The Spring 2025 issue of Piano Inspires Kids is available now! Click here to receive the issue and give the gift of music to the musicians in your life! Keep reading for a sneak peek into the Spring Issue.
Listening is an important part of being a musician, and in this issue, readers learn about how musicians hear and the structures of the human ear. This issue explores:
- The Science of Listening
- Audiation
- Perfect and Relative Pitch
- How to Protect Our Ears
Today, we can listen to music easily on our phones. But this hasn’t always been the case! In “Now & Then,” learn about how sound recordings developed from over 100 years ago with the earliest phonograph recordings. Other issue highlights include tips for playing chords and inversions, a Happy Birthday activity, and an exploration of the musical term rubato.
The featured composer of Spring 2025 is the wonderful Kevin Olson, with the duet Common Ground. Olson described his piece as “a cheerful, pop-inspired piano duet that’s all about teamwork and balance.” This issue also covers tips for ensemble practice and how to prepare for performance.
To get ideas on using this issue of Piano Inspires Kids in the studio, find these ready-made lesson plans on our website:
- Discover: Audiation Exercises
- Explore: The History of Recorded Music
- Play: Ensemble Practice
- Share: Protecting Our Ears (Reader Poll)
A look inside:
Want to learn more about Piano Inspires Kids? Watch our webinar, “Inside Piano Inspires Kids: A New Publication of the Frances Clark Center” with Co-Editors-in-Chief Sara Ernst and Andrea McAlister: click here.
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