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A Piano Project Kids Love!
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you might already know that I love doing recording projects with my piano students every year. For the past several years we have done CD’s. The first year...
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Getting Parents Ready for Piano Season
When your piano parents think about the upcoming piano season will they be seeing themselves dragging their kid to and from lessons and battling at home over practice OR will they be laughing out loud...
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Musicians, Athletes and Practice
“Musicians are small-muscle athletes, so the same principles of physical conditioning which apply to athletes also apply to musicians.” – Barry Green in The Mastery Of Music: Ten Pathways to True...
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Don’t Let School Holidays Sabotage Piano Lessons
Yesterday was Labor Day here in the United States and that means we did not have piano lessons. Knowing that the holiday was coming I gave my students more than enough material to work on for two...
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Return To Music Day
The dynamic duo at teachpianotoday.com is doing it again – bringing us an amazing opportunity to get out and do some good with music. Trevor and Andrea Dow are the ones who brought us Piano Geek Week,...
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Presenting Songs As “Gifts”
What are most piano teachers thinking about in October? Christmas! Yes, we have to think about Christmas now so that our students have a chance at sounding great when they play Christmas Carols for...
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Quick Lesson Plans for Teaching “G” on the Grand Staff and Keyboard
Go ahead, accuse me of seeing EVERYTHING through piano eyes. I can’t help it. I just do! Really I just look for ways to use things I love in my piano teaching. What’s the latest thing I love to be...
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3 Non-Piano Teaching Music Blogs To Add To Your BlogRoll Now!
I get inspiration for my piano lessons from a variety of resources on the internet. Of course I read a TON of piano teaching blogs, but I also like to peruse blogs of elementary music classroom...
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My Piano Teacher Introduced Me To A Legend: Joe Sample 1939-2014
We were introduced when I was a teen. My piano teacher at the time gave me a tape of his music. Yes, it was on a tape because I met Joe Sample before the CD was born. At that time I knew little about...
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Student Review and Giveaway of Musical Words Game
Welcome Kids and Keys readers to our first student/teacher co-review of a music education product! 10 yr old Kennedy liked playing the Musical Words board game so much that she wanted to tell other...
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10 Surprising Ways Piano Lessons Literally Pay Off
Parents all over the United States are spending countless hours driving their kids to and from sports activities and in many cases juggling football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, and soccer all at...
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1 Simple Phrase To Help Cure Stage Fright
The holidays are approaching and that means PERFORMANCES. Lots and lots of performances. Right about now young (and old) piano players around the world are getting nervous about playing in front of...
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Keeping Piano Students Excited: Piano World Records
After the excitement of Holiday concerts what can a piano teacher do to keep up the enthusiasm? Well, for the last two weeks I have been presenting the idea of setting world records in piano to my...
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Speed Up Music Learning By Getting Your Students To Do This!
In a recent post I shared one of my secrets to keeping students motivated AFTER the performance season. Today I’ll give you another way to get students excited about piano learning by making learning...
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Get Out Of The Piano Box This Summer!
Piano Teachers!! It’s time to think outside the piano box! Summer is fast approaching and as we all know LOTS of students and parents consider summer time vacation time from lessons. Instead of writing...
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6 Ways Piano Teachers and Parents Can Encourage Piano Teens
Quick way to encourage your teen piano player!
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Fun Sized Concert Series: Mary Rene Quarles
As part of the inaugural Fun Sized Concert Series of Dana Rice Music Studio, Vocal Student Mary Rene Quarles sings the original song “Save Me Again” by Dana Rice and gives the first LIVE ACOUSTIC...
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How To Use Facebook Live For Your Student Recital
Every private music teacher knows the nightmares involved in SCHEDULING performances! When it comes to showcasing your students you’re competing with school events, family events, religious events,...
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How To Choose A Song To Sing
Singing is a big part of life for many piano students. Either the student likes to play and sing OR the student accompanies singers from time to time. The student may even have a group or band where...
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