Whew! What a whirlwind it is when the school year starts back up and lessons are in full swing! As usual, we launched our new year of lessons with a September Surprise: We began the evening with the big announcement of this year’s practice incentive theme! This is one of my favorite things to plan […]
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3,000 Piano Repertoire Videos
I have a vague recollection of hearing about this project at one point, but I was thrilled to recently rediscover the University of Iowa Piano Pedagogy Project! Their description explains, “Over the course of the next few years, we will be posting basically the complete piano teaching repertoire for beginners to intermediate level pianists. In […]
A Highlight Video from Piano Camp
Here’s a brief highlight video from our Piano Expeditions piano camp week of To Italy with Vivaldi and His Four Seasons: Video created with the Splice app. Soundtrack created with AIVA. The full downloadable piano camp package is now available in the Music Matters Blog store as well!
Piano Camp Day 5 – To Italy with Vivaldi and His Four Seasons
We wrapped up our final day of piano camp, To Italy with Vivaldi and His Four Seasons today. It sure has been a blast! Here are a few highlights: On Day 5 we love using a quiz game to see what the students remember from the week. Several of the students who have attended piano […]
Piano Camp Day 4 – To Italy with Vivaldi and His Four Seasons
Day 4 of piano camp has come and gone. Hard to believe we only have one day remaining. Here are a few highlights from today: Using the light-up drumsticks is always a favorite for students during our Welcome to Piano Camp song! Each student had their own mini whiteboard and dry erase marker with eraser […]
Piano Camp Day 3 – To Italy with Vivaldi and His Four Seasons
My fabulous assistant, Stephanie, without whom I could not do these piano camps. She is kind and intuitive, knowing just when and where to jump in and help. Such a blessing! I sure love seeing the older and younger students connect and become buddies during piano camp week. Our game of “Vivaldi Says” kept the […]
