Page 5: The Editor’s Page
Can we expect beginners to go it alone in home practice?
Richard Chronister
Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent
Should parents practice with their children?
Barbara Kreader with Jeanne Nelson, Katherine Glaser, and Ellen Whelan-Wuest
Page 9: The Magic Triangle PostBox
Can piano lessons come to a pleasant end?
Miriam Behnke and Nancy Kaesler
Page 12: Home Practice
How do your students practice sightplaying?
Elvina Pearce with Janet Johnson and Richard Chronister
Page 14: The Home Practice PostBox
One Fleeting Hour.
Mary Ann Saulmon
Page 16: Music Reading
Is early childhood music study for every child?
Richard Chronister with Kenneth K. Guilmartin, Elaine Harriss, and Lorna Lutz Heyge
Page 24: Technique
Piano teaching in other countries, Part II: What about piano teaching in Taiwan?
Scott McBride Smith with Jennifer Lim
Page 26: The Technique PostBox
Here I am!
Scott McBride Smith
Page 31: You and Your Piano
How much time do you spend each week preparing to teach?
Madeleine Crouch with Kathy Hammer, Robbie S. Hughes, and Kristi Lobitz
Page 33: The You and Your Piano PostBox
More hilarious moments.
Marie Asner
Page 34: Rhythm
How do you teach two-against-three?
Marvin Blickenstaff with Naomi Oliphant and Constance Kotis
Page 38: A Rhythm Postlude: Since the inception of KEYBOARD COMPANION it has been my pleasure . . .
Marvin Blickenstaff
Page 40: Motivation
How do you use exploration to confirm and solidify learning?
Joyce Cameron with Richard Chronister and Ivan Frazier
Page 44: Adult Piano Study
Do your adult students play ensembles with each other?
Brenda Dillon with Peggy Morales and Martha Heminger
Page 46: The Music Teachers’ Association of California
David Kraehenbuehl Memorial Fund
Page 48: Repertoire
It’s a long walk! How important is stage etiquette at a piano recital?
Martha Appleby with Claudette Sorel
Page 51: A Repertoire Prelude
It is with a feeling of loss and intense nostalgia . . .
Martha Appleby
