Monthly Archives: May 2010

Building Your Studio: Offer Free Trial Lesson, and Have References Ready!

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 May 2010

A few months ago, I received a call from a parent who was looking for lessons for her two daughters.  She was a little reluctant to commit to lessons because of a past experience with another teacher: the teacher was an excellent performer, but unfortunately not as great of a teacher.  I chatted with her [...]

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Piano Recital Program Template #1

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 May 2010

  Today’s free printable is a template of a piano studio recital program, for listing students’ names and pieces. Just download this Microsoft Word file (.doc), and fill in your students’ information and print! Click here to view it larger (uneditable). To download it the .doc file, visit the Printables > Other Resources page and [...]

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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom

By joy (admin) | Published: 5 May 2010
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A Piano with 4 Pedals?!

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 May 2010

Stuart & Sons is a Australian-based company who build hand-crafted pianos.  They are unique pianos for a number of reasons: What is so special about Stuart & Sons pianos? They have 4 pedals.  The fourth pedal is a second soft pedal, called the dulce pedal.  It brings the hammers’ resting point halfway up to the [...]

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Piano transcription from the Pixar movie “Up” soundtrack

By joy (admin) | Published: 3 May 2010

I recently had a student ask if she could learn to play some of the music from Pixar movie “Up” soundtrack.  (Have you seen this movie?  It’s a super cute family movie!  Keep a box of tissues nearby.)  I get pretty excited when I have student who requests to learn a piece of music, and [...]

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