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The Piano Pedagogy PLayList
Be my guest each week as I share with you some of my favorite selections from the contemporary repertoire for developing pianists.
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Ep. 3 : Confidence Builders – Getting back on the bench
Students are slowly trickling back into their schools and back into our studios! In an ideal world, our pupils would have all diligently kept up with their piano studies through the summer, but we know that’s not always the case. This week I’m sharing four pieces by Australian composer Daniel McFarlane—fun, impressive-sounding works that are…
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Ep. 02 – Anxiety, keeps on tryin’ me…
This week we explore the fine art of making your students sweat (musically speaking). I’ll play two pieces that capture the fidgety, feelings of uncertainty that many of our students (and ourselves) experience heading into a new school year. First, the Anxiety Toccata by Scott Price, which doesn’t let up from the first note until the…
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Ep. 01 – The End of Summer, The Start of a New Podcast
I hear the cicadas. I’m seeing the back-to-school ads on TV. But let’s not say goodbye to summer just yet. On the innaugural episode of the podcast, we listen to three evocative pieces on the joys of summer and the melancholy of August. The three pieces by Martha Hill Duncan and are taken from her…