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  • Music Education: Celebrating the Science-Tested Benefits

    [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Music offers children important opportunities for self-expression, and can be an empowering force in their lives. They’re often some of the most eager participants in World Music Day. This annual celebration of musical…

  • How to Prepare for a Top-Notch Online Piano Lesson

    The verdict is in: for most people, online piano lessons have been a huge success! Our teachers and students have been surprised to find out how productive, comforting, and fun virtual lessons can be. The following info will prepare you…

  • Adult Student Profile: Alysia Stiles Kinsella

    “I allow myself room to take things at a pace I can handle so lessons don’t become stressful.” After her kids started piano and voice lessons, Alysia Stiles Kinsella got a hankering for lessons of her own. She’d taken piano…

  • Adult Student Profile: Keith Weinberg

    “There is enough time, you just have to say ‘no’ to something else that probably doesn’t deserve your time and attention anyway.” Fourteen years ago, Keith Weinberg attempted to learn guitar from a book. Without the support and expertise of…

  • 10 Helpful Recital Day Tips for Music Students

    With Piano Power recitals right around the corner, you may be wondering how you can best prepare your child for the big day. Their music is rehearsed and recital-ready, but is there anything else left to do? Here’s some tips…

  • Adult Student Profile: Julie Bromley

    “It’s great to be able to do something just because you love it.” After student Julie Bromley and her husband inherited a beautiful piano from a relative, she knew the moment had come. It was time for music again. Julie…

  • 6 Strategies for Convincing Your Kid Not To Quit Music Lessons

    Your student loves to sing and dance around the house, and she’s just getting the hang of piano. Suddenly she announces, “I quit!” Especially if you’ve invested many years and dollars in your student’s music lessons, hearing those words can…

  • Why I Love Piano Power Recitals

    I’ve been hosting recitals since before Piano Power existed, when I was a twenty-something independent teacher whose primary focus was not screwing up. But even then, as now, I’ve always tried to make the recitals a place where it’s okay…

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