Category Archives: recitals / performances

Just Added: Recital Program Template #3

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 May 2011

It’s recital season! Have you held your spring recital yet?  If you haven’t, here’s a new recital program template you are free to use if you like! I currently have two recital templates on my Printables page and they are very popular downloads.  This one is in color, although it still looks pretty good in [...]

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Practice Performing

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 April 2011

Perhaps you are wondering why there is a picture of a bunch of stuffed animals for this post.  Haha, I’ll get to that in a moment! My private students are preparing to play for the university’s Community Music School recital tomorrow!  There will be about 12 students performing, 4 of which are my students.  For [...]

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Forum Q&A | Memorization for Performances: Required or Optional?

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 March 2011

Last week we discussed how to teach legato pedaling to students, and we got a few great responses – click here to check them out!  As always, feel free to add your thoughts to the discussion! This week, we are considering the topic of memorization.  I’ve seen great discussions about this topic on many websites [...]

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Q&A Forum | Do your students undergo standardized testing?

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 February 2011

Last week we had some great replies to the question about what level of recital music to assign. Here’s our new forum question for this week!  I have really enjoyed hearing you responses the last few weeks.  Keep it up! Do your students undergo standardized testing?  Why or why not?  If you do, which testing(s) do [...]

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Forum Q&A | Recital Music: Assign Easy, Hard, or Just Right?

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 February 2011

Ready for another installment of a Forum Q&A?  Okay! A couple of weeks ago we discussed what to do when a student performance “bombs.”  This week, we’ll return to the topic of recitals and talk about assigning repertoire: When assignment recital repertoire to students, do you generally assign something challenging since they have a lot [...]

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Forum Q&A: What To Do When a Student’s Performance “Bombs”

By joy (admin) | Published: 1 February 2011

In the entries for last week’s giveaway I received a lot a wonderful feedback regarding Color In My Piano.  Upon request, I’d like to start increasing the number of forum questions.  Hooray!  Rather than having a monthly question, I will try to pose a new question at least every other week (and maybe every week, [...]

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Master’s Recital Program Notes

By joy (admin) | Published: 25 January 2011

Well, my master’s recital has come and gone, and IT FEELS GREAT!  Compared to my undergraduate recitals, this recital was a much greater success.  I felt much more prepared and didn’t experience as much performance anxiety as I had expected to either.  I was actually able to enjoy myself throughout the process!  My family came [...]

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Dealing with Performance Anxiety

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 June 2010

Your hands are cold and shaky, your heart is racing, and you find it hard to breath.  Are you sick?  Are you having a nightmare?  No, you’re about to play your instrument in a recital, and the symptoms you are experiencing are due to performance anxiety — better known as stage fright. Performance anxiety affects [...]

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What to Say at Studio Recitals

By joy (admin) | Published: 14 June 2010

Today’s post is in answer to a question I received from a reader via email: I am giving my first ever piano recital this Sunday and I am unsure what I should say to parents at the recital.  Besides welcoming them, what sorts of messages are good? Thanks! Personally, I don’t feel the need to give a [...]

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Great Musical Gift Ideas on Etsy.com

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 May 2010

Looking for a unique music-related gift for a colleague, teacher, or perhaps a special student?  I just discovered that there are plenty of unique, handmade items on Etsy that would make wonderful gifts.  But watch out – these handmade items are so cute you may finding yourself wanting to buy yourself a gift too.  =) [...]

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Just added: Piano Recital Program Template #2

By joy (admin) | Published: 14 May 2010

  Today’s free printable is a another template of a piano studio recital program, for listing students’ names and pieces. Just download this Microsoft Word file (.doc), enter 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 scroll down [...]

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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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