Check out this fascinating news story:

It’s great to see the great potential music (especially the piano) has to connect members of a community in a unique way!  This story really got me thinking: what are some ways we as teachers of music can use our skills to connect and benefit the community?  We tend to set our focus on just our studios, and admittedly we sometimes get overly competitive with other teachers in the area.  Wouldn’t it be great to join forces as teachers/musicians in a particular community and find ways serve the greater community?  (Ideas, anyone?)  =)

For more:

Visit artist Luke Jerram’s “Play Me, I’m Yours” website to view video uploads of various pianists playing on the pianos in cities all over the world.

Joy Morin is a pianist and piano teacher with a great passion for helping her students experience the wonders of music making. She has over six years of teaching experience and holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. Joy maintains a blog about piano teaching at ColorInMyPiano.com.

Joy has blogged 591 posts here.

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