I am participating in a #TPTSellerChallenge where we are supposed to give some of our old products a makeover! I've been doing some small makeovers the last week or so but I was really excited because I knew which product in my store needed a major makeover. It has...
A Fun Change to Keyboard Festival this Year!
Every year I have a keyboard festival in my studio. Keyboard festival is similar to Clavinova festival if you are familiar with those. Matter of fact, the reason I started keyboard festival was because of the Clavinova festival experience I had years ago! I thought it...
Review: Pronto Pizazz
What is better than some great piano solo's? Great solos that have pizazz of course! Jennifer Eklund of Piano Pronto has a book for your students that if you don't already have you will want to grab it now! Pronto Pizazz is written for your early elementary to...
sELFless Challenge Freebie
In conjunction with the Creative Clips sELFless challenge week, I made this penguin listening glyph with her adorable penguin clipart. One of my favorite musicals is Mary Poppins so I thought it would be a fun activity for this time of year to combine the penguin...
Halloween Games
Even though it is still hitting 100 degrees here in AZ (I heard it is supposed to 'cool' down to the 90's next week), I'm totally ready to start decorating for Halloween. Maybe it's because I've been creating some fun Halloween games and can't wait to play them with...
Reach Beyond the Stars- A Practice Incentive Program
I'm excited to announce that I have completed my new incentive program for this year! A lot of hours went into developing this program and I can confidently say that it is OUT OF THIS WORLD! As students practice they will make their way throughout the solar system...
Music Camps and Workshops Part 1 of 3
Today I begin my first session of Piano Olympic Training Camp. Every summer I do either a camp or a choice of workshops students can participate in. I thought I would blog about how I go about music camps and workshops each year and give some ideas that might help...
MTNA Conference; Pedagogy Saturday: Cracking the Code: Teaching Adults Jazz/Pop
I'm a Scott Houston fan so I was really excited to go to this presentation. I always wanted to see him speak in person and was out of town when he came to Arizona and spoke at the Musical Instrument Museum. Scott Houston is best known as "The Piano Guy" from his PBS...
MTNA Conference: Pedagogy Saturday; RMM and Teenagers
I was especially looking forward to this presentation by Will Baily. When I think of RMM I automatically think of adults. While I have been interested in teaching RMM to adults, my comfort level is more with the teenagers. Will begins with a quote by Brian...
Musical Treasure Hunt
One of the activities we did towards the end of Christmas camp on the last day was a musical treasure hunt. My intention for this hunt was to have them find the gifts I made them in the end. That is how it worked out for Monday's group. But then Tuesdays group came...