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Building Your Music Wish List

The holidays have come and gone so quickly, and now we’ve started a new year and even a whole new decade. We enjoyed our holidays and hope you did too! When I was a little girl, I loved to make a new list every year of a few things I wanted for Christmas. I also made […]

Pioneer Day Extravaganza 2019

We had a ton of fun at the Provo Pioneer Day Extravaganza this week! Despite the heat, we really enjoyed meeting so many great people from Utah Valley and hearing so many of our new friends play on the piano that Brigham Larson Pianos let us bring with us. For our out-of-state friends, Pioneer […]

Faculty Post: Why Music?

One of my most influential professors taught me that we should always look at education from a womb to tomb approach. What can we teach young people (younger people than me) that will be most important to them throughout their lives? Going into college I took for granted that music was of one of those […]

Happy World Piano Day 2019!

Did you know that today is World Piano Day?? For the last few years, musicians and music lovers around the world have celebrated on March 29th – the 88th day of the calendar year to correspond with the 88 keys of the piano! People do lots of things to celebrate the piano, from performing to […]

Performing as a Teacher

Our Piano Academy recitals were this past Saturday, and they went so well! Even though recitals are a lot of work for me and the students, they are so fun. I absolutely love seeing my students perform. They often surprise me and surpass my expectations by how well they play. I was so proud of […]

Community Outreach Recital

At the Utah Piano Conservatory, we provide students with many opportunities to serve by using the skills they learn here. We hold quarterly community outreach recitals where we schedule time at nursing/retirement homes for the students to perform for the residents of these homes. Our most recent outreach performance was held this past Saturday at […]

Daily Teacher Checklists

At the Utah Piano Conservatory, we teachers strive to meet and keep a high standard, and one of the ways we do that is by using daily teacher checklists. Every day, each of us piano teachers fills out a checklist that reminds us of the things we should do to be better piano teachers for […]

5 Ways to Encourage Piano Practice Over Christmas Break

Can you believe it’s halfway through December?? The holidays are FLYING by. And while we definitely believe in taking some time to relax and just celebrate, Christmas is also a great time to reinvigorate your child’s interest in piano lessons. Here are five ways you can encourage piano practice over Christmas break! 1. Enjoy lots […]

December Student of the Month: Ava R

Congratulations to Ava R, our December Student of the Month! Each month we like to recognize a student who is both a great piano student and a wonderful example of our monthly “Virtue for Virtuosos.” This month’s highlighted attribute is SENSITIVITY. We love how music teaches kids to pay attention to the emotions they are feeling […]

Coming Soon: Our Outreach Recital!

But why do we do an Outreach Recital four times a year? First of all, it gives the students the chance to practice performing. Anyone who has ever performed anything for an audience knows that a performance requires a totally different mindset and different skills than practicing does. Sometimes our brains can do funny things […]

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