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 […]
This Week in Photos
Piano Camp in Pictures
Since I’m holding Piano Camp this week, I thought I’d give you a look into what we do each day. You can see the outline of my objectives for the week on the post Working on Piano Camp Lesson Plans. Not surprisingly, some of the activities took a little longer than I anticipated, so we […]
Kansas Music Teachers State Conference
This weekend, I’ve been attending our annual state music teachers conference. We’ve had a slate of wonderful musicians and presenters. Here are some pictures with a few notes: The conference began with Brenda Dillon sharing about the Recreational Music Making program that has been developed in the last several years. Dr. Robert Weirich gave a […]
Time for Some Pictures!
It’s looking a little dull around here these days, so I thought it was about time for a picture post! Here are a couple things that have been going on in my studio recently… Do you use the penny practice game? I have a jar of pennies sitting on my desk and my students frequently […]
Key Signature – Scale Matchup Worksheets a Hit!
Here are a couple snapshots from my studio this week as my students worked on their Key Signature – Scale Matchup Worksheet. I had them all do the Major Sharp worksheet in the studio under my supervision, and then gave them the Major Flat worksheet to do on their own and bring back completed next […]
Recital Pictures
Since I didn’t get my official This Week in Photos post up last week, I thought I would at least share some of the pictures from my Christmas Recital last Thursday evening. Our title was Christmas: God’s Mystery Revealed. In between the piano pieces, I read little bits of narration while the students took turns […]
