Stacey McDonald

Over the past year, I've had a handful of beginning piano students helping me to set a new standard for piano recitals here at the studio. ( Amaya performing her first Solo Recital) In the past, we have always had (and will continue to have) a studio-wide Spring Recital every year, with participation open to all students. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to hear other kids (of all ages) perform and for them to share 2 or 3 pieces of their own. I place a lot of val

Today, Lawrence the Lion helped Aimon to start learning a new piano song! The song is called "King of the African Drum" and it's quite a challenging song for a preschooler. As a teacher, I really wanted to give Aimon the best chance at learning this song successfully and avoid too much frustration, so we started slowly. The first thing we did, was to listen to the recording together. Then we used Lawrence the Lion to "ROAR!" during the long/low notes at the beginning (Aimon L

We're kicking off the new school year with some fun lesson teaching tools! Believe it or not, these stuffed animals are super useful teaching tools for young students who are currently working through Piano Safari materials. They're here to help teach proper piano technique! Our Piano Punch Cards are a great incentive for students to "master" their lesson pieces. Every time that a student masters a piece of music, they get a hole punch on their Piano Punch Card! To master a p

2017 Spring Piano Recital!