Show Notes and Links

Thanks for being here

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As promised, here are links to items mentioned in the season finale.

And, sign up below for your free copy of “Ode to Yellow.”

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Read the post about how the yellow pair of Converse inspired my recital decisions here.

Read the post about my reflections on my first outdoor recital here.

Links to Resources and Tech Tools

Learn more about Marie Lee’s approach to group teaching in her Group Teaching Blueprint.

Check out Andrea West’s graphic designs for recitals, binders, social media…here.

Digital escape room games are the top sellers at LeilaViss.com and continue to add variety and giggles to studios around the world. Find them here.

Find Dorla Aparicio’s summer camp curriculums here.

Kay Lowry’s Flip-Its offer flipped classroom instruction and can be found here.

Flashbacks offer an engaging way for students to learn about style periods and doodle the highlights. Find them here.

Noteflight is my go-to notation program for students and for my own work. Last spring my students composed an original piece and notated it in Noteflight with the help of my resource called Cookie Cutter Composing. Both worked like a charm.

Here’s a blog post describing a paperless way to track the 40-piece challenge with digital badge boards.

Tonara is how my students send me recordings of their 40-piece challenge pieces. If you’re on the fence, give Tonara a chance with a free trial and register here.

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Tonara

How to Play Piano in a Band

Don’t forget to check out the brand new digital course Drew and I created called How to Play Piano in a Band.

If you have any questions, please leave them here or check out this blog post with FAQs.

The course is available until June 5th. Once you’re in, you have access to the course for life and all future additions to the course are freebies!

Watch the video below to learn more.

Get How to Play in a Band Here