Here’s something a Valentine’s Day activity that’s little more challenging for intermediate and advanced piano and theory students. Have them race against a clock to complete the Circle of Fifths...
Read moreHenrietta Says Hello
I’m hard at work to get the St. Patrick’s Day game finished before the holiday! In the meantime, I thought I’d introduce one of our characters from the studio. (Don’t mind the dust, please!) This is Henrietta. She lives...
Read moreMusical Season Survival Guide
It’s that time of year again: Spring Musical Season! This year almost every single one of my voice students is involved in a high school musical production. They have busy rehearsal schedules, lots of songs, dances, and lines to memorize...
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Read moreValentine’s Day Music Cookie Memory Game
This game was inspired by the Valentine’s Day cookie recipe passed down from my Grandma Maxine. My mother made these cookies every Valentine’s Day – rich butter cookies with red, pink, or white icing. (The stuff that dreams are...
Read moreBe Our Guest! Creative Visuals in Piano and Voice Lessons
Thank you, Jennifer Foxx, for inviting me to be your February “Be Our Guest” blogger!
Read moreFree Minor Pentatonic Blues Scale Chart
Here’s a little something that I’ve been working with in the studio this week! I have quite a few students who are fans of playing the blues. Since our weather has been so “blue” up here, I thought it might be fun to work...
Read moreWhy Are You Taking Voice Lessons?
This is one of the questions that I always ask potential voice students when they come to my studio. Why are you taking voice lessons? What do you want to get out of studying voice? Sometimes this question stumps a student at first, but most will...
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Piano Six-Hands and Eight-Hands
This is a follow-up post about a couple of group lessons we held two weeks ago. Between the winter weather and the cold/flu season, there were quite a few make-up lessons in queue. Rather than having individual lessons, I decided to hold group...
Read moreDIY Foam Keyboard
Here’s a little gem I made back in 2011. After making another music game, I had some white and black foam left over. The white foam piece was just about the size of piano keys, and so after seeing a few other examples of “Silent Keyboards,” I set to work. See below for directions.
Foam Keyboard Materials and Directions:
- White foam sheet
- Black sticky foam sheet
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Wooden craft discs
- Fine tip Sharpie Marker
- Patience and a calculator
Then and Now – 3.25 Years Later
I realize that 3.25 years is an odd number to celebrate. Still, it seemed appropriate with all the new advances in the studio lately. Let’s take a little “Then and Now” tour of Sara’s Music Studio: In 2010, I opened my...
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