Page 4: A Parent’s Point of View
How do you buy supplemental music for your child?
Elizabeth Van Ness
Page 5: The Editor’s Page
Toward a new season of piano teaching/a letter from Martha K. Smith
Richard Chronister
Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent
How do you get organized for your fall teaching schedule?
Elizabeth Van Ness with Laura Philemonof, Mary Iverson, LeAnn Halvorson, and Adrienne Wiley-Lippoldt
Page 10: Home Practice
How can we find out more about our students’ home practice? Part II
Elvina Pearce with Jean Stackhouse, Rosalie Gjerde, and Richard Chronister
Page 15: The Home Practice Post Box
What would happen if the players practiced only the day of the game?
Carol Hamilton
Page 16: Music Reading
How do you turn a reading performance into a dramatic performance?
Richard Chronister with Donna Maxwell, Maxine Berghoff, Tim Brown, and Richard Collins
Page 22: Technique
What can research studies teach us about piano technique?
Scott McBride Smith with Justin D. Call, M.D., Joanne Haroutounian, and Colleen Tosi Ludeker
Page 28: You and Your Piano
Should teachers of early-level students be concerned about practice- and performance-related injuries?
Madeleine Crouch with Mary Kollar and Bill Hartley
Page 35: Rhythm
Do you continue “pure rhythm” activities into the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years?
Marvin Blickenstaff with Ann Milliman Gipson, Enid Ewing Hickman, Nancy Hallsted, and Michelle Conda
Page 43: The Rhythm Post Box
How do you meet the challenge of the bar line?
Barbara English Maris and Doris Farrar
Page 46: Motivation
What do you do to assure success with transfer students?
Joyce Cameron with Joni Reed and Rebecca Shockley
Page 50: Adult Piano Study
How do you prepare adults to play in public?
Brenda Dillon with Matthew Harre and Victoria B. Harris
Page 54: Repertoire
Can beginner pieces be attractive to recital audiences?
Martha Appleby with Julie Sondag and Christine Franklin
Page 58: Technology
Krista, Laura, Debra – Who are they? Why should we care?
Marguerite Miller with Laura Hamm and Debra Patton Millspaugh
