The Pirate Challenge!
byEach year in my studio, I come up with a new whole studio challenge for all of my students to get involved in. This…
Piano Teaching
It’s All in the Rhythm
byA series of professional development workshops held across Victoria by the AMEB When I was first approached about these workshops, I put a question…
Beginning Improvisation — A Brief Look at Two Magical Scales
byImprovisation can be a richly rewarding pursuit and help lead to exciting new avenues of musical discovery and expression. And one needn’t necessarily have…
The Busy Teachers’ Guide to Repertoire: Solo Collections
byThere’s something very exciting about discovering and working with repertoire that you know students are going to engage with, including finding composers and works…
Books by Jeremy Siskind
byThe Magic of Standards Eight Piano Solos The Magic of Standards is a collection of eight new arrangements of beloved songs. Refreshingly original takes…
Make-up Madness and Enrolment Fatigue: How to Alleviate your Ailments with Studio Policy
byEach of us has a ‘way we do things’ and our studios are no different. When it comes to communicating the way things are…
The Music of Eugénie Rocherolle
byEvery now and then I stumble upon a piece that I fall in love with where the composer was previously unknown to me. I…
Creating a Buzz with Film Music
byHands up if you’ve ever taught the James Bond Theme, Star Wars or the Pink Panther? My guess is that at least 99% of…
Reviewed by You: Sharon Ellam
byRiver Flows In You And Other Eloquent Songs For Solo Piano When you find ‘that compilation book’, it quickly becomes a favourite. This is…
From the Court to the Concert Hall
byServing Up the Skills to Get Your Head in the ‘Game’ I first encountered The Inner Game of Tennis when it appeared on the…
Golden Rules; A guide to building your business, implementing and sticking to your plan.
byMost people dream of having a job where they can choose their working hours, have flexibility, a job that can work around their family…
Seeds, Not Stones
byCan we teach our students to create music, not merely perform it? Most education is based on the assumption that students arrive as ‘‘blank…