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Hal Leonard Sacred Music 40% off

Posted by Wendy on Feb 18, 2012 in Good Deals, Piano Teaching | 0 comments

Hal Leonard is offering 40% off select sacred books in the month of February via the Teacher VIP line.  This includes my Easy Hymn Solos series, the Phillip Keveren Series, and more!  Simple visit the Teacher VIP link to see what is on sale.

Standard shipping & handling charges apply to all orders. Please enter ad code PT02 at checkout to receive your educator 40% discount. This offer is limited to the items featured in the February 2012 Teacher VIP Special Offer.

If you are not a part of the Teacher VIP or new release club, simply call 1-800-322-1127 to enroll.  See details about the First Choice New Release Club here.

HL Winter Catalogue – 40% off

Posted by Wendy on Feb 3, 2012 in General, Good Deals, Piano Teaching | 3 comments

Now through March 31st, you can get 40% off books on technique from Hal Leonard.  See all of the books included in this special offer here.  Here are a few books in which I am especially interested:

  Piano Teacher’s Guide to Creative Composition by Carol Klose

Piano Aerobics

Piano Teachers Resource Kit by Karen Harrington (see her interview on the book here.)

New Year Sale on Everything

Posted by Wendy on Dec 26, 2011 in Good Deals, Piano Teaching | Comments Off

ComposeCreate.com has never had a sale on everything, but I think its about time!  Now through January 1st, you can get 20% off anything in the ComposeCreate store.   That means you can get Rhythm Menagerie for a song, Practice Theory Tests and Sight Reading Pieces to prepare your students for their musicianship exams (Music Progressions), all my sacred books from Augsburg and Concordia, and even Stinky Sox, Affirm-a-term and Fishy Flashcards!

To receive the discount, simply load your cart with all your wanted items, then type in NewYearSale into the coupon code box. This offer is good from December 26-January 1, 2012!

Rhythm Menagerie has never been this affordable!  Happy shopping!

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What’s on your Christmas Wishlist?

Posted by Wendy on Dec 5, 2011 in Games and Activities, Good Deals, Organization and Efficiency, Piano Teaching, Preparing for fall | 14 comments

Well, we are nearing Christmas and also the end of the year when we try to take advantage of tax deductions for teaching supplies.  I recently started a “teacher wish list” or “studio wish list and thought it would be fun to tell you what’s on it as well as see what’s on yours.  I confess that I went ahead and ordered several of these things just a few days ago and am still debating about some.  But, here’s what I’d love to add to my studio and teaching supplies for the new year:

• Education Insights Eggspert (quizzing system) – I cannot tell you how excited I was to see this on sale on Cyber Monday.  Unfortunately, I was a few minutes too late and they were all sold out before I could order.  But, the price now (approximately $29) is already about 50% off, so I went ahead and ordered it.  I’ve wanted something like this for a long time, but they are usually way too expensive. It’s perfect for the Christmas games (including jeopardy) I’ll be playing with my students.  They’ll love it!
  
• Scotch Laminator – I’ve mentioned this before, but it would be very convenient to have my own laminator instead of going to our teacher supply store, despite its low cost.
  
• Laminating Pouches – I’d need the laminating pouches as well.
• Mr. Potato Head Silly Suitcase – This will be great for teaching my students about spot practicing.  See Jennifer Fink’s post. 
• The Piano Teacher’s Guide to Creative Composition by Carol Klose – Composition degree aside, I can always use more ideas on teaching composition to my students!  See samples on the Hal Leonard website. I just found out that it’s on sale now for 40% off at Hal Leonard.
  
• An ipad – Maybe you thought I already had one since I tweet, FB and sometimes blog about lists of good teaching apps.  But no, I do not own one and know that it’s not a realistic scenario at least this year!

Sale on Books

Posted by Wendy on Nov 18, 2011 in New Music, Piano Teaching | Comments Off

Kristin Yost’s book How I Made $100k My First Year as a Piano Teacher is now on sale at the PianoAccents store.  In addition Neeki Bey’s Africa piano book is also on sale for only $11.  This book contains 10 classic folk and pop songs from the Africa and a play along CD. I believe the sale runs through November.  You can read at least 2 reviews of Kristin’s book here.

MTNA Teacher Enrichment Grants

Posted by Wendy on Oct 7, 2011 in Dollars and Sense, General, Good Deals, Piano Teaching | Comments Off

MTNA has announced that grant applications are now available for the 2012 MTNA Teacher Enrichment Grants.

The purpose of the Teacher Enrichment Grants is to provide assistance to music teachers for private study, specific college-level course work or other projects that will enhance the performing and teaching skills of the applicant. Applicants may apply for a grant in the amount of $250, $500, $750, or $1,000.

The applications and guidelines for the Teacher Enrichment Grants can be found on the Foundation Fund website on this page. Applications should include the original and three (3) copies of all materials. Materials submitted must be postmarked by January 9, 2012.