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Happy New Year!
Somehow, the seasons keep changing faster and faster lately. I'm still surprised it's already 2023. Last year was a great one for composing! One of my pieces placed in the top for the peer review category of the SacredSheetMusic.org Competition in the Fall of 2022!...
Practicing How to Practice
Today on my piano teaching blog, I shared a resource that my students have LOVED. If you're a parent of a young pianist, then you have probably heard a variety of practice strategies in your home. There's the quick student - plays everything through as fast as...
All Together – Rote Teaching Ideas
My newest piece All Together is a piano trio for mid to late elementary level students. The idea was to use a C scale up and down - no crazy accidentals and just have students focus on their own rhythm. So many different rhythms combine but mostly, everyone is on the...
Jump Practice
Today, I'm sharing a quick worksheet to go along with my new piece, "At The Edge". Students have plenty of octave jumps so this exercise is aimed at getting them comfortable moving the same chord/cluster up and down octaves. When my students are learning jumps, we...
Composition Activity: Cliffs of Ireland
Sometimes students seem so worried about composing - they worry they'll play the wrong notes, they'll forget the melody they played over and over at home, or maybe they just hesitate to share something so personal for fear of it being not perfect! With a few of my...
Groovy Duo Recording
One of my students & I performed Groovy Duo for an area talent show last week. Our performance was a hit and we experimented with the idea of trading places in the middle of the piece which turned out to be a lot of fun! I wanted to share a video from our...