The Collaborative Pianist: What’s In A Name?
byDiversifying our piano students beyond the solo concert pianist Chamber Music is the most intimate form of musical collaboration. The repertoire is broad and…
Coming soon… I Want To Play That!
byThree new titles edited by Carly McDonald and Thembi Harris “Magical, quirky and classic pieces that keep students happier for longer” “I want to…
Ten minutes with… Associations across Australia
byElissa Higgins, Rita Crews, Margaret Fitzgerald, and Marie Cull Music Teachers’ Associations are a valuable place to source professional development, access benefits for students…
The MUSIC SCHOOL SUCCESS LADDER: Part 2
byInstrumental music teachers have spent many years, if not decades, training to be highly skilled musicians. At some point in their lives those musicians…
As Reviewed by you… New Collections for Piano
byNEW SERIES: More than the Score – Edition Peters This is a wonderful series that really delivers what it promises: interesting information about the…
Bringing Rote & Reading Together – the brand new repertoire series from Samantha Coates
bySamantha Coates has been working on an exciting new project: a repertoire series which brings rote and reading together. These two concepts are not usually…
Beyond Recitals: Perspectives on Performances for the Next Generation
byEach spring, as many teachers do, I host an all-student studio recital, and while the protocol remains the same from year to year, several…
NEW PIANO SYLLABUS FROM AMEB
byIn the same year AMEB is celebrating their Centenary, they will also be releasing a new piano syllabus for use from 2019. This will…
Better Together: Being part of a teacher community
byOver the years, the SA/NT branch of the AMEB has started a number of teachers’ groups in different regions — and one of them…
Songwriting with your Students
byGood pedagogy moves from the known to the unknown. We all know this! However, we don’t always consider what is most well known to…
5 easy ways to create a sense of community in your studio
byThe What and the Why Learning the piano can be quite an isolating experience compared to other activities in a child’s life. Their sports…
Technology: Teacher’s Friend of Foe?
byHave you been uneasily watching students get their dopamine fix from beeps and tweets of so-cial media? Ah, valuable time that could be for…