Category Archives: what I’m up to

My Summer Camp Plans for 2012!

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 February 2012

I recently started to do some in-depth planning for the summer camps I plan to offer this summer!  My studio policies provide students with two options for the summer months (June-August): Students ages 6-12 may participate in a camp each month plus take 5 lessons scheduled approximately every other week around family vacations, or… Students [...]

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New “Start Here” Page

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 February 2012

I recently added a new page to the Color In My Piano website — a “Start Here” page.  This page is intended for anyone who is a recent subscriber to the blog, and might be interested in viewing some of the most popular posts from the archives from the last couple of years. Click here [...]

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Piano Valentine Craft (Printable & Tutorial)

By joy (admin) | Published: 30 January 2012

Today, I have a fun little printable and tutorial to share just in time for Valentine’s Day.

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Pictures from the Studio

By joy (admin) | Published: 13 January 2012

Thought I’d share a few photos of random things from the studio… Here’s a first composition created by one of my young students last week.  It’s called “Hush Little Squirrels.”  I love her inventive notation system!  You can see the black key groups of 2′s and 3′s pictured, and the L’s and H’s mean high [...]

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Semester Planning & Organization

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 January 2012

I’ve been doing a bit of cleaning and reorganizing in my studio, like putting all those music books that always seem to migrate to the piano top back in their proper place on their shelves.  :) I also visited the music store today to pick up new books for some of my students.  I’m so [...]

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Thoughts for the New Year

By joy (admin) | Published: 23 December 2011

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 [...]

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My Christmas Recital – Slideshow of Photo Highlights

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 December 2011

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.

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Christmas Gift for Piano Students

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 December 2011

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 [...]

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Christmas Recital/Party Success! – Games

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 December 2011

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, [...]

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Studio Christmas Party Update – Food!

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 December 2011

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 [...]

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