Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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
Piano Festival Music Slower Expressive Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern





Piano Festival Intermediate Fast Exciting Baroque and ClassicalRastall 3



Intermediate Piano Romantic and Modern Fast/ExcitingFestival Pieces


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



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! 

Monday, August 25, 2025

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.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Music Staff Simon

How can Simon help you learn music faster?

Music Staff Simon

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.

Friday, June 27, 2025

Wunderkeys Pop 2: Saorla Rising and Changing Clefs

Wunderkeys Intermediate Pop 2 Performance Piano Book, Teen Intermediate Pop Piano Music

This lesson plan includes practice tips for the Saorla Rising in B Minor in Wunderkeys Intermediate Pop 2 Performance Book by Andrea and Trevor Dow. 

Practice Tips

Listen to the performance as you tap the repeating syncopated rhythms in the left hand.
Watch out for the double Bass, Transfer to your left "sit bones" without scooting on the bench.

Supplementary Music with Changing Clefs

Tolling Bells by Stephen Heller


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Practice Tips for Wunderkeys Pop 2 The Renewal in G Minor


Wunderkeys Pop 2 Lesson Plans

 Choose the link below for lesson plans and activities that correlate with pieces in Wunderkeys Intermediate Pop 2 Performance Book by Andrea and Trevor Dow.

The theory, improvisation, and music and movement activities can be done in private lessons, group lessons, piano lab, or assigned for at-home practice.

Wunderkeys Pop 2 Performance