Trevor's Blog Posts

The recipe for successful rhythm training goes like this: hear the rhythm, create the rhythm, play with the rhythm. Miss one of those ingredients and students miss out on a complete rhythm training … Continue Reading →

When my 16-year-old daughter and her friends are hanging out at our house, the first thing they do is raid our game cupboard. In this day and age, it is wonderful to see a group of kids toss their … Continue Reading →

Don’t take it personally if your students return to lessons feeling less than enthusiastic. After a summer of sleeping in and lazing around the house, August and September can be unpleasant for … Continue Reading →

When your newer teens and adults return from the summer break, wouldn’t it be wonderful to kick things off with some shared music making? In today’s post, we have a Pop Staff Duet in G position … Continue Reading →

A few years back, coloring had a bit of a renaissance. What was once the domain of children, became a favorite activity for tweens, teens, and adults. And it stuck! Today, tweens and teens are … Continue Reading →

For the last two years, we’ve been having a little July fun by sharing summer-themed parodies of popular Christmas songs. Our previous two Christmas In July piano pieces were so popular we simply … Continue Reading →

The secret to a thriving piano studio is going the extra mile. You will never be short on students if you give piano families a little more than is expected. But trust us when we say that we know … Continue Reading →