Elf on the (Piano) Shelf: A Fun Way to Practice Over Christmas Break

With Thanksgiving just ending and Christmas coming up (can it really be almost December already??), I’ve been thinking a lot about how to keep the momentum going with my students over the holiday break. Two weeks off of lessons usually means that students stop practicing… which can be really hard to come back from in […]

November Student of the Month: Tessa Greene

We’re so excited to honor Tessa Greene as our Piano Academy Student of the Month for November! Tessa is 10 years old and is in 5th grade in her home school studies. Besides the piano, some of her favorite hobbies are reading, writing stories, baking, and doing crafts. Tessa already has her own dog-walking business […]

Why Post-Recital Week is Actually My Favorite

You might have seen in an earlier post that last week we had our Fall recitals last weekend. They were a blast! I was so impressed with how well everyone played, and I think (most of) my students would agree that performing is just fun to do. Playing in recitals is a real confidence-booster and […]

New Video of Brigham Larson Pianos – Thanks Scott Asbell!

Virtue of November

This month I feel like we have so much to be grateful for. Not just because it’s Thanksgiving, but because our wonderful students had the opportunity to perform in incredible recitals this past weekend! They worked their little fingers and sacrificed time to practice and prepare. I am so grateful for music in my life. […]

Fall Recital

Our Fall recitals this past Saturday were so much fun! We had so many students ready to perform that we had to split the programs up into three different recitals. We were lucky enough to be able to take a picture with each group of students, as well as some of the teachers, after each […]

Joseph Haydn- The Father of the Symphony

Our composer of the month is Joseph Haydn! His full name Franz Joseph Haydn is what most people in the United States call him, but his given name and what he should be called is just Joseph Haydn. If that is too confusing, many people know him by his nickname, Papa Haydn! His good friend, […]

October Community Outreach Recital

Every three months, prior to our formal Piano Academy Recitals, we hold a “Community Outreach Recital” where some of our students perform at a local nursing home, rehabilitation center, or other community space. Why do we have an EXTRA recital, you ask? Well, these Community Outreach Recitals are special in a lot of ways! In […]