Montcalm Piano

The secret to a good quality piano lesson is fresh stickers! Featured this month: new music stickers, fish, and 4th of July!

Snoop Dogg has approved another student for the recital!

Nora is almost 19 months already and loves trying to play along with other music!

From last week, working on 2 against 3. One hand plays triplets (1/3 of a beat), the other 8ths (1/2 of a beat). Usually not too hard for hands alone, but together gets pretty tricky!

The phrase is color coded with the hands to help get the feel of it!

Did you know that John Williams’ ’The Force Theme’ begins with a fourth? 😮

Happy Star Wars Day. ❤️

May...

After much reflection and community support, I’ve decided to pause on 25 years of piano teaching.

This has been an incredibly difficult decision.

I still believe in music, and have spent the past year planning my next chapter.

All current students and families will be personally contacted and encouraged to continue with kazoo studies.

Pia-pia-piano! 🎹

Happy World Piano Day! Started in 2015 by German pianist and composer Nils Frahm, the celebration is held on the 88th day of the year to reflect the 88 keys on a standard piano.

Whether it is improved spatial-temporal reasoning, which is integral to math, or repetition of tunes and melodies, which is integral to verbal memory, learning, playing and creating music benefits children in a myriad of ways.