Page 5: The Editor’s Page
Elvina Pearce
Page 6: Teacher/Student/Parent
What qualities do you value in your piano teacher?
Barbara Kreader
Page 12: Home Practice
Practice Puzzlers – “What do you do when…?”
Elvina Pearce with Nancy Breth, Ted Cooper, Steven Rosenfeld, and Karen Kan-Walsh
Page 16: The Home Practice PostBox
Linda Cordle
Page 18: Music Reading
What common problems occur in reading and how do you solve them?
Craig Sale with Janet Hart Johnson, Beverly Lapp, and Sharon Stosur
Page 22: Technique
How do you help beginners develop implicit technique?
Scott McBride Smith with Melanie Foster Taylor
Page 26: Rhythm
How does learning jazz enhance a person’s rhythm? – A Conversation with Rob Parton, Part I.
Bruce Berr with Rob Parton
Page 30: Perspectives in Pedagogy
How do you respond to parents who think anybody can teach beginners?
Kathleen Murray
Page 33: The Perspectives in Pedagogy PostBox
Page 34: Adult Piano Study
What benefits do adult piano students report receiving from their piano study?
Brenda Dillon with Pete Jutras
Page 38: Repertoire
Are duets a regular part of your elementary and intermediate level students’ repertoire assignments?
Marvin Blickenstaff with Carol Burggraaf, Laurisa Cope, David Sharpe, and Martha K. Smith
Page 42: Technology
Do you accept a digital piano as a substitute for an acoustic piano?
George Litterst with Virginia Campbell, Jane Hastay, and Amy Rose Immerman
Page 46: News and Views
How do you promote composition and improvisation in the private lesson?
Helen Smith Tarchalski with Nicole Martens
