Page 5: The Editor’s Page
Pianos and Whales
Richard Chronister and Lindsey Brown
Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent
How do you manage a week’s worth of practice?
Barbara Kreader with Kingsley Day, Barbara Kudirka, and LaVonne Kemple
Page 9: The Magic Triangle PostBox
Keeping our teaching exhilarating rather than exhausting
Stephanie Shiplacoff Greene
Page 12: Home Practice
What is musicianship and how do your students practice it?
Elvina Pearce with Eleanor Carlson, Kathleen Murray, and Janet Mann
Page 16: Music Reading
Should students read the technique they practice?
Richard Chronister with Arthur Wilson, Tony Caramia, and Deborah Merrifeld
Page 20: The Music Reading PostBox
Early-level music study; Music reading techniques
Sylvia Muehling and Charlotte M. Paugh
Page 22: Technique
How do you integrate movement into the piano lesson?
Scott McBride Smith with Stephen Moore, Jeanine M. Jacobson, and Mary Gae George
Page 26: You and Your Piano
What kind of contests do your students enter?
Madeleine Crouch with Gail Kopetz, Carol Mellors, and Sheila Vail
Page 30: Rhythm
How does a student get ready to use the metronome? Part II
Bruce Berr
Page 38: Motivation
For what purposes do you play for your students?
Joyce Cameron with Marvin Blickenstaff and Elvina Pearce
Page 42: The Motivation PostBox
Making learning stick
T. Josette Abruzzini
Page 44: Adult Piano Study
Do you teach adults to play by ear?
Brenda Dillon with Carol Walgren-Georgas and Tom Stampfli
Page 50: Repertoire
What kind of repertoire do you assign to start off a new year?
Marvin Blickenstaff with Kathryn Sherer, Roma Eicher, and Donna Saunders
Page 54: Technology
How do you set up a dynamic technology curriculum for your students?
Sandra Bowen with Regina Roper-Waldee and Tobizena Brown Williams
