Category Archives: resources / links

Current Giveaways in the Blogosphere

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 October 2010

If you haven’t already seen these giveaways happening around the blogsphere, take a look below! Natalie Wickham MusicMattersBlog.com is giving away six Suzuki violin cds (ends Thursday, October 14).  Click here to learn more. Jenifer Cook at TheChurchPianist.com is giving away a copy of her book of intermediate level hymn arrangements, called “Showers of Blessings” [...]

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Watch the International Chopin Competition Online

By joy (admin) | Published: 5 October 2010

The International Chopin Competition, held in Warsaw every five years, is currently going on now and you can watch the contestants play online! Click here to view the list of performers and pieces, and click here to view the online broadcasting. Check it out!

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Michigan Teachers: 2010 State Conference October 17-19

By joy (admin) | Published: 28 September 2010

For any fellow teachers in Michigan: The Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA) State Conference is to take place Sunday, October 17 – Tuesday, October 19 at the Detroit Novi Sheraton (21111 Haggerty Rd., Novi).  Click here to for more information (including a link to the conference schedule), and click here to register. Martha Hilley is this [...]

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Studio Business: Making a Memorable Impression

By joy (admin) | Published: 21 September 2010

Last week, I came across a very interesting article about how your business cards are a representation of your business.  The article features a number of examples of memorable and creative business cards, including the “piano repair” business cards pictured on the right. Click here to read the article for yourself: 15+ Business Cards Visualizing the [...]

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An interview with fellow grad student Loretta Lanning

By joy (admin) | Published: 13 August 2010
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An video interview with fellow grad student Loretta Lanning, discussing her thoughts on “Piano Teaching as a Profession.” This video was recorded and edited using iMovie.

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Tutorial: Using Audacity Software in the Piano Studio

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 August 2010

A tutorial about how to use Audacity software to capture/record sound and how to make basic edits to audio files, and how to export and share audio files. Audacity is a powerful audio editing software that is available for free download at audacity.soundforge.net. This post also discusses the various uses of the free Audacity software specifically for piano teachers and gives some ideas for further uses of Audacity in the piano studio other than for recording students.

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Roland V-Piano

By joy (admin) | Published: 27 July 2010

Check out this series of 4 videos about Roland’s V-Piano.  They claim: “This is the future of the piano.”  Thoughts?

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Piano as a way to build community

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 July 2010
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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 [...]

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Survey on Motivation and Piano Playing

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 June 2010

I recently recieved an email from a college student who is doing some research for a project about motivation and piano playing, and she could use your help!  Here’s what she has to say: Hello everyone!  I am a student at Cape Breton University, Canada, and I am currently involved in conducting some research involving [...]

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Free Studio Website Builder: Weebly.com

By joy (admin) | Published: 10 June 2010

Have you thought about starting a website for your studio, but felt that you didn’t have the resources or expertise to build one?  Check out Weebly.com — an attractive and easy-to-use online resource where you can create a website for free. Personally, I currently use iWeb software (comes free on all Mac computers) to create and [...]

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Summer Savings

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 June 2010

I just thought I’d pass along the news about some great summer savings: Prima Music is offering 25% off the Faber Piano Adventures method books until June 15.  They have other savings going on too – check out this link. Sheet Music Plus is offering 20% off the Alfred Masterwork Series until June 16. Perfect [...]

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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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