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Samantha Coates

Samantha Coates

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.

Piano Teaching IdeasNovember 21, 2022<November 21, 2022

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…

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Does Rote Teaching Work?
Articles, Piano Teaching Ideas, Professional DevelopmentJuly 13, 2021<July 14, 2021

Does Rote Teaching Work?

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…

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Articles, Composer Feature, New Resources, Piano Teaching Ideas, Repertoire IdeasDecember 7, 2018<January 20, 2020

From Rote to Reading, and Beyond

an interview with Samantha Coates about the conceptualisation of her new Rote Repertoire series. Were you ever taught by rote as a student? Yes,…

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Articles, Piano Teaching Business, Piano Teaching IdeasNovember 2, 2017<November 22, 2017

Goldilocks and the Three Pianos – Ergonomics in pianists

Once upon a time, there were three different sized pianos: Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear. Ok, enough with the bedtime story style……

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Articles, Book Reviews, Repertoire IdeasMay 10, 2016<November 16, 2016

Reviewed by you: Classics with a Touch of Jazz – Lee Evans

This book is an absolute gem. What a great concept – take some famous classical tunes and jazz them up! Lee Evans has put…

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Articles, Book Reviews, Repertoire IdeasMay 2, 2016<November 16, 2016

Reviewed by you: Samantha Coates

Frozen Piano Duets These piano duets are absolutely delightful. It reads like a score, with the secondo line running under the primo line at…

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Articles, For Parents, Your BusinessDecember 6, 2014<May 6, 2016

The Beauty of Books.. and the consequence of Copies

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…

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