Celebrate Halloween… with Easy / Elementary Piano Solos

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look inside Halloween Favorites, Book 1 Book 1. 9 Original Piano Solos by Alfred and Myklas Composers. Composed by Various. Graded Standard Repertoire; Piano Collection. Fall; Halloween. Book. 24 pages. Alfred Music #00-39413. Published by Alfred Music (AP.39413). look inside Strange Sounds 10 Bewitching Piano Solos for Recitals. Composed by Various. Willis. Halloween, Recital, Solos.… Continue reading Celebrate Halloween… with Easy / Elementary Piano Solos

Best Method for Very Young New Piano Students

I strongly prefer the Bastien method when teaching piano students in general. I like how the lessons flow, and the order that concepts are taught. I’ve had excellent success with all ages of students using their method. This particular method is for kids who are 4 & 5 & 6 years old. I’ve just started… Continue reading Best Method for Very Young New Piano Students

Best Method for Brand New Adult Piano Students

I strongly prefer the Bastien method when teaching adult piano students. I like how the lessons flow, and the order that concepts are taught. I’ve had excellent success with adult students using this method. I’m including links for Amazon and Sheet Music Plus. It’s completely up to you as to where you ultimately purchase the… Continue reading Best Method for Brand New Adult Piano Students

Piano Books Requested at Ice Cream Social!

I held an amazingly awesome ice cream social yesterday to celebrate one year of teaching piano lessons in Rochester. I got out a lot of my piano books so I could make recommendations for our upcoming recital in November! I’m allowing the students to choose their recital piece(s). A couple others here include great books… Continue reading Piano Books Requested at Ice Cream Social!

Best Piano Method for Older Beginners (Tweens and Teens)

While I have gotten great results using the Bastien Basics series with teens and tweens, the illustrations really are geared much more for the younger set. I prefer instead to use Bastien’s Older Beginner Course. Yes, it’s older. It’s still applicable and teaches the concepts in the order that make the most sense to me!… Continue reading Best Piano Method for Older Beginners (Tweens and Teens)

Best Method for Brand New Piano Students

I strongly prefer the Bastien method when teaching kids who are new piano students, and have never studied piano. I like how the lessons flow, and the order that concepts are taught. I’ve had excellent success with students from age 5-15 using this method. I’m including links for Amazon and Sheet Music Plus. It’s completely… Continue reading Best Method for Brand New Piano Students