Renowned piano pedagogue Fred Karpoff, of Entrada Piano, recently announced his new free video series, Teaching Little Hands. So far he has uploaded video clips on Encouraging Improv, Arm Weight Drops, and Counting and Tapping Process. I have always loved and learned so much from observing masterclasses, so I’m thrilled to be able to watch […]
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The Cliburn Organization Relaunches Cliburn Kids
In the wake of this year’s pandemic, The Cliburn organization launched a music education site for kids. Now they’ve completed relaunched Cliburn Kids as a “robust online music education program” and it looks fabulous! Most episodes are less than 10 minutes and feature engaging Classical music selections with commentary by Buddy Bray that encourages students […]
Free Online Rhythm Training Tools
I recently came across a new website that offers a variety of free rhythm training tools developed by a pianist (Matt) for beginning music students. It works on desktops and mobile devices and includes quite the collection of different kinds of training tools – some better than others. I like that it is very simple […]
Free Piano Safari Webinar this Saturday!
Ever since the moment I first laid eyes on the rough-sketched pages of the piano method that Julie Knerr and Katie Fisher were working on, I’ve been in love. Piano Safari has taken the piano teaching world by storm, and if you haven’t checked it out yet for yourself or tried it with your students, […]
Introducing the New Top Music Marketplace
If you’ve been around the music education community for any length of time, you know that it consists of some of the most incredibly talented and creative and committed and productive individuals you will ever find! Much like Karen Koch did years ago with her Music Educators Marketplace (now owned by Keys to Imagination), Tim […]
Tabs Full of Treasure
Does anyone else here have a tabs problem? You know, where you have 400 tabs open at once because there’s so much great information out there and so many resources to check into that you don’t want to forget about any of it? I know I can’t be the only one! Well, instead of keeping […]
