
Dear Mayron…
Don’t you wish you could just talk to someone who has been teaching group piano for years and could answer all your questions? It does not matter how many years I have been teaching (30+) there is always someone’s brain I would like to “pick”. Mayron Cole began self-publishing and teaching group piano many […]

Beginners
Last year I decided to learn biblical Hebrew (really??). Luckily, I had a fabulous teacher who was extremely patient. Being a student again made me take a second look at the expectations I had for my beginning group piano students. Here are a few things I learned from my own class: Start slow even if there are students […]

Method Books for Group Piano
Method: (1) a systematic procedure, technique, or mode of inquiry employed by or proper to a particular discipline or art (2) : a systematic plan followed in presenting material for instruction For years I’ve been looking for the perfect method for group piano. There is none. I have yet to meet a group piano teacher who […]

Group Piano & Young Beginners- The List
One acoustic piano is enough. Repeat. Repeat Again. Then do a little repetition. Take a song home! One Piano Don’t delay the start of a great piano adventure by thinking that you need to have a keyboard for each student. You will divide your class time between singing on the rug, playing rhythm games, refining […]