Musikgarten
A few years ago Musikgarten (http://www.musikgarten.org/teacher_grouppiano.cfm) was my textbook. I learned a great deal about group piano and still use many of their ideas in my teaching. This blog post is one I shared back in 2008 on missdorla.com. The Musikgarten teacher training is thorough and in depth. This is not an open and […]
Group Piano for Adults
I am terrible at advertising my studio. Ter. ri. ble. Needless to say I rely heavily on word of mouth. I know I should have done more to fill my new adult class – but I was out of ideas and mostly out of money for advertising. So after flyers at the recital, emails to […]
Group Piano for Preschoolers
It is not hard to find a preschool music program to implement in your studio. However you might have greater difficulty finding one that is geared specifically towards learning to play the piano. For many years I used different curricula and always felt that I was spending a lot of time adding a piano component to […]
Great Tools for Your Classroom
A few months ago I “met” Debra Perez, co-author of Musical Moments and Way Cool Keyboarding on Facebook and after chatting online we talked some more over the phone. We have yet to meet in person, however we speak the same group piano language and I was so delighted that she has supported this blog by […]
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 […]