Today is the last day to receive a free 26-page Piano Camp Student Workbook with your purchase of the Piano Camp lesson plans that I used in my studio this year. (See lots of pictures here, here, here, here, and here!) Just wanted to remind you in case you were planning to order, but just […]
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Piano Camp Lesson Plans
Piano Camp Lesson Plans This is the daily outline for our week-long piano camp, with lots of hyperlinks to correlating resources and websites. If you’re interested in planning a fun, memorable Piano Camp for your own studio, this will give you the information and tools you need. The outline is succinct and easy-to-follow. It can […]
Piano Camp – A Game and Final Performances!
For our final day of Piano Camp, I decided to switch things up just a little and play a game to start off the lesson. Since we were focusing on relative keys today, I printed off a copy of my Major Minor Scale Matchup Worksheet on cardstock and then cut it into rectangles with one […]
Piano Camp – Composer Spotlight!
We just finished our third morning of Piano Camp. Hard to believe we only have one day left! One of our daily activities is a Composer Spotlight. I wanted to highlight some of the lesser known composers, and also incorporate aspects of how they used their music to glorify God. I already had on my […]
Piano Camp – Ensembles!
Continuing with the Piano Camp theme for the week, here are a few pictures from another one of our daily activities – ensemble playing! I played through a whole stack of ensemble repertoire last week looking for the perfect combinations for the group of students attending Piano Camp this week. We allocoate about 15-20 minutes […]
Piano Camp – Improvising!
One of the other activities we are doing each day of Piano Camp is improvising. I start out by having all the students play the pentascale, chord progression, and arpeggio of a given key. We do this several times all together. Then, I play an accompaniment CD and they play along with the CD. After […]
