I’ve been intending to write this post in the “Studio Marketing” series (perhaps the last one) for awhile now, but I was stalling in hopes of being able to include more information about the new Google+ social networking site……I’ll get to that in a moment. Read on. :) What can Social Networking do for YOU? I’ve discussed [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from a reader asking advice regarding planning a studio recital for the first time. For the sake of others who might be in the same situation, I decided to create a whole post about this topic — read on. Q: How do I decide what kind of music to [...]
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 [...]
Greetings! Today I have two important announcements: I have finished all the requirements for my Master’s degree! HOORAY! =D Today we have a new GIVEAWAY! Here are the details: Andrea & Trevor Dow from yesterday’s interview have kindly agreed to sponsor a giveaway of Episode 1 of The Adventures of Fearless Fortissimo! This pdf is [...]
For last week’s Forum Q&A, I broached a few questions about memorization and many of you left comments regarding whether or not to require memorization for performances within your studio — but not many of you addressed my initial question about whether you consider the skill of memorization is essential to piano playing (i.e., do [...]
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 [...]
These week’s Forum Q&A was prompted by a comment by Kaylee on the facebook page. Kaylee asked for advice about teaching an adult student who is older than she is. If you have advice to offer, please visit the facebook page and leave a comment! But for this Forum Q&A, we will focus on the [...]
Just added to the Printables page: Musical Dice! This is one of the projects I was working on over Christmas break! I’m happy to now have it finished and posted. =) Here’s what the pdf contains: Basic Accidentals (6-sided dice) | This die allows for three possible rolls: sharp, flat, and natural. Basic Intervals Unison-3rd [...]
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, [...]
I did it! I created my own Musical Jenga game. I got the inspiration from the Sing A New Song blog, who in turn got the idea from someone on the Faber Piano Adventures forums. (To view a list of other favorite games with musical spins, click here.) I found an off-brand version of the Jenga game [...]
This week I gave a few first lessons to some new students. One of the things I always ask during the first lesson/interview is: What are some of your goals in taking piano lessons? Here are some examples of answers I’ve received from students: I want to be able to play classical pieces that everyone [...]
I got the idea for this craft from Kara’s Creative Place blog (thanks for the brilliant idea, Kara!). Ribbon Rings (Kara’s example is pictured at right) are a fun prop for movement activities with young students during group lessons, camps, or early childhood music classes. Kids love fluttering the ribbons of these props while they [...]
Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making!
