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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 […]

Piano Marvel Drawing

We have exciting news here at the Utah Piano Conservatory! We are holding a drawing, and three lucky students will be winners as we are giving away one $10 iTunes gift card and two $5 iTunes gift cards! Students may enter this drawing starting today and any day through February 28th! To enter, students simply […]

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 […]

The Piano Teacher-Student Connection

As a piano teacher, I am always trying to relate to and connect with each of my students. Some piano students share many of my personality traits, and those are the easy ones for me to develop a good relationship with. Some piano students are very different from me, and those are definitely the hard […]

Composer of the Month–Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy was born in a suburb of Paris, France. His father owned a china shop and his mother was a seamstress. Debussy’s aunt noticed his musical talent and arranged for his first piano lessons when he was 4 years old. When he was only 10 years old, he started studying at the Paris Conservatory. […]

Solo Piano Recital

Jessica, a piano student in our Piano Academy Honors Division, performed in her second solo piano recital last month! She prepared 10 pieces to play for friends and family on November 4th, 2017. We wanted to share with you her amazing accomplishment! A few of the […]

What I Learned About the WHY of Piano Lessons

What I Learned About the WHY of Piano Lessons by Laura Blanchard, Piano Academy Teacher A couple weeks ago, I came home from school with an hour until I needed to go to work at Utah Piano Conservatory. Because I had just experienced another first week of school and my body […]

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New Level Book for Piano Lessons!

She got the Golden bench! Addy Wilkey completed all three of her Faber Level 4 Piano Adventures books, which earned her a prize from the Golden Box. Students at Piano Academy use level books in the Pass-Off Room at their piano lessons. Every time students complete all of their level books, they are given a chance to pick a […]