Happy New Year! Welcome back! I hope this is a musical and creative year for everyone. In 2017, EN Music Studio will walk in the direction of: Fostering creativity for students of all ages. Creativity is important to everyone! I will foster creativity by encouraging students to create their own music while learning from the classic …
Hi Everyone, Today, we are doing a review on an article by Robert Kelly “Piano Tone Production“ When we’re beginning to learn piano, it can sometimes be a struggle to make what we play sound like what we want and expect to hear. In an era of instant gratification through technology and apps, the longer …
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Good Practice is Undeniable Throughout my time teaching, it has become abundantly clear to me that parents do not need to be reminded about the benefits of practice. Adults understand, without a doubt, that to learn a skill, one must put work into it. Whether that skill be cooking, climbing or driving, the key that …
As the June EN Music Studio Recital quickly creeps up, nervous students have come to talk to me about their fear of performing and playing the piano in front of an audience. Why is it so important for students to have a chance to perform? I used to feel this very same way about performing, …
During piano lessons at EN Music Studio, I often incorporate composition/notation exercises for my students. While playing the piano is the skill of interpreting the music, composition is the skill of creating the music. Playing the piano can be compared to reading a story, while composing can be compared to writing the story. Just like …
