The Girl and Her Bunny - National Composition Contest Winner!

Being a piano teacher makes me happy! My new student Clara, is just one of the delightful children I get to spend time with each week. It made my day today to hear that she was recently featured on the news for winning the National Let's Play Music Composition Contest.

Click the link to hear her perform her piece and learn the storyline that goes with it!

8 Year Old Earns Top Honors at Music Composition Competition

or  Download her free piece "The Girl and Her Bunny"  and other student composition winners.

How can KPop Golden Help Improve Musicality?

 At my last piano group lesson, several of my students were talking about K-Pop. I'm out of the kid movie loop, so at first I thought, "Is this some new kind of candy?"😂

After the lesson, I explored some of the memorable music from this movie that just sticks in your mind after you hear it.  

Writing Effective Melodies

As I teach composing to students, I often start by emphasizing that using more steps and skips than leaps will create more effective melodies. Hopping around on the keys like a ping pong ball bouncing is not likely to create memorable music!

But music is an art, not a science. "Breaking the rules" sometimes is more effective than you think!

Intermediate Piano Festival Music Playlists for Heidi's Piano Studio

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PIECES

Similar in Level to Piano Adventures 3A/3B or Piano Pronto 3

Slower/Expressive Piano Festival YouTube Playlist Intermediate Baroque/Classical/Romantic and Modern (Rastall 3)

Fast/Exciting Piano Festival YouTube Playlist Intermediate Baroque/Classical (Rastall 3)

Fast/Exciting Piano Festival YouTube Playlist Intermediate Romantic/Modern/Recent (Rastall 3)

MID INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PIECES

Similar in level to Piano Adventures 4, 5, Piano Pronto 4,5

Baroque Calm and Lively R4

Classical Calm and Lively R4

Romantic/Modern/Recent Calm R4

Lively Romantic Era R4

Lively Modern/Recent R4

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Piano Festival Preparation Free Resources

Piano Festival Samples Elementary Level 2 Purple

Piano Festival Samples Late Elementary Level 3 Yellow

Piano Festival Samples Early Intermediate Level 4 Green

Piano Festival Samples Intermediate Level 5 Red 

Piano Festival Prep Student Checklist

Free Early Intermediate Duets from 8notes.com

This year in my piano studio, I have a lot of siblings coming to lessons. This makes it super convenient for them to practice duets together. I was happy to discover so many fun arrangements for intermediate level students at 8notes.com that I think they are going to love!

The solo version of "He's a Pirate" from Pirates of the Caribbean in Faber's Show Time Disney Book 2A is a piece that almost every student who has tried it in my studio loves! 

Musical Minute to Win It Intermediate Challenges

At piano group lesson week this fall I'll be reviving some of my Musical Min It to Win It Games from a previous post but also adding on a few new challenges for my intermediate students. 

Divide students into teams or have them compete individually. Tally points for each round. Each team that successfully completes the challenge in less than a minute earns a point. The first team to complete or to have the most correct answers earns a bonus point.

Interval Song Scattergories

Write down the name of a song that begins with each of the ascending intervals. Then add as many more songs as you can to the list before one minute is up.

Intermediate Piano Festival Playlists R4

MID INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PIECES

Similar in level to Piano Adventures 4, 5, Piano Pronto 4,5

Baroque Calm and Lively R4

Classical Calm and Lively R4

Romantic/Modern/Recent Calm R4

Lively Romantic Era R4

Lively Modern/Recent R4

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Music Staff Simon

How can Simon help you learn music faster?

Simon Nibbles a Note

Have you ever played the game of Simon which tests your musical memory skills in a fun way? I think this would be a fun game to keep in the waiting area of my music studio. But today I'm sharing a new way to use the concept of Simon in music lessons.