Monthly Archives: September 2011

Practicing, Learning, and Memorizing for Piano Teachers

By joy (admin) | Published: 29 September 2011

I’ve blogged before about my thoughts on and struggles with memorizing music.  I can definitely see improvement over my college years as far as successful memorization goes, but I admittedly still find it discouraging.  I think what makes it frustrating for me is the fact that sight-reading is so easy for me, and memorizing is so not easy.  :) Some [...]

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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 September 2011
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Ohio Music Teachers Association 2011 Conference

By joy (admin) | Published: 23 September 2011

Any fellow Ohioans out there?  The Ohio Music Teachers Association (affiliated with MTNA) 2011 State Conference will be taking place October 9-11.  It’s occurring in my hometown, which will be very convenient for me.  I’m very excited about meeting some of the other teachers in my area and hearing some great speakers and music.  Among the presenters and performers [...]

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Just Added: Rainy Rhythm Game

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 September 2011

I’ve mentioned before that during grad school, I took an Early Childhood Music course.  One of the things we discussed was using the “sound before sight” philosophy – where the student is exposed to and experiences the concepts before being taught the name or the written notation.  I’ve been doing my best to use this [...]

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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom

By joy (admin) | Published: 21 September 2011
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Forum Q&A | Safety Practices for Traveling Teachers

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 September 2011

Wow, last week’s Forum Q&A received some great responses about advertising!  Thank you, and be sure to read what everyone had to say by clicking here!  As always, it’s never to late to add  your thoughts to the discussion. A few days ago, I received an email from a Color In My Piano reader with [...]

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Studio Marketing: Social Networking & More

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 September 2011
http://youtu.be/yL3DR-ZM-Xc

I’ve been intending to write this post in the “Studio Marketing” series (perhaps the last one) for awhile now, but I was stalling in hopes of being able to include more information about the new Google+ social networking site……I’ll get to that in a moment.  Read on. :) What can Social Networking do for YOU?  I’ve discussed [...]

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Teacher Feature | Mariel Mohns

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 September 2011

It’s halfway through the month already, which means it’s time for a… Teacher Feature!  :)  Meet Mariel from Mississippi! Name: Mariel Mohns Studio Name: Mariel Mohns Music Website: http://mariel.mohnsmusic.com Blog: http://marielmohnsmusic.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/pianomariel Email: mariel@mohnsmusic.com Please tell us about your piano and/or teaching background! I started taking piano lessons when I was 4 years old and loved piano, but [...]

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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom

By joy (admin) | Published: 14 September 2011
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Carpet Squares for Working With Groups

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 September 2011

Many months ago, I bought a bunch of carpet square samples from a flooring store.  Even though I was still in grad school at the time and didn’t have any real use for them (yet), I had a plan for them.  And they were incredibly cheap.  :) During last week’s Piano Readiness Class, I got [...]

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The Achievement Program Teacher Information Session

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 September 2011

Yesterday, I attend a Teacher Information Session for The Achievement Program (TAP) held in Ann Arbor, Michigan (about an hour-and-a-half north of where I live).  Ever since TAP was first announced in March at the 2011 MTNA Conference as a collaboration between the Royal Conservatory and Carnegie Hall, I’ve been interested in learning more about [...]

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Beginner Piano Game: Piano Hands Hunt

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 September 2011

I have two 5-year-old students signed up for a Piano Readiness Class, and our first class was yesterday!  We had such a fun time.  We sang songs, listened to music to find/walk to the beat, traced our hands to learn about RH/LH/finger numbers, and more.  Best of all, we played the Piano Hands Hunt game [...]

Posted in beginners / elementary Level, games, group classes, movement, other resources, Preschool / Early Childhood Music | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments
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