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, …
When we are first learning to play the piano, it is very common for students to learn the music hand separately. This means the student will first play the right hand part, then the left hand part. The next stage is then putting the hands together. Why do we do this? Is this the best …
Rhythm is tricky. To be able to understand structures of time in relation to sound is not an easy task to do. Even today, I find myself facing new rhythmic challenges to figure out. As a piano teacher teaching lots of beginner students, I notice that the concept of rhythm is especially hard to grasp. When …
When I began learning piano 17 years ago, I had no intention of becoming a piano teacher. Of course, I was 7 at the time and was making no decisions on my career at that age. Today, teaching piano and studying piano pedagogy and music education has become my everyday life. So why the change? …
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 …
