Resources to ignite musical imaginations and develop functional skills at the keys
The Jumpstart Collection includes my most recent “recipes” for improvisation that lead to gorgeous compositions.
Golden Ticket is a clear, creative approach to teaching piano modulation. With simple frameworks and musical examples, pianists develop strategies to move between keys with confidence.
Space to Create members receive this and many more Jumpstarts as part of their membership.
The Heart and Soul of Spain is a STUDIO-LICENSED creative piano Jumpstart that uses Spanish-inspired sounds and patterns to spark improvisation and composition. Help pianists explore expressive playing, compelling chord progressions, and musical storytelling.
Space to Create members receive this and many more Jumpstarts as part of their membership.
In this creative piano improvisation, STUDIO-LICENSED activity, explore Bach’s Prelude in C. Through improvisation, chord progressions, and harmonic discovery, this senior Jumpstart helps intermediate to advanced pianists connect creativity with theory, sight-reading, and deeper musical understanding—before learning the score.
Space to Create members receive this and many more Jumpstarts as part of their membership.
Weather Watcher turns four familiar chords into four musical forecasts.
Students create sunny, windy, rainy, and rainbow-inspired pieces while building chord fluency, listening skills, creative confidence, and imagination at the keys.
With three levels, Rubber Duck Bingo challenges, chord worksheets, Nashville Numbers, and tutorial videos, this Jumpstart gives teachers a playful way to help students repeat, explore, and understand the same chord patterns without it feeling like a drill.
A creative resource on piano chord inversions for intermediate and advanced pianists. Learn to recognize inversions, connect chords with common tones, and use smooth voicings for accompaniment and improvisation.
Space to Create members receive this and many more Jumpstarts as part of their membership.
More clever ways to get creative at the keys.
The Baroque period is a treasure chest of legendary composers and keyboard repertoire but, students usually don’t ask to play the music from the powdered-wig style.
Go Baroque will change that with engaging activities to spark curiosity, mastery and creativity.
This catalog of “spooky puzzle pieces” promises to spark creativity beyond the page. After your students choose a favorite “creepy” idea or two, they will be equipped to design their own Halloween hit! BONUS: it now comes with its prequel—Twinkle Treat!
Dive into the nitty gritty of the tune sung at every birthday party and mine it for unforgettable teaching moments. The colorful resource for private or group instruction is packed with plans to help students master an original arrangement. It features curriculum for at least four camp days, 2-6 hours each.
Explore and create with hip harmonies and pop-inspired patterns that ignite imaginations.
Loads of ideas!
Writing a good melody can be mysterious and that’s why we are thrilled to offer you this unprecedented 48-page resource to shed light on this area of creative music making. Packed full of melody-writing ideas organized into a hierarchy of importance, perhaps the best thing about it are that 15+ worksheets to equip you or your students with the practical skills to improvise and compose strong melodies.
A celebration and reinforcement of dotted notes with the help of Christmas carols.
Here’s a recipe for built-in success with occasions for creative decision making along the way.
Some of the best cookies I’ve ever tasted had few ingredients: flour, sugar, vanilla and lots of butter. It doesn’t take much to make a really good cookie. That being said, I’m not opposed to chocolate chips, oatmeal, sprinkles, molasses, cinnamon, frosting, butterscotch chips or peanut butter added to a cookie, just not all at once.
The point being, a good cookie starts with a few quality ingredients with maybe a few extras for flair and flavor. The same is true with composing. A good composition starts with a few quality ingredients or elements. Extra touches add variety and contrast.
The Cookie Cutter Composing Resource gives you all the necessary ingredients to inspire composers in private and group settings.
I-88 is a freeway to improvisation. Simply borrow a short section of a favorite piece. The set of improvisation cards encourages pianists to change up one music element at a time. In minutes, something borrowed becomes something original!
Paint and Jam is a studio-wide event that opens the door for parents to gather and enjoy some artistic fun with their pianists.
An action-packed resource with a dynamic incentive plan, secret missions, clever theory worksheets, improvisation activities in minor keys, and so much more!
How to Play Piano in a Band
Reading from chord charts is a crucial skill for pianists.
This course helps you navigate charts and shows you how to help others to navigate
and get creative with them with confidence!
Creative piano improvisation STUDIO-LICENSED activity for students using simple “ingredients” like chords, patterns, and melody. Help students improvise, compose, and build confidence at the piano—without overwhelm.
Space to Create members receive this and many more Jumpstarts as part of their membership.