Snow Day!

Posted by MaryO on February 1, 2021

No lessons today due to the snowy weather.

Keep practicing!

Those using Piano Maestro may find a new assignment for today 🙂

🎹 Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Archduke Trio
Even more arresting is the first of the Opus 70 trios (1808) nicknamed ”The Ghost” because of its mysterious and haunting Largo. Its sibling boasts a cheerful bombastic finale that is the most entertaining music that Beethoven composed for this combination of instruments.
📰 A Manuscript of Mozart’s Piano Sonata K331
The manuscript of Mozart’s A major piano sonata K331 has recently been discovered in Budapest. Having spent the majority of its life in the Budapest’s National Széchényi Library for decades, the coveted manuscript was rediscovered by Haydn scholar Balazs Mikusi.
🎹 Piano Maestro Update
You asked, and we listened! We’ve added a sparkling collection of your most requested songs in 2022 for your students to enjoy including ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ movie theme, hits from Disney movies ‘Encanto’, ‘Toy Story’ and more.
🎹 Day Four ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
We have established that regular practice routines will not happen without proactive piano parents. So, how can parents be proactive practice assistants even if they have never touched a piano? Day 4. The Lead Vocalist: Most people are not too comfortable with breaking out into song in public, but they will happily sing in front […]
🎂 Happy Birthday, Clara Schumann!
Clara Schumann (1819-96) was much more than the wife of composer Robert Schumann. She was, quite simply, one of the greatest pianists of all time. A child prodigy, her technique and musicianship as a mature artist led to her being regarded as the equal of giants of the keyboard such a Franz Liszt, Sigismond Thalberg […]
🎹 Super Mario Bros Theme for Piano
Pianist and composer Sonya Belousova celebrated 30 years of Super Mario Bros. with an epic piano medley on the world’s coolest piano. YouTube channel Player Piano had Belousova play the tribute to the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata on a piano styled after a classic Nintendo Entertainment System. While the medley is good, it’s the […]
🎼 How to Read Notes on the Treble Clef
This is the high notes’ answer to “All About That Bass (Clef)“. This video teaches the lines and space notes of the treble clef.
📘 Musicophilia – Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
For those of us who obsess over the how and why of music, Sacks’ work on sound and its effects on the brain – and vice versa – was particularly illuminating. His book on the subject, “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain,” remains essential reading for those who want to understand the mechanics of […]
🥸 An Average Day for a Musician
Not enough practice, too much self-doubt. LOL
🎹 October 2 - Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Music for the Young and Youthful
For the young and young at heart, this Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel concert is something the whole family can enjoy! Experience some of the most familiar, playful tunes in the piano repertoire, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumblebee”, Chopin’s “Cat Waltz”, and Mozart’s 12 Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Peppered throughout the concert, […]
🎹 Pokemon For Piano Maestro
In Piano Maestro – the Pokemon Theme! You can find it in the TV & Game Theme’s category in 3 different versions (Easy, Melody Line and 2 Hands version)
🎹 Day Two ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
Day 2. The Practice Videographer: Piano teachers love to know what’s happening at home. By being a videographer, proactive piano parents can provide teachers with valuable home practice recordings that can be used to improve technique, posture, rhythm, and more.
🎹 Piano Lessons For Very Young Children ~ Wunderkeys
Wunderkeys Parent Information Package
🎹 Get your Kids to the Keyboard!
Let’s face it. Most kids don’t want to practice the piano. And if they do find the time to practice, it’s usually because their parent kept nagging them. How frustrating! Piano teachers are frustrated too. It’s nearly impossible to teach students new concepts when they don’t understand the old ones–all because of a lack of […]
🧮 Music and Mathematics: The Fibonacci sequence
Named after the Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170- c. 1250) who brought the Indian-Arabic numeral system to Europe, the Fibonacci series appear in nature and in music, and finds application in architecture and in instrument design, much before the Fibonacci Steinway.
🎼 What You Need to Know
A helpful guide to reading sheet music created by an unqualified individual.
‼️ Always Good Advice!
You only need to practice on the days that you eat 🙂
🧙‍♀️ Wizard of Oz Day
1939 ~ Dorothy embarked on a journey down the yellow brick road with a lion, a tin man and a scarecrow in the classic film “The Wizard of Oz.”
🎹 A Piano Maestro Piece: Spring by Vivaldi
Vivaldi, one of the greatest baroque composers, has a very interesting story. He ran an orphanage in the 18th century in Italy that became famous all over the western world for its musically talented children. A lot of his pieces were written for specific children in his school. Vivaldi learned the violin from his father, […]
🎹 A Parent’s Guide to Piano Maestro
It will be fun watching your child improve their piano skills all while having fun using Piano Maestro in lessons each week! As your child’s teacher (or YOUR teacher!), I’m looking forward to seeing the progress they will make when they start using it at home each day. This guide will help you understand how […]

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