"Smart" Practice
Creative and direct practice strategies that replace mindless repetition
(featured at Utah Music Teachers State Conference)
Developing Collaborative Skills in Young Pianists
Learn techniques that build confidence in collaborative music-making through everyday lesson activities.
(featured at MTNA and ICKAS national conferences)
Solveig Lunde Madsen and Olga Samaroff Stokowski
Explore the role of contemporary music in the careers of early American women pianists.
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(featured at Utah Music Teachers State Conference)
Outside the Box -21st-Century Repertoire for 21st-Century Students
Fascinating teaching pieces that introduce modern sounds and techniques
(featured at Utah Music Teachers State Conference)
Amy Beach, An American Treasure
An in-depth look at the life and repertoire of a America's pioneering female composer. (Featured at Montana State Music Teachers Conference)
The Language of Music
Expanding the expressive vocabulary we use to describe music with our students brings more life into their playing
Validate and Illuminate - The Foundations of Good Judging Skills
Exploring the role of the adjudicator as a partner with the teacher and event goals.
(featured at Utah Music Teachers State Conference)
Sight Reading Super Skills
Real-time sight reading skills need unique strategies that most sight reading books don't teach
Introducing the Beethoven Sonatas to Students
How, what, when (and why) to begin learning the piano sonatas of Beethoven