Get Ready...Get Set...for Summer!
Sanity savers for the last push before summer
We’re in the last stretch before summer! Last recitals, performances, planning for what’s next… If your schedule is anything like mine, you are in a season of busy, wrapping up all the last things and planning ahead for what is to come.
Maybe you have a recital coming up, and then a few weeks before the end of your studio year. Need some ideas for what to do? Check out my Composer Kits for fun games, biographies, guided listening prompts, and composition activities. Or, introduce your late-beginners to the comic-inspired Carloforte Trilogy by Wunderkeys, starting with The Adventures of Fearless Fortissimo. Want to try something completely different? Try Chrissy Ricker’s songs for one hand - perfect for students who can only use hand due to an injury or who need technical exercises to develop agility in the right or left hand. (This collection is SO fun!)
If you’re still in need of ideas for what to do this summer, see my recent article on Plans for Summer Piano (link below), or check out one of the summer piano camp curriculums available in my shop. If you regularly play for a choir, consider joining my Open Score Summer Intensive for choral accompanists this June. You’ll find links to all of these (and more) below!
Lastly, here’s a yummy recipe I found last week when looking for something quick and budget-friendly: Ultimate Ground Turkey Teriyaki Stir-fry.
Articles on My Substack This Month
If you missed them…
My Journey into Choral Accompanying…with tips to help you along your way!
Plans for Summer Piano: Private lessons, summer workshops, pre-recorded video lessons, and more!
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In the Shop
Get ready for summer with…
Professional development for choral accompanists
An exciting summer piano camp with indoor & outdoor fun
Print-and-go composer kits for use in group or private lessons
Find these resources and more in my shop.
Note: If you have taken a choral workshop with me before, you are eligible for a special 30% discount off the Open Score Intensive! Contact me for more details.
Just for Fun
Listening to:
Follow Your Curiosity: Designing a Sustainable Music Career with Dr. Lisa Neher. I especially enjoyed Lisa’s thoughts on live performance (about 25 minutes in). This episode is part of Eric Branner’s The Four Forty (440) Podcast, a gem for musicians!
How to Worship a King - a lesson that reminds us that God has instructed us in how to approach and worship Him, and that we must submit to His ways, as revealed in His word.
The fourth movement of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, conducted by a child. You will be amazed!
Reading:
Still working my way through Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician’s Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing by Molly Gebrian. Curious about it? Check out this review of her book.
Happy music-making!
Cori