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In brainstorming and preparing and gathering piano music for this year’s practice incentive theme, I’ve unearthed some amazing resources that I’d never come across before. One treasure trove is this page of Free Piano Stuff on composer

I’ve been doing a ton of repertoire brainstorming and searching over the summer to find engaging music written in every key (which may or may not have something to do with our upcoming practice incentive theme…). It’s been exciting to play through l...

It usually happens in the last ten minutes of a music lesson.

You’ve just finished a rhythm exercise that took careful explanation, a bit of clapping, a retry, and finally some progress. The room is just starting to shift. A few students are packing away early. Someone asks, ‘What are we doing next?’

And instead of defaulting to another worksheet or repeating th...

#1 – Sharla

Congrats, Sharla! You will receive a free Cracking the Crystal Code practice incentive theme package along with all the studio posters to hang on your wall.

Thanks to all who participated ...

There are so many resources and ideas for teaching piano that it can sometimes be overwhelming to know what to include in piano lessons for our students. How much should we focus on learning difficult repertoire? How much off-the bench focus on games and hands-on activities? How often should we be incorporating playing by ear and improvising? But as I’ve been reminded over th...