Why our Students are Practising Less
Do your students practise enough? Mine don’t. There, I said it! My students don’t practise1. And by ‘don’t’, I mean ‘hardly’. And I’m talking…
Samantha Coates is a Sydney based pianist, teacher, and music publisher. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the Sydney Conservatorium, majoring in piano performance. Samantha is the author and publisher of BlitzBooks, the series that brought music theory into the 21st century. As a teacher and a mother, she recognized the need for a text that would appeal to this generation of music students and teachers. Samantha’s aim is to make music more fun and accessible to all instrumentalists through a more holistic approach to the teaching of music theory. In her spare time Samantha enjoys staring at the ocean, going for long walks, and camping with her family.
Do your students practise enough? Mine don’t. There, I said it! My students don’t practise1. And by ‘don’t’, I mean ‘hardly’. And I’m talking…
Well how’s that for a loaded question! Impossible to answer unless you’re about to write about it, which, luckily, I am. 😊 Obviously, rote…
an interview with Samantha Coates about the conceptualisation of her new Rote Repertoire series. Were you ever taught by rote as a student? Yes,…
Once upon a time, there were three different sized pianos: Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. Ok, enough with the bedtime story style……
This book is an absolute gem. What a great concept – take some famous classical tunes and jazz them up! Lee Evans has put…
Frozen Piano Duets These piano duets are absolutely delightful. It reads like a score, with the secondo line running under the primo line at…
Call me old-fashioned, but I love using music books. I insist that all of my students buy them. To me, a music book is…