Winter 2025: Questions and Answers
Winter 2025; Vol 16, No. 4
Before entering a student in a contest or festival, it is necessary to have discussions with the student and their parent/ guardian. All parties need to know what type of event you are suggesting they participate in. (Some parents want competition, others don’t. They need...
Recreational Music Making: 5 Discoveries We Made as RMM Teachers
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Debra Perez, Craig Sale, Rebecca Bellelo, and Emily Book McGree for their contributions to this article on Recreational Music Making. Interested to learn more about RMM? Our latest course, A Pianist’s Guide...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Annie Jeng
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question To celebrate the latest episode of the Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Annie Jeng, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of her conversation with Craig Sale. Want to learn more about Jeng? Check out the latest installment of...
Recreational Music Making: 5 Discoveries We Made as RMM Teachers
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Debra Perez, Craig Sale, Rebecca Bellelo, and Emily Book McGree for their contributions to this article on Recreational Music Making. Interested to learn more about RMM? Our latest course, A Pianist’s Guide...
Connor Chee: Honoring Tradition and Embracing Possibility at the Piano
Autumn 2024; Vol 16, No. 3
“What started as setting a few melodies actually turned into composing some original things, and reaching back into that part of me that wanted to compose since I was a child.” Connor Chee “The more time I spend at the piano, the more I am...
Keyboard Companion Winter 2000; Vol. 11, No. 3
Keyboard Companion Winter 2000; Vol. 11, No. 3
view flipbook Page numbers refer to FlipBook pages and not the printed pages in the magazine. 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...
Breaking Out of the House of Corrections
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Craig Sale for this insightful article about preparing students for their practice. To read the full article, click here. I will always remember Frances Clark stating that our lessons should not be...
Piano Inspires Podcast: Sara Davis Buechner
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question To celebrate the latest episode of Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Sara Davis Buechner, we are sharing an excerpted transcript of her conversation with Craig Sale. Want to learn more about Buechner? Check out the latest installment of...
Piano Inspires Podcast: An Interview with Connor Chee
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question To celebrate the latest episode of Piano Inspires Podcast featuring Connor Chee we are sharing an excerpted transcript of his conversation with Craig Sale. Want to learn more about Chee? Check out the latest installment of the...
Do good reading skills help or hinder memorization?
Keyboard Companion Spring 2006; Vol. 17, No. 1
Craig Sale, Editor As a good reader, I always believed that I was “score-dependent,” making memorization a greater challenge. However, as a teacher I find that good reading skills can actually be of great value when it comes to secure memorization. Suzanne Schons and James...
A teacher’s greatest reward
Keyboard Companion Spring 2006; Vol. 17, No. 1
Elvina Pearce, Editor-in-Chief Editor’s Note: Some time ago I received the following piece from Craig Sale, Associate Editor for the magazine’s Music Reading department. I was so touched by its message that I asked Craig if I might share it with you and he agreed....
William Chapman Nyaho: Scholar, Pianist, Advocate
Spring 2024; Vol. 16, No. 1
The contributions of Dr. William Chapman Nyaho to the field of piano performance and pedagogy are numerous and lasting. From the beginning, his life has been filled with music from varied cultures and styles. In turn, he has impacted our musical world with explorations and...
What steps do you assign for the process of sight-reading?
Keyboard Companion Winter 2005; Vol. 16, No. 4
Craig Sale, Editor When selecting questions to be addressed in Keyboard Companion, I am never sure of the question’s success until the answers come in. I presented this issue’s question to our writers — Meg Gray, Virginia Houser and LeAnn Halvorson with more trepidation than...
What do you do with a transfer student who reads well on the treble staff but is insecure with reading on the bass staff?
Keyboard Companion Autumn 2005; Vol. 16, No. 3
Craig Sale, Editor We have all experienced it — the call from the parent of a prospective transfer student explaining that their child “does fine with the right hand, but really has a hard time reading the notes for the left hand.” Asking the parent...
How Do You Teach Cantabile Playing? How Does It Affect Students’ Rhythm?
Keyboard Companion Autumn 2001; Vol. 12, No. 3
by Bruce Berr There is no sound more magical to a music lover than that of a piano singing. It is a unique kind of singing of course, since a piano cannot sustain a tone continuously once it has been played. But when cantabile playing...