A few weeks back I wrote about the Piano Adventures All-in-Two Technique and Performance books and why I like them for my beginners. Well, I also have started using the Piano Adventures Technique and Performance books with some of my intermediate and AMEB (Australian...
Have you ever lost your voice? It’s a bit of a professional hazard as a teacher. Over the last few months I have had several viruses and laryngitis. I have had little or no voice for seven weeks. Then things started getting worse, a tight strained throat...
As a teacher, finding resources that are quick to access and interesting can be a challenge! Here are a few links that are from 2011 and 2013 Conference papers. First up is the recently released conference notes from NCKP 2013 (National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy...
Until the beginning of this year, I had predominantly been using Piano Adventures Lesson and Theory books with other repertoire for my beginner students. In their lessons, we would always cover technique and I would jot everything in their music diary. Sometimes they...
It has been a whirl-wind tour to Toowoomba for the 2013 Australian Piano Pedagogy Conference. I somewhat stubbornly refused to fly up to the conference until Tuesday morning (the Pink concert was on Monday night in Adelaide……..it was fabulous!), which made...
As an industry, us piano teachers can be quite isolated. But there are ways for us to make connections and learn from one another. There are the traditional avenues such as Music Teachers Associations or Professional Development days run by music shops, publishers and...
