Tag Archives: repertoire

Review: Daniel McFarlane’s Repertoire for Students

By joy (admin) | Published: 19 April 2012

Australian composer Daniel McFarlane has composed a number of student-level repertoire books which are available on his website.  Daniel was kind enough to send me digital copies of his books so I could review them here. In appearance, all of Daniel’s books have easy-to-read scores with no illustrations.  The titles of each piece are in [...]

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May 2011 Giveaway: “Fearless Fortissimo” Piano Music for Boys

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 May 2011

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 [...]

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Interview: Andrea & Trevor Dow and their Piano Music For Boys

By joy (admin) | Published: 5 May 2011

Today I have a fabulous interview for you, from a husband & wife team who runs a 350-student music school in Canada!  Meet Andrea & Trevor Dow. Andrea & Trevor run a blog at teachpianotoday.com The website for their music school, Wildflower Music Studio, can be viewed here. Their latest project has been to write [...]

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Forum Q&A | Obtaining Student Materials & Reimbursement

By joy (admin) | Published: 27 April 2011

I forgot to put up the week’s new Forum Q&A post yesterday, so here it is a day late!  Sorry about that…I think the term paper for my music history class is draining all my brain cells.  =D It was so fun to read the variety of approaches teachers use when it comes to summer [...]

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Forum Q&A | Recital Music: Assign Easy, Hard, or Just Right?

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 February 2011

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 [...]

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List of Free Christmas Music Arrangements on the Web

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 November 2010

Christmas is on the way, whether you are ready or not! My students are already starting to ask about Christmas music, so I’m doing some digging on the web to find places to print easy Christmas arrangements for free. Read this post to check out the list I’ve compiled.

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Interview with Composer Dror Perl

By joy (admin) | Published: 5 November 2010

This post features an interview with Dror Perl, composer of the “Red,” “Purple,” and “Blue” book that were reviewed in a previous post.

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Book Review: “Red,” “Purple,” and “Blue” by Dror Perl

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 November 2010

A few weeks ago, I received a friendly email from composer Dror Perl asking if I’d be willing to write a review of his music books. I, of course, said yes, and so Dror sent me complimentary copies of the Red and Purple books. Here is my full review of his wonderful books!

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Book Review: “Returning to the Piano” by Wendy Stevens

By joy (admin) | Published: 14 October 2010

Summary Title: Returning to the Piano: A Refresher Book for Adults (click to view on Amazon) Composer/Arranger: Wendy Stevens Publisher: Hal Leonard Number of Pages: 96 Level: Elementary – Early Intermediate (pieces are in order of difficulty). Other Information: Includes a CD. Review As the title suggests, this book is intended for adult piano students [...]

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Introducing Students to New Pieces

By joy (admin) | Published: 10 September 2010

The first look at a new piece is crucial.  As accomplished pianists/teachers, we automatically know to scan the piece to check the time signature, key signature, texture, composer, title, etc. before playing through a piece.  Of course, we were trained to go through those steps before sightreading through a piece. Before having students sightread, what do [...]

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SUMMARY | July Monthly Forum: Discussing Method Books

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 August 2010

Read about what readers posted concerning their thoughts about various piano methods, and also check out the list of questions to ask yourself when evaluating piano methods to use with your students. This post serves as the summary of the July 2010 Monthly Forum topic: Discussing Method Books.

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The July Forum: Discussing Method Books

By joy (admin) | Published: 15 July 2010

This month’s discussion topic is about using method books (i.e., Alfred, Faber, Bastien, etc.) in the piano studio: What do you look for in a method book?  What features are most important to you?  Do you use the same method series for all your students, or do you use a variety?  If you use a [...]

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