For those who followed along with our adventure To Outer Space with Holst and The Planets this week, I’m thrilled to announce that the complete curriculum package is now available! Each of these Piano Expeditions programs are designed to be used for a summer piano camp, but they can easily be adapted for a music […]
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Piano Camp Day 5 – To Outer Space with Holst and The Planets
What a whirlwind these piano camp weeks are! Five days are here and gone before you know it. We wrapped up our final day of our Piano Expeditions piano camp with more games, more singing, more dancing, more coloring, more piano playing, more reading, and a special presentation for the parents to showcase what we […]
Piano Camp Day 4 – To Outer Space with Holst and The Planets
Today we woke up to a stormy sky, so it’s a good thing this week’s games have all been adaptable to playing inside! Here’s a snapshot of our packed-full fourth day of piano camp: Using the light-up glow sticks for one day of our welcome song at piano camp is always a must! The younger […]
Piano Camp Day 3 – To Outer Space with Holst and The Planets
It feels like every day goes by faster and we are scrambling trying to squeeze everything into our hour and a half. The schedule is packed full and I always figure it’s better to end with everyone wishing we had more time than having too much time and everyone being anxious to know when we’ll […]
Piano Camp Day 2 – To Outer Space with Holst and The Planets
Another day of piano camp has come and gone. The hours just fly by! Again, I failed to get many pictures, but here are a few: For our Welcome to Piano Camp song we broke out the xylophone today, which gave students the opportunity to play not only a rhythm, but also a melody, when […]
Piano Camp Day 1 – To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets
It’s here! After months of planning and preparing, today I welcomed 20+ enthusiastic students into the studio for our week of Piano Expeditions piano camp: To Outer Space with Holst and the Planets! I’ve started offering two different piano camps the same week, one for 4-8 year olds from 9:00-10:30 each morning, and one for […]
