Page 5: The Editor’s Page
Then and now …
Elvina Pearce
Page 8: On the cover
Page 9: Letters
Page 10: Teacher/Student/Parent
What role does parental involvement with their child’s piano study play in the junior high and high school years?
Barbara Kreader with Nicole Martens
Page 16: Home Practice
What technical warm-ups do your early level students practice?
Elvina Pearce with Kathy Christian, Carole Flatau, and Carmen Shaw
Page 22: Music Reading
How do you develop the ability to sight-read hands together?
Craig Sale with Elaine Rusk
Page 28: Technique
How do you help students learn to control their thumbs?
Scott McBride Smith with Theresa Bogard and Nicole Narboni
Page 34: Rhythm
What aspects of teaching rhythm are the most difficult for your intern teachers?
Bruce Berr with Cynthia Benson, Barbara Fast, and Kenneth T. Williams
Page 40: Perspectives in Pedagogy
How has keyboard pedagogy changed over the last 20-30 years? – Part I
Rebecca Johnson with Frances Larimer and Marienne Uszler
Page 44: Adult Piano Study
Do you cross the line between professional and personal when teaching your adult students?
Michelle Conda with Matt Harre and Amy Rose Immerman
Page 48: Repertoire & Performance
How do you introduce pieces with more than two flats or sharps, and what favorite repertoire do you use in more difficult keys?
Nancy Bachus with Donald Morelock, Sister Bernadone Rock, and Suzanne Torkelson
Page 54: Technology
How do you use technology to facilitate cooperative learning?
George Litterst with Linda Christensen, Nancy Davis, and Priscilla Heffield
Page 57: Bulletin Board
Page 58: News & Views
What can traditional piano teachers learn from “special method” programs?
Helen Smith Tarchalski with Kathy Anzis, Jan Keyser, and Michiko Yurko
Page 64: Advertiser Index
Page 65: Keyboard Kids’ Companion
Helen Smith Tarchalski
