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🎹 The Joy of Piano Duets
This is an older book but its always fun to play from. I just wish it was spiral bound! These are fun to play with students! A glorious mix of fabulous pieces for two! This book contains easy arrangements of favorite and familiar melodies for piano duet. 34 compositions in all including: Careless Love and […]
🎹 Famous & Fun Duets, Bk 5: 6 Duets for One Piano, Four Hands
These are fun to play with students! Famous & Fun: Duets offer a wonderful introduction to timeless masterpieces and crowd favorites. Featuring arrangements of themes from symphonic, operatic and keyboard literature, these works have been carefully selected and balanced for two evenly skilled players. Titles: Alexander's Ragtime Band * Hornpipe (from Water Music Suite) * […]
🎼 Andrea And Trevor Dow's Timed Note Reading Tests For Piano, Book 2: 95 Days Of Exercises In Treble C Position And G Position (Piano Student Workbooks)
I also got a copy and am thinking of using it with students over the summer. For great piano players, note reading is second nature. The instantaneous ability to transfer notes on a page to sounds on a piano frees them up to focus on the little things that make music magical. It is, therefore, […]
📆 Online OCMS Music Calendar for August
Local music events, musical history, holiday information, weather and much more
🎹 Famous & Fun Duets, Bk 4: 8 Duets for One Piano, Four Hands
Famous & Fun Duets offer a wonderful introduction to timeless masterpieces and audience favorites. Featuring arrangements of themes from symphonic, operatic and keyboard literature, these works have been carefully selected and balanced for two evenly skilled players. Titles: Flower Duet (from the opera Lakme) * Polovetsian Dance (from the opera Prince Igor) * Skaters Waltz […]
🎹 WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2A
The fact is, many kids quit piano when they reach level 2 method books because they are too old for “little kid” music and too young for “cool teen” music. So we said to ourselves, “That’s silly, let’s create a pop-infused level 2 method book that develops students into modern piano players with the technical […]
🎹 The Circle of Fifths for Piano: Learn and Apply Music Theory for Piano & Keyboard
Master the Circle of Fifths and Crack the Secret Code of Music Theory Discover how to form any scale – in any key Understand key signatures Change key musically and effectively Understand how to apply and hear music theory on piano Instantly know the notes of any major or minor scale The Circle of Fifths […]
🎼Dry Erase Staff Music Lap White Boards
These will be better for in-person lessons but I got some to deliver to students for home use. Music staff boards are great for practicing notes, tunes and songs. musical notation, the staff (stave) is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch
🎧 Online Piano Lessons
All about online piano lessons through the O'Connor Music Studio. We’re able to get everything done that we do in a studio lesson – playing, theory, Piano Maestro, ear training, technique. The only thing that doesn’t work quite so well is piano duets but I just got an idea in a seminar today how to […]
⁉️ Piano Puzzlers
Brand-new edition of Bruce Adolphe's Piano Puzzlers as heard on American Public Media's "Performance Today." Includes 32 tunes with songs by Gershwin, Berlin, Arlen, Porter, Rodgers, Fats Waller, Lennon & McCartney, and others disguised in the styles of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Janacek, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bartok, and […]
📘Help Your Kids with Music
I have ordered this book and CD combo for the music studio so parents can check it out to see if it would be useful for them to buy for home use. If any of the studio parents have this book already, please let me know what you think. Thanks! Help Your Kids with Music […]
🔗 Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal
The O'Connor Music Studio features fully functional parent/student portals. These are a great way to share information with you, save time, and add value to your lessons. The student portal provides you with...
🎼Supersonics: Castle Escape One
Each epic Early to Mid Elementary piano piece in this book is the soundtrack to your dramatic castle escape. Students are invited to use their wits and skill to learn each new, slightly harder piece to progress their technique throughout the book. Inspired by otherworldly places and fairy tales, we guarantee you’ll love this popular […]
🎼Andrea And Trevor Dow's Timed Note Reading Tests For Piano, Book 1: 90 Days Of Exercises In Middle C Position And C Position (Piano Student Workbooks)
I also got a copy and am thinking of using it with students over the summer. For great piano players, note reading is second nature. The instantaneous ability to transfer notes on a page to sounds on a piano frees them up to focus on the little things that make music magical. It is, therefore, […]
🎼Andrea And Trevor Dow's Playing With Note Printing Activity Book For Piano, Book 1: Note Printing Pieces And Exercises In Middle C Position And C Position (Piano Student Workbooks)
I just got a copy and am thinking of assigning it to students over the summer. In this book, we have created an innovative approach to note reading where students build pre-composed piano pieces by printing the music on the page. As they use our easy-to-follow note guides to put the pieces together, students will […]
📸 OKIOCAM S USB 2-in-1 Webcam and Document Camera for Distance Learning
I just got this so that I can show students my piano keyboard during Zoom lessons. 2-in-1: Webcam & Document Camera Take the quality of your remote teaching to the next level with OKIOCAM: the 2-in-1 webcam and document camera. Gain all the benefits of a conventional webcam and the flexibility and functionality of a […]
🎹 Piano Pedal Extenders Bench for Kids
Helps Young Players Reach The Piano Pedals! Adjustable height: 14.5 to 21 cm Compatible With Any Piano.No assembly required. It is strong and durable and will not collapse extender design,can give children proper weight balance. The new design of three pedals, also applies to the two-pedal piano.
🎹 COVID-19 and Piano Care
The Corona Virus (COVID-19) is having a major impact throughout the world and that includes the world of the piano technician. The Piano Technicians Guild is making the following suggestions for its members as they work in home and other buildings and facilities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has specific tips for […]
🎵 The Most Amazing Sheep Game is free for the month of May!
The Most Amazing Sheep Game is lots of fun for everyone and it's free for the month of May!
🎵 The Note Rush App is on Sale until May 9
When lessons are in person, Note Rush is a great way way to learn notes instead of using flashcards. It's on sale right now for $4.99 until May 9. I highly recommend it.

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