Naxos is a pretty familiar name to most musicians and music teachers, but for some reason I had never visited the site. I came across it in a recent search for information on an obscure composer. I was amazed at the exhaustive list of both composers and artists. There are portraits and brief biographies for […]
Teaching
Dennis Alexander Web Site
Dennis Alexander has recently launched his new website. The site is still a little sparse, but there is an interesting discussion of the piece, Prelude and Toccata, that he was commissioned to compose for Linda Kennedy’s Piano Studio. It looks like a super fun piece! I’ll have to check it out on my next visit […]
Hot Off the Press!
This brand new book on pedagogy has just arrived at the publisher’s warehouse and is available for purchase. I found a great price for “Thinking As You Play – Teaching Piano in Individual And Group Lessons” at Amazon. This book was written by Dr. Sylvia Coats, Professor of Piano Pedagogy at Wichita State University and […]
From the Top
As I was tracking down links for my MTNA 2006 National Conference post, I came across the website for the radio program From the Top. It is very professionally-designed and is chock-full of content! Here’s a brief overview from the How to Use the Site page. Fromthetop.org is one of the most novel and flexible […]
Private Lesson No-No’s
Here are a few excerpts from this site where students communicate their thoughts about teachers and lessons: What this student wants from a teacher: “…be organized, consistent, give specific feedback that a student can work on, be prepared in the sense that if you are about to assign a new piece you are familiar with […]
Free Sheet Music
After clicking on a link provided by another teacher to free sheet music for Happy Birthday, I spent a few minutes on this site. There are a number of sites offering free sheet music, but this is the first time I’ve come across this one. The list of how many instruments they offer music for […]
