The new year always brings about a time of reflection for me. I find myself thinking back over the past year and looking forward to the future, wondering what the new year might bring. This year was a time of great change for my husband and me. In May, I graduated with my Master of [...]
As promised, here is a slideshow of photos from my student’s recent Christmas recital/party. Enjoy! Click here to read about the three games we played after the recital.
Here’s what I gave my students for Christmas this year: A Symphony chocolate bar, and a personalized glass ornament. I found the glass ornaments at a craft store (Hobby Lobby). On each ornament, I wrote the student’s name and “2011″ on the ornament using a paint pen. I put colorful confetti and pieces of [...]
Well, my students’ Christmas party/recital was a success! What a great way to finish off the year. The recital took place in my home. Whenever my college music history textbooks mentioned Schubertiads, I used to dream about the idea of having informal music performance parties in my home. Since my studio is still small, [...]
This is a simple game to play with groups of students that makes note-naming flashcards a bit more interesting. It involves sorting the flashcards onto alphabet letter signs on the floor, as pictured on the right (the “A” flashcards would go in the blank space on the right side of the page). The game [...]
My apologies for being MIA from the blog the last few weeks! At the beginning of the semester, I put up posters around the music building of the university in my town for freelancing as a collaborative pianist. A few music majors contacted me rather last minute to ask if I’d accompany them for their [...]
Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making!
