Another morning experiencing the Wild and Wonderful World of Music at our Piano Expeditions piano camp has come and gone. Emphasis on the wild! It sure is fun to watch the students get excited as we learn new concepts and repeat favorite activities each day!
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Coming Soon – Piano Expeditions!
After several years of tossing around the idea of offering preschool piano camp/classes, this year I finally decided to give it a go! It’s in “Beta testing” this week, but I’m super excited to introduce you to: Piano Expeditions! I have five students between the ages of 3.5 and 7 who are participating this week. […]
Learn Piano (or any instrument) Like a Genius
When Christopher Sutton and his team at Musical U announced a Musical Superlearning course, I was intrigued. After all, promises like this don’t go unnoticed: “10x faster results.” “No more boredom or frustration, ever.” “Break through any sticking point, speed limit or plateau in your progress.” The course featured Gregg Goodhart (a.k.a. “The Learning Coach”), […]
Group Piano Class Goes Virtual!
Now that we’re about a month into our stay-home order around here, necessitating virtual rather than in-person piano lessons, I decided to give our monthly group class a try using a Zoom meeting. It went surprisingly well and was a fun time! We started with a game of rhythmic dictation where I played a 4-beat […]
Fearless Arranging: Teaching Younger Students to Arrange – A Guest Post by Doug Hanvey
A Note from Natalie: I periodically incorporate composition into my piano lessons, but I frequently forget about the value of arranging, especially for young students. Doug offers some wonderful and practical suggestions that you and your students can try right away! Teaching arranging to young piano players is an effective and fun way to stimulate […]
MTNA 2020 Virtual Conference is Live!
I know I’m a day late, but that’s the beauty of all things virtual, right? If you haven’t already, make plans to head over to the MTNA conference website and catch one of the dozens of virtual sessions available, visit the Exhibit Hall, or check out the latest products for music teachers in one of […]
