These piano students really enjoyed their first lesson in January. They reviewed treble clef notes by filling in the notes on the staff...

Beginning piano students enjoy singing games. For them, it's a fun game and they know they'll each get a turn. For teachers, it's a...

The girls in the picture below are 7 and 8 year old beginners. They enjoy playing the singing games from their book, PLAY AND PLAY PIANO...

I had so much fun on Tuesday teaching a new group of girls, ages 7 and 8. I think this is the perfect age for beginning piano. Plus,...

This song is a good sightreading exercise for older students to practice the rhythm pattern of a single 8th note followed by a dotted...

This was one of my favorite practice incentives in my piano studio. Students got to hammer a brass nail into a real log if I determined...

I just completed my fourth year of teaching Pedagogy and Folk Song Research and Analysis at the Cheneniah Summer Music Institute, part of...

There were two sessions of piano summer camp 2023. The first session had young beginners and the second session had teenagers. The...

I am excited to share the revised version of both the student and teacher editions of PLAY AND PLAY. The Revised Teacher Edition has...

"Over the River to Feed My Sheep" is a song found in the PLAY AND PLAY piano book for beginners. This song has the piano students...

Older students enjoy activities and movement in group piano class just like the younger students. Here's a fun way that I've had older...

Teenagers enjoy movement in piano class as well as younger students. The girls in this video were practicing 8th note and 16th note...

I wrote the piano book, "Play and Play" several years ago along with the Teacher Edition. I really enjoy teaching young beginners with...

Students at our May 2022 recital each played a solo piece and an ensemble piece. The ensemble pieces were game songs from the Play and...

Remember the practice log from the last piano year? Students who demonstrated evidence of practice got to hammer a brass nail onto the...

As I'm thinking of the upcoming piano summer camps at my studio, I'm reminded of a fun time teaching a group piano lesson last fall in...

Yes, it's the cold winter, but I'm always thinking of piano summer camp. I am looking through materials now for the June and July, 2022...

We're back in piano after the holidays. These students were singing the rhythm names as they clapped. They were reading music from the...

Piano students entertained their parents at our Christmas event. It was a Come-and- Go affair. Students played their Christmas pieces as...

Yes, it's really a log! The piano students who demonstrate evidence of practice get to nail a shiny brass brad onto the log. Our goal...