Category Archives: Music History

30 Theme Ideas for Music Studio Events

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 February 2010
Here’s a list of 30 theme ideas for music studio events!  Themes can be used as the studio theme for the school year, or for summer music camps, or for studio recitals.  If used for the studio theme for the whole year, there are a number of ways the theme can be incorporated: the incentive [...]
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Teacher Resources @ Clavier’s Piano Explorer site

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 November 2009
Many piano teachers subscribe to Clavier magazine, and some even subscribe their students to Clavier’s Piano Explorer, the music magazine for kids.  I recently found out that their site contains some great resources for teaching about various composers and concepts in music history.  This month, there have some great resources about Beethoven, including: Links to YouTube recordings, [...]
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Just Added! Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 November 2009
[This is a re-post of this post -- the files have now been added to the Printables portion of this website.  (Thanks, Natalie!) Sorry for any confusion.] Just added to the Printables > Lesson Plans page: Lesson Plans: Analyzing & Composing Music in the Romantic Style (also take a peek below) Also see the accompanying [...]
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