Page 5: The Editor’s Page
Elvina Pearce
Page 6: On the cover
Page 7: Readership Survey
Page 10: Teacher/Student/Parent
What qualities did you value in your piano teacher?
Barbara Kreader with Margaret Otwell and Edna TerMolen
Page 16: Home Practice
Practice Puzzlers – “What do you do when…?”, part 2
Elvina Pearce with Nancy Breth, Ted Cooper, Steven Rosenfeld, and Karen Kan-Walsh
Page 22: Music Reading
How do you adapt your reading materials for students with learning disabilities?
Craig Sale with Alice Hammel
Page 28: Technique
What are some strategies for developing optimal performance in early level students??
Scott McBride Smith with Gail Berenson, Seymour Fink, and Barbara Lister-Sink
Page 32: Rhythm
How does learning jazz enhance a person’s rhythm? – a conversation with Rob Parton, part 2
Bruce Berr with Rob Parton
Page 36: Perspectives in Pedagogy
How do you deal with students whose learning styles do not match your own?
Kathleen Murray with Cynthia Benson and Tom Pearsall
Page 40: Adult Study
What are the compositional considerations that motivate adult piano students?
Brenda Dillon with Mary Sallee and Paul Sheftel
Page 44: Repertoire
What jazz materials do you use with your students?
Marvin Blickenstaff with Virginia and Katharine Moore, Charlotte Rowe, and Karen Thickstun
Page 50: Technology
How should music technology companies improve their products?
George Litterst with Alejandro Cremaschi, Elizabeth Ann Reed, and Carol Thompkins
Page 54: News and Views
What advice do you give to your graduating high school seniors?
Helen Smith Tarchalski with Claire Wachter
