Page 5: The Editor’s Page
A great ride!
Elvina Pearce
Page 6: On the cover
Page 6: Letters
Page 8: Teacher/Student/Parent
Who/what has motivated you most during your years of teaching?
Barbara Kreader
Page 11: The Teacher/Student/Parent PostBox
Page 12: Home Practice
What makes practice perfect?
Elvina Pearce
Page 18: Music Reading
When do you add fingering to assist a student in reading?
Craig Sale with Arlene Steffen and Brenda Wriston
Page 22: Technique
How do different pianos affect your use of technique in performance?
Scott McBride Smith
Page 26: Rhythm
How do you introduce and reinforce syncopation?
Bruce Berr with Carol Klose and Jerome Reed
Page 32: Perspectives in Pedagogy
How do your teaching approaches and relationships change as your students grow older?
Rebecca Johnson with Suzanne Guy, Virginia Marks, and Mary Craig Powell
Page 35: The Perspectives PostBox
Page 36: Adult Piano Study
From the other side of the bench – What would you like for your piano teacher to know that would help your learning?
Michelle Conda
Page 40: Repertoire & Performance
How did your studies with a world-renowned interpreter of Chopin’s music impact your own playing and teaching?
Nancy Bachus with Ann Schein and Jerry Wong
Page 46: Technology
How do you use technology to teach piano concerti?
George Litterst with Nancy Davis, Ratko Delorko, and Linda Dale Kennedy
Page 49: Tech Tips
Page 50: News & Views
What do you say when a parent says, “Jason wants to quit – we don’t want to push him to continue”?
Helen Smith Tarchalski with Carole Flatau
