You may remember that I was so enthralled with the Maestro! game at the MTNA Conference that I purchased it to use with my students. Well, the opportune time came last Thursday when we had our fifth Briefing Session (a.k.a. group class) of the year. We had some extra time at the end of all […]
Piano Camp Ideas
Pre-Piano Camp Ideas!
In addition to offering a regular summer piano camp for my students this year, like I’ve done for the past several years, I’m also planning to offer a pre-piano camp for 3-5 year olds. I’ve taught preschool music classes in a co-op setting before, but haven’t ever offered such a camp here in my studio. […]
Recent YouTube Finds
Four-Piano Version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons I love this! Since I’m still thinking about piano camp and contemplating a Four Seasons theme, this would be so fun to show my students. via Collaborative Piano Blog Flight of the Bumblebee Bet you’ve never heard it like that before! One of the presenters last week showed us […]
Virtual Field Trips
Last week, I received information about a website called Meet Me at the Corner that hosts virtual field trips for kids. What a fun idea! I’ve been perusing a few of the videos, and the quality of the content is quite impressive. From the director, “Meet Me at the Corner is a series of free […]
Piano Camp Lesson Plans and Free Student Workbook!
As long as I’m thinking about Piano Camp stuff, I thought I would run a special for anyone interested in purchasing the Lesson Plans for a fun week of Piano Camp! This is the one that I put together for last summer and my students and I had a great time! See lots of pictures […]
Thinking about Piano Camp…
Is anyone else starting to think about summer Piano Camp plans yet? Do you have any specific themes or ideas in mind? I’m tossing around the idea of maybe doing a theme with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. I would pattern it similar to the Carnival of the Animals Piano Camp that I did several […]
