Piano Pedagogy Links
I haven't started lesson planning for the 2007/08 year yet. I planned to catch up on my bookkeeping and registrations this week before moving onto to lesson plans; but I am taking longer than I thought I would on updating my address book. Of course, it doesn't help that this is the worst month for me and allergies. I refuse to do any bookkeeping when my head is in a perpetual foggy, sniffly, snivelly and sneezy state.However, I'm almost done my address book project and I think I finally found an allergy/sinus combination that is breaking through that fog; so I'll have no more excuses. I will have to do my bookkeeping.For my colleagues who are doing their lesson planning now (or plan to do so soon), here are a few online resources I've stumbled upon. Hopefully, we can gleam some gems from these:- Piano Pedagogy
- Pedaplus.com
- Selected Resources for Piano Pedagogy
- Piano Pedagogy Forum
- Can-Pno-Ped
- PianoTeaching.Com Forum
- Music Pedagogy
I may have posted a couple of these in a previous entry, but it would have been a while back.My apologies for the list being piano heavy. Feel free to write submit websites, book titles, periodicals that you use to help with lesson planning - all instruments welcome.(c) 2007 by Musespeak(tm), Calgary, AB, Canada. All rights reserved.~
Terrific Thursday Link #8
These videos are priceless. A fellow pianist and teacher posted these two videos on his Collaborative Piano Blog:
Piano Kitty
Piano Kitty the Sequel
In them, Nora the cat plays the piano. Yes, she really plays!
Enjoy.
When you have a moment, please visit The Collaborative Piano Blog. There are quite a few excellent articles.
(c) 2007 by Musespeak(tm), Calgary, AB, Canada. All rights reserved.
The Benefits to Summer Music Camp
It's so hard to think about practicing in the summer. Even teachers go through this "I don't want to practice, I want to play!" phase.But there are ways to keep music practice in the summer quite fun. Composing and improvising are a couple of ways. Summer Music Camp is another.Here is a handy article, citing the benefits of Summer Music Camp.For a sampling of summer music camps in North America, click here. In the Calgary Area, visit the Calgary Arts Summer School Association.(c) 2007 by Musespeak(tm), Calgary, AB, Canada. All rights reserved.
