Gratitude for Marvin
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Scott Donald for this tribute to his teacher, Marvin Blickenstaff. As we continue the season of gratitude and giving, we pay tribute to piano teachers from around the country who are transforming...
Elvina Truman Pearce: Short Tributes
Autumn 2022; Vol. 14. No. 3
After John and Elvina Pearce moved to Naperville in 1965, I became a piano student of Mrs. Pearce and studied with her for six years. Elvina had a wonderful sense of how young people learn. In her distinctive script, she outlined practice steps and goals—working...
“What’s goin’ on in there?”
Keyboard Companion Winter 2007; Vol. 18, No. 4
Kids today are involved with lots of activities. Sports, music, special academic clubs, and other fun events keep them busy, busy, busy. In our family we try not to overload our two young boys with too much to do, yet we still find them involved in a...
Developing Sound Expectations: Does the Sound Match the Picture?
March 2017; Vol. 9, No. 2
How do we develop a student’s sense of musical awareness in performance? So often the wonderfully phrased and dynamically diverse musical performance in a lesson becomes a lifeless memory of its former glory when presented in public. How do we help our students develop the ability...
NCKP 2019 Pedx9 Preview: Teaching Music in Lebanon Part I
Summer 2019; Vol. 11, No. 3
As a young musician growing up in Greenville, SC, I never thought I would utter the phrase, “I’m going to the Middle East to teach piano!” And yet this summer will be my fourth visit to Lebanon to teach and learn from some amazing students....