After attending our KMTA state conference last month, I was inspired anew by a session from my friend and colleague, Agniezska Lasko. Her session, Using Contemporary Compositional Techniques in Teaching Improvisation to Children, is one I could attend over and over again and probably gain new ideas every time! I came back to my studio […]
Teaching
How to Give Your Students’ Note Reading a Super Boost – A Giveaway!
With the plethora of piano teaching resources constantly hitting the market it’s easy to let old favorites slip to the wayside when exploring new possibilities. I’m sorry to say that’s exactly what happened with Notebusters, a fabulous workbook created by Steven Gross and Karen Spurney. It’s been 10 years since I reviewed their original workbook […]
Free Piano Music from Composer Albert Rozin
When I received an email a couple months ago from Will Johnson about a project that he and a team of 4 others were working on, I’d never heard of composer Albert Rozin. Since then, I’ve enjoyed learning a bit more about him and perusing the fabulous website that Will and his team have put […]
6 Reasons to Attend a Music Teaching Conference
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending our state music teachers conference with approximately 80 other teachers from across the state. This is always a highlight of my teaching year, and I was reminded yet again of the value of attending such events. For those who maybe haven’t taken the step yet of […]
Free Resources from the Creative Piano Teacher Website
Thanks to a tip from Amy Chaplin in her Friday Finds #264, I was introduced to the Creative Piano Teacher website. The site is run by Olivia Ellis and Davis Dorrough and has a fabulous collection of colorful and well-designed free resources for piano teachers. They have an entire section of Free Resources, and I […]
Practice Incentives…for the Dads??
“My dad said I should start with my map pin here because that would give me the most central location for getting to the other destinations.” ~student after the September Surprise “My dad had a question…can you go around the world to the east and come back in on the west?” ~student at the first […]
