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Seminar Details and Registration Teaching Elementary PianistsJuly 15-16, 2024 (Mon-Tues)Sara Ernst, Seminar Leaderwith Guest Presenters Teaching elementary pianists is both rewarding and challenging–there is so much to learn in the first years of piano lessons! In this two-day online seminar, participants engage with the ideal strategies for working with children who are beyond the first ...

Seminar Details and Registration An International Exploration of Piano Teaching LiteratureJuly 8-9, 2024 (Mon-Tues) Leah Claiborne and Luis Sanchez, Seminar Co-Leaderswith Guest Presenters Join us as we explore international music and cultures—Latin America, Asia, Africa, India, and the Middle East— and their importance in piano teaching in a two-day online seminar. Attendees learn about these ...

As we enter the season of gratitude and giving, we pay tribute to piano teachers from around the country who are transforming the lives of their students. Students, parents, and colleagues are honoring piano teachers from their communities as part of the “Power of a Piano Teacher” campaign. We welcome you to celebrate your own ...

by Brenda Dillon In an earlier issue of KEYBOARD COMPANION, I wrote this about the challenges I face when teaching adult students: “The greatest challenge I experience in teaching adults is psychological. Perfectly rational adults, with years of learning experiences, sometimes have unrealistic expectations when it comes to learning to play the piano. They equate ...

We would like to thank Barbara Fast and Spencer Myer for this insightful interview on practice. Want to learn more about practicing? Register for the free webinar, “#100daysofpractice: Selection and adaptation of self-regulated learning strategies in an online music performance challenge” presented by Camilla dos Santos Silva and Helena Marinho, hosted by Alejandro Cremaschi on ...

by Joyce Cameron I recently heard a one-liner that describes my current experience: “Change is inevitable, except from vending machines,” Thus, with this issue of KEYBOARD COMPANION, I am moving on to new opportunities. I still expect to do some teaching and playing, but my writing efforts are moving in new directions. As I say ...

by Bruce Berr As piano teachers, we are constantly called upon to be master jugglers: precision and romance, agenda and spontaneity, structure and color, work and play, creativity and consolidation, professional concerns and business necessities, hands on and hands off. The list could continue. In a past issue (Autumn of 1996), Joyce Cameron, one of ...