by Spring | Dec 4, 2018 | 4 D's, Discover, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
There are many ways to introduce a new piece to a student. Sometimes we start with the sound of the piece through a recording or demonstration. Do you ever start by studying the score? This week’s Teaching Tactic is to go on a “Score Scavenger...
by Spring | Nov 15, 2018 | 4 D's, Discover
At the beginning of November, I had the privilege of traveling to Utah to present for their annual state conference.It was a quick trip and I wish I could have stayed longer to enjoy the beautiful city! The conference was held at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi,...
by Spring | Nov 13, 2018 | 4 D's, Discover, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
Wow! We’ve made it to 16 weeks of Teaching Tactics! Today’s tip is to pull up a YouTube video to play for your students. We know that most students are not watching classical pianists and orchestras perform. It’s our job to expose them to this...
by Whitney | Sep 17, 2018 | 4 D's, Composition, Discover, Featured
Update: My first post about this activity came about 5 years ago but I’m getting bags ready for our first composition activity again this week. It’s such an easy one for any age beginner and fun to see what students bring back when I ask them to get...
by Spring | Mar 8, 2018 | 4 D's, Discover, Featured
It’s been a little quiet around here lately, and that’s because we’ve been busy! We’re putting final touches on our presentations for the MTNA National Conference at Disney World. We can’t believe it’s almost time! We hope to see...
by Whitney | Dec 19, 2017 | 4 D's, Develop, Discover, Featured, Tuesday Teaching Tactic
This is our final Tuesday Teaching Tactic for the year! We look forward to taking time off teaching and blogging for a few weeks to celebrate with our loved ones. Today we want to share about improvisation but not just having your students improvise. Today we want to...