I was in need of a little creative retreat this weekend after a LOT of hours of office time this week, so spent an afternoon at the piano re-working a handful of sacred hymn arrangements. The new files are posted in the free sheet music section on my website. All of the arrangements are written at an early advanced level. Preview recordings of the … Continue reading
Silly Putty rhythms are one of the all-time student favorite activties in my studio. After all, who doesn’t love Silly Putty??? To teach beginning note durations, I have several “Beat Boards” – boards with several hearts painted, each representing one beat (or “musical heartbeat”). We stick blobs of Silly Putty to the boards to represent notes: Students learn that one “note” to each heartbeat is a … Continue reading
These planner sheets have been available as a free download on my website for quite a while, but since it’s the beginning of a year, I thought I’d re-highlight them. In my last post, I mentioned that I find the beginning of each new semester to be the time that I’m most organized and teach the most “balanced” curriculum. That means that this is the time … Continue reading