Page 5: The Editor’s Page
Elvina Pearce
Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent
What are the positive and the negative aspects of teaching students in their own homes?
Barbara Kreader with Leslie Michaelis
Page 8: Home Practice
What do students have to say about their practice and lessons?
Elvina Pearce and Students
Page 12: Music Reading
Why do you prefer an “Off-Staff” rather than a Grand Staff approach to beginning reading?
Craig Sale with Ted Cooper, Meg Gray, and Kathleen Rountree
Page 18: Technique
How do you teach early level students to play with good tone?
Scott McBride Smith with Marten Herrett and Adrienne Wiley
Page 22: Rhythm
How does your experience with rhythm help you in the process of teaching?
Bruce Berr with Steve Betts and Kathleen Murray
Page 30: Motivation
How can we link pedagogy, performance, and a cognitive approach to coping with performance anxiety?
Phyllis Alpert Lehrer
Page 34: Adult Piano Study
What advice do you have for adults who plan to begin taking piano lessons?
Brenda Dillon with Sybil Barnaby, Patricia Bulko and Lucille Reifman
Page 38: Repertoire
When you know that high school will be the end of a student’s lessons, what repertoire should have been covered?
Marvin Blickenstaff with Gay Garard-Brewer, Jean Fox, Avonne Higgins, and Anita Renfroe
Page 42: Technology
How do you use notation software to improve your students’ reading skills?
Sandra Bowen with Gail Fischler, Maura Hall, Linda Kennedy, and Bobbie Rastall
Page 45: Keyboard Companion Tech Tips
Sandra Bowen
Page 46: News and Views
How do you know when it’s time to say “goodbye,” and how do you do it?
Helen Smith Tarchalski with Jocelyn Cross Makowski and Christine Mirabella
