Due to the technical issues I mentioned in the Piano Camp Day 3 post, there will be a quick succession of the remaining posts for piano camp week, trying to play catch-up. Here are the highlights from Day 4 of To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons: The students loved using a xylophone for […]
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To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons – Piano Camp Day 3
Well, I woke up on Day 3 of the busiest week of the summer in our studio to discover that my site had been attacked and a vicious malware was wreaking havoc on the files and function, rendering it completely shut down. Thanks to my amazing web developer, Tiffany, of TiffanyJDesign.com, we are back in […]
Piano Camp Day 2 – To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons
Day Two of piano camp is officially a wrap! We are traveling To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons this year and we sure are having an adventure! Here are highlights from today: Our Welcome to Piano Camp song is always a fun way for the students to get to know each others’ names, practice […]
Piano Camp Day 1 – To the Isle with Powell and His Dragons
It’s here! Our much-anticipated week of piano camp has arrived. This is one of my favorite activities of the summer. All week long the studio will be full of life and energy as little bodies fill the space and experience the wild and wonderful world of music with our Piano Expeditions camp. This year: To the […]
New Free Music Listening Worksheets!
Sixteen years ago I shared a listening worksheet that I used with my piano students at the request of another teacher. It has to be one of the most boring worksheets I’ve ever created! I’ve had it on my to-do list for a while now to create a new one that I’m not embarrassed to […]
Video Summary of Cracking the Crystal Code Piano Practice Incentive Theme
This year of focusing on piano sightreading skills with all my students with the Cracking the Crystal Code practice incentive theme has been fabulous! Here’s a brief 5-minute video summary of the theme and how we used it in our piano studio. Remember, use the code CRYSTAL by June 15 to get 20% off this […]
