Farewell from our editor, Carly
A little over a decade ago, a glimmer of a woman named Gina, came crashing into my world in her full fabulous glory. We…
Ten Ideas for Teaching Piano to Adult Beginners
Learning piano isn’t just a childhood pursuit. As teachers, we often encounter adults seeking to learn to play for the first time, or perhaps…
Summarising the Summit
Holy smokes! What a magnificent time we had at The Piano Teacher Summit! July 8-9 we spent two wonderful days with 70 piano teachers…
10 minutes with….Tess Hill
Tess Hill’s career began as a classroom teacher and spanned Primary, Secondary, Special education and Tertiary Education. Following graduation from the inaugural course for…
Mega Resource Review
Every time I go into my local music shop, I struggle to stop myself from taking home armfuls of repertoire books. There is always…
12 things to ask students instead of “How was your week?”
What creative things have you done this week? What was the peak and pit of your week? What is something you’ve seen that made…
I WANT TO PLAY THAT!
Do you have students who like to get on the exam elevator and jump from one level to the next? That can cause some…
Coming soon… I Want To Play That!
Three 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
Elissa Higgins, Rita Crews, Margaret Fitzgerald, and Marie Cull Music Teachers’ Associations are a valuable place to source professional development, access benefits for students…
Benjamin Nicholls – Winner of the Hal Leonard APPC Composition Competition 2017
Benjamin, we love the piece you composed for the 2017 Australasian Piano Pedagogy Con-ference and are so excited to share it with Piano Teachers…
Ten minutes with you: Josie Thomas
Josie Thomas – BMus Ed (Melb), Cert Teach (Primary), Cert Singing (Primary Teaching) Josie was born in the Netherlands and migrated to Australia in…
Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference 2017 Wrap Up
July might seem light years ago as we fly straight into end-of-year performances, but activities from APPC 2017 remain fresh in the minds of…