Resources

Piano by Ear by Lucinda Mackworth-Young

A brilliant guide to turning "book-bound" intermediate students into enthusiastic arrangers and improvisers

Sep 25 •

Fresh inspiration for child creativity

Joy Morin's "Composition and Improvisation Prompts for Piano" will give your students an endless supply of ideas

Jun 25 •

Impromosaik: the crazy folding book with unlimited ideas for improvisation

Author Karen Schlimp explains the concept behind her brilliant book of creative inspriation

Jun 18 •

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"Little Moods: 15 Easy Pieces for Piano" by Kerstin Strecke

A charming springboard to creativity from Breitkopf & Härtel

May 30 •

This book is the essential guide to teaching elementary composition

A review of Carol Klose's 'Piano Teacher's Guide To Creative Composition' – a comprehensive and engaging resource for teaching composition to beginners

May 25 •

Scales: the creative foundation

Teaching scales imaginatively sets your student up for a creative life

May 4 •

Composing with Rhythm

Using Wendy Steven's Rhythm Menagerie to inspire creativity

Apr 30 •

How to get started with Forrest Kinney's resources

The late, great creativity pedagogue left a vast array of publications — here's a guide

Apr 16 •

3 elementary Easter composition activities

These will put a smile on your younger students faces!

Mar 23 •

Doodles by Alison Mathews

Much, much more than just a note-reading book

Mar 17 •

My most-used elementary improvisation book might surprise you!

On the face of it, it looks like an odd choice.

Mar 12 •

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