Melodicas are the really fun portable air pianos that used to cost $50-$90 each. Now they’re available for as low as $19 on amazon! We’ve purchased each of these at the school. Just ask one of our staff at the 1240 building to see a demo. We started looking for […]
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Want a piece of candy after your lesson? Here are 3 ways to win!!! 1 – If you turn in a practice chart with 5 days of practice for the months of October, November, December, we will give you a piece of candy. 2 – Wear a holiday costume […]
We’ve added a new practice chart! Print this off at home or grab one at the school. Then hang it up in the entrance. Here are some quick tips for making it easier to practice: Keep your instrument out in the open and in a public area like the living […]
Hey Guys! Don’t forget to check out our Piano Scavenger Hunt! We’ll be playing / teaching / pulling people in around the pianos for whatever fun stuff happens at the following times until the pianos are gone on August 17th Here is our schedule for the weekends until then! We […]
Off the Wall is having a piano scavenger hunt! We’re giving away prizes to kids that record themselves at the Pianos in the Parks. WHAT TO DO: – Introduce yourself and what piano you’re playing on- Don’t play piano? That’s fine! Play your guitar, violin or other instrument beside […]
An important and iconic piece of movie history is set to be auctioned off later this year, and is expected to receive bids of at least a million dollars. Used in the classic 1942 movie Casablanca, this beautiful piano was played by Dooley Wilson’s character of Sam. Items in Movie […]
We stumbled upon this cool little article, and wanted to share it with you! Meet Thomas Sudhof! He is a Nobel Prize winner for medicine and physiology. He says his music teacher helped him win! Find out why: http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2013/10/nobel-medicine-winner-says-i-owe-is-all-to-my-bassoon-teacher.html
We all feel lazy sometimes. Maybe you’re having a day when you don’t want to practice but you know you should. What are you supposed to do when you feel unmotivated to do anything? Zenhabits talks about some great ways that you can keep at it and accomplish your goals! […]
This is a great article on an extreme parenting model. In it, Amy Chua describes how she basically tortures her kids to practice! She asks, “How do Chinese mothers (and other ridiculously strict parents) stereotypically raise such successful kids?” One very, very strong point: “Chinese parents demand perfect grades because […]