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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Here in the U.S., Thanksgiving Day is celebrated this Thursday! My husband and I are hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house and we have lots of preparations to make, so I’m taking the week off from blogging. Thanksgiving blessings to you all! See you next week. Photo Credit: wikimedia.org
I don’t know about you, but I’m always on the lookout for creative and inexpensive items for my teaching. The dollar store is one of my favorite places to go! In the craft aisle at Dollar Tree right now, there are packages of foam cubes, as shown in the picture. I’ve always wanted to make [...]
Thanks to the wonderfully helpful ideas that YOU all submitted in reply to the Forum Q&A last month about advertising, this year for Halloween I am passing out candy that has a note with my studio name and information on it! I created these tags in Microsoft Word and printed them onto cardstock paper. I [...]
I thought today I’d share a photo of the sign I have on my house for my studio! My brother-in-law made it for me as a birthday gift (my husband gave him the idea). The lettering is just the right size for the window and can be seen well from the road, since our home [...]
Today I’m proud to take you on the penny tour… :) My husband and I feel so blessed to have found this adorable old house to rent.
You saw the sneak peek photo yesterday…..now here’s the full scoop on my recent piano purchase! I’ve been shopping on Craigslist for quite some time, and I learned that a lot of piano shopping is about personal preference. My husband and I looked at an absolutely breathtaking Knabe from the 1920′s, for example, but as [...]
Hello, fellow piano teachers! I hope you’ve missed me during my blogging hiatus. :) My husband and I are now happily moved to northwest Ohio, where we are renting a lovely old three-bedroom house within walking distance of downtown. We have so much more space here versus our one-bedroom apartment back in Michigan, and let [...]
Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making!
