The Piano Pedagogy Playlist

This week’s episode is a Halloween episode. Sort of. The three pieces I play don’t involve costumes or trick-or-treating, but they each feel right at…

You can sense when a child’s enthusiasm and interest is beginning to wane. It could be for a variety of reasons, some of which we…

A school day in five piano miniatures: a beautiful September morning, a little studying, some blues on the playground, one kid who’s much too cool-…

Music becomes meaningful when it helps us explore something human. For younger students, the challenge of learning something new might be enough to maintain interest.…

When one of your students encounters a piece titled “Toccata” for the first time, how do you explain what that means? I think a lot…

This week, I return to the music of Italian composer Giulio Pietropaolo with three selections from his collection “Dreaming”: “Up and Down”, “Lost”, and “Quiet”.…

This week, I present music of Amy Ferguson, a pianist, teacher, composer, and arranger whose self-published pieces grow from the practical needs of her own…

Getting something right once is not the same thing as making it a habit. In this episode, I explore how fundamental skills become musical reflexes…