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Preparing for a Performance You've heard it for weeks. Johnny has been playing his recital piece beautifully - beginning to end with minimal mistakes. Then, in the...

The Dream Student Every teacher's dream is the dedicated student who comes to lessons enthusiastically, brings in their own musical ideas, composes without being asked,...

Last Wednesday night I got a call to come and play with Evanescence in Houston, for a Friday evening show. Of course I jumped at the opportunity! I grew up with Amy Lee...

The right music at the right time is imperative for the success and longevity of student interest in music lessons. A Pop Recital doesn't have to be limited to simply...

There are two fun factors with a pop recital. The first is playing a pop song for a performance (placing value on popular music as integral to the learning process),...

TIMELINE If one of your primary goals as a teaching artist is to make music come to life for your students, you need to be putting on a pop recital! Check out my take...

Each semester, before our Fall Recitals and Pop Showcases, we have a performance class two weeks before the event. This also gives us another week to make improvements...

Magic can often happen with transfer students. Here's a brief video of a zippy student I had the opportunity to work with for two years, playing and...

Lemons into Lemonade: I served as president of my local MTA chapter a few years back and was traumatized by circumstances surrounding one of the events we had....