by Marcia Vahl, NCTM
Judging opportunities may take us into judging state piano exams, contests, Piano Guild, Federation Junior Festivals, or composition contests. No matter what the event, writing a great critique starts with considering who will read it.
A great critique starts with considering who will be reading and trying to benefit from the critique. What does the student’s teacher want to see? […]
The subject of motivation always interests me. Here’s a great post by Tim Topham summarizing the book on motivation called Drive. He mentions a few of the studies conducted on motivation including one on preschoolers and one on adults. The “if-then” […]
About a month ago, I purchased the Eggspert Quizzing System and began using it in my studio. Since then, I have not stopped raving about how my students and I love it! Many of you have also purchased the inexpensive system and wanted more details on how I use it in my studio, so I thought I’d post about it.
By Wendy|February 1st, 2012|Games and Activities, General, General Music, Piano Teaching, Reviews of teaching materials|4 Comments
Over the years, I’ve had my students critique each other a number of times. Mostly its been for their performances of pieces in our group Performance Classes. We’ve used a variety of materials to do this from the Performance Class Worksheet (there are 4 of them on this page) to a simple piece of paper on which students write 1 thing they liked […]
I’m gearing up for my Christmas party and have received numerous requests for a post on Christmas activities, so I wanted to give you a list. Newsletter subscribers will receive a few more ideas than what’s here, so be sure to subscribe to email updates if you haven’t already.
Name that Tune – […]
Do you ever wonder why there isn’t more excitement about what you think are fun projects in your studio? Shouldn’t art projects, composing their own music, sight-reading challenges, etc. be thrilling for students?
I’m reading a book called Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity and the author Scott Watson […]
Susan Johannessen on Facebook was mentioning how quickly the “Sticky Hands” disappear from her prize box. I asked her where she got these wonderful little toys and she said they were at the $2 stores in Australia! Well, that’s a bit far for me to travel for a good prize, but I did find them at Amazon and another teacher said you could […]
The next set of courses offered at the Piano Teachers School begin October 15th. The courses are taught by Kristin Yost who has written a number of posts for the Dollars and Sense part of the ComposeCreate blog. These courses are completed through online video, PDF handouts, and Skype […]
We finished our week of Piano Camp a few weeks ago and I am still flying high with excitement and energy from my students! If you missed the little video we made of our camp adventures, please take just 2 minutes to watch it. I wanted to share about something that we did that is a more interactive way we as teachers can […]
I just came back from our KMTA conference where one of the college faculty on a panel answered the question, “How do you prepare a student who wants to study music?” with a “Well, I honestly don’t know if I would recommend a career in music these days.” While what she said might have been shocking to some, she went on to say some […]
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