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Grant Helps Send Miami University Chapter to MTNA
This past April, members of the Miami University Collegiate Chapter were able to attend the MTNA national conference in San Antonia,...


One of Those "Wow!" Books
Just a few pages into The Perfect Wrong Note by William Westney I found myself thinking, “This is terrific; I wish I’d read this years...


Cultivating Creative, Motivated Students - Part 3: Get Up and Move!
In part one we discussed multimedia, part two was improvisation, and now we are on to the third and final part: movement! One of the best...


Cultivating Creative, Motivated Students - Part 2: Improvisation
In the first article, we talked about using multimedia to foster creativity and motivate your students. (If you missed it, click here.)...

Cultivating Creative, Motived Students - Part 1: Using Multimedia
Despite music being a creative endeavor, teachers often get stuck in a monotonous routine of doing the same things the same way all the...


The Benefits of Rote Teaching
Dr. Julie Knerr (left) teaches piano at her home studio in Windsor, Connecticut. She holds degrees in piano performance and piano...


Productivity Tips for Piano Teachers
A Guest Post by Joy Morin of ColorInMyPiano.com Click here for Joy's biography. If you are like me, you probably wear many hats: teaching...


What's Wrong With Me? Performing the Prokofiev Three Piano Concerto
Dr. Michelle Conda is the Head of the Keyboard Division and Coordinator of Secondary Piano and Piano Pedagogy and Professor of Piano at...


Composition in the Private Studio
Amy Rose Immerman is one of Cincinnati’s most active and well-known piano teachers. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a...

Preserving Memories: A Sticker Book from 1938
Left: Houghton, Samuel G. (1938) The Music Album: a “stamp album” to collect and record your musical experiences and memories. New York:...
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