
Monday Mailbag – More about the Treble Clef Game
[Natalie’s Note: Following is a series of questions I received pertaining to this treble clef game – a favorite in my studio!] I began teaching beginner piano lessons this summer. Being a teenager with no experience, I feel like I “run out” of new ideas quickly. I really like your game ideas, and I have […]
