Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing Megan Desmarais as part of an Upbeat webinar. Megan’s an accomplished piano teacher and blogger, and now she’s released her Teach Preschool Music curriculum. If you’ve been thinking...
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Have you ever struggled with teaching rhythmic values? Who am I kidding — this would probably make a better statement than a question. Let’s try this again: We all have struggled with teaching rhythmic values at one time or...
Read moreTeaching chords in your studio? Here are 5 creative ways to teach or reinforce chord concepts such as inversions, chord quality, and lead sheet reading. These activities are great for private lessons or group lessons! Best of all: Most of them...
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Read moreSoooo… I’m kind of psyched to share this news with you all. After a loooooong time coming, this morning I saw my Simply Piano review in the Clavier Companion! Granted, it was the digital version, but it was really exciting to see the...
Read moreYay for Black Friday! Actually… Black Friday is officially my least favorite holiday of the year. I like to call it “Introvert’s Nightmare Day.” You will never find me out in the stores on Black Friday. No...
Read moreWell, I finally got around to writing Part 3 of my Gearing Up for Fall series! In Parts 1 and 2 we covered material preparation and fall scheduling. Now it’s time to get into some of the technology we’re using in the studio this year...
Read more© 2016 Lauren Lewandowski, photo by Erin Rachel Photography Happy Thursday, gentle readers! Today I wanted to tell you about a wonderful resource made by a fellow piano teacher, Lauren Lewandowski. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity...
Read moreMy absolute favorite summer camp blogger, Sheryl Welles of Notable Studio, is wrapping up her 20% off sale today! She has summer camps, incentive programs, music history lessons, and teaching aids for sale. And let me just say… these...
Read moreEvery year I find a new favorite Christmas song arrangement. Jazzy Jingle is that new favorite for 2015… fresh off the press at Piano Pronto. (Do you recognize the introduction? This has to be my favorite use of that song so far!) The slow...
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Just a quick Sunday blurb… the creators of the Practice+ App are running a promotion today Sunday, Nov. 16th through Tuesday, Nov. 18th. This has been my go-to metronome app for the past two months. It’s super easy to use, and I can...
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