New Year Wishes

Happy New Year! Thank you for being a reader of my blog.  Your comments and support are greatly appreciated. Wishing you all the best for 2013!

10 Tips to Motivate Your Child to Practice

Lady Gaga

Wow!  This is a Fugue based on Lady Gaga's Bad Romance.  I'm sure that you'll be impressed with this video for solo piano.

New Music Apps

I've just discovered two great music apps put out by Absolatido    Absolatido, Singsolatido and Falling Keys help to develop your ears and pitch skills.   They  are apps for both Android and iPhones.  Have a look here to find out more about these educational apps.

Practice Chart

What a great idea my student's parents came up with to motivate their daughter! Check out this great practice chart!

Crush the Jitters

I recently attended a workshop called Drug Free Techniques to Combat Performance Anxiety given by Vanessa Cornett-Murtada.  She gave wonderful explanations of the various symptoms that many people experience prior to a performance.  Many of these symptoms are related to how our body was programmed to handle situations in prehistoric times. - the fight or …

Digital Sheet Music

Here are some good links for directly downloading sheet music.  Both sites offer online buying and printing on your printer in the convenience of your home! Sheet Music Direct is an official, authorized & licensed service providing instant delivery of digital downloadable sheet music and guitar tab. Sheet Music Plus Digital Print is printable sheet …

Futuristic Piano Construction

I enjoyed watching this interesting video of how the Pleyel pianois designed and built by the Peugeot/Pleyel team.  The piano blends wood and carbon fiber.

What an energiz…

What an energizing and interesting workshop with "Mr. Paul"!  For any that have missed or are unable to attend this workshop  go to "Calming the Practice Monster" for some of the ideas behind his presentation.  It was wonderful to get creative ideas on how to encourage and to develop practice habits and to make it …

Hand Position Workshop

I had a wonderful experience with one of my younger students today. He's very conscientious, but has a lot of tension in the way he holds his wrists and fingers. A bit of hand shaping and the magic of instant feedback from my BlackBerry PlayBook and Voilá! He was able to independently form this next one …