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Videos ‹ Pianonet Keeping students practicing and engaged in the summer months is always a challenge. In this webinar, three guest teachers, Lynette Barney, Dora Aparicio, and Amy Perdew will present their ideas on how summer camps play an integral part in keeping your...

A Worldful of Pianos - 5 piano arrangements with interviews!
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Worldful of Pianos with Steinway & Sons and the Lang Lang International Music Foundation Over the past three years, Roomful of Pianos has become a highly anticipated event at The NAMM Show, bringing unforgettable performances for 10 pianos, 20 pi...

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Games: Make Learning Fun This is a fun-filled webinar on using games to challenge and motivate your students’ learning. In this session, you’ll hear how teachers from across the country use games to enhance their teaching. You’ll learn about games that work online, in person and both to maximize your students’ learn...

If you are interested in the Dalcroze method in your studio or the classroom, you'll want to see this webinar recording sponsored by the National Piano Foundation, MTNA, and NAMM.
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Connecting Music & Movement In this fun and interactive webinar Dr. Jeremy Dittus. discusses connecting movement and music in the classroom, focusing on Dalcroze educational principles. As a Diplôme Supérieur, Jeremy will share helpful tips and demonstrate how using movement can internalize rhythm and music theory to deepen ...

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FAQs of Group Teaching: Getting Your Questions Answered Join Dr. Nan Richerson, Dr. Emily McGree, and Dr. Rebecca Bellelo in this informal session that includes Q&A with colleagues from across the country. To download a transcription of the chat box conversations, click here. To download the presentation slides, click here.

What can do to boost your group teaching effectiveness? Check out this video of games, manipulatives, practice packets and more to enhance your student’s learning with fun and exciting activities.

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The Inspired Classroom - YouTube In this session, our presenters, Dr. Nan Richerson, Dr. Emily Book McGree, and Dr. Rebecca Bellelo, share their tips on what you can do to boost your group tea...

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Teaching Beyond the Classroom Have you ever wondered why you can have a great lesson with your student(s) and yet they comeback without making much progress? In this session, our panel of speakers discusses ways to keep your students engaged after their lesson: practice strategies, games, setting goals, and other ideas that help...

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Coping in the Time of COVID COVID-19 has turned our world upside down and for many of us, it has made life a little more…interesting. In this session, our speakers will discuss how they are coping with remote teaching in a private or group setting. But we are interested in hearing from YOU and what has and hasn’t worked du...

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On behalf of The NAMM Foundation, we'd like to invite pianists from across the country to join the second annual Roomful of Pianos, featuring spectacular multiple-piano music on January 25–26, 2019, in Anaheim, California. In the evening, selected performers will perform arrangements of Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice and Debussy's Nocturnes with dozens of fellow pianists. During the day, attend the country’s preeminent music instrument showcase, The NAMM Show, with a complimentary all-access badge.

For application details and registration information visit roomfulofpianos.org.

https://www.roomfulofpianos.org/

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Roomful of Pianos
NAMM invites pianists from across the country to join the second annual Roomful of Pianos, featuring spectacular multiple piano music on Jan. 25 & 26, 2019 in Anaheim, California. In the evening, perform magnificent arrangements of Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice and Debussy's Nocturnes with dozens of fellow pianists; during the day, attend the country’s preeminent music instrument showcase, The NAMM Show, with a free all-access badge. For details and registration information visit roomfulofpianos.org.

https://www.roomfulofpianos.org/

Home NAMM invites pianists from across the country to join Roomful of Pianos , a new annual event featuring spectacular multiple piano music taking place on Jan. 25-27, 2018 in Anaheim, California.

Roomful of Pianos - NAMM invites pianists from across the country to join the second annual Roomful of Pianos, featuring spectacular multiple piano music on Jan. 26 & 27, 2019 in Anaheim, California. In the evening, perform magnificent arrangements of Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice and Debussy's Nocturnes with dozens of fellow pianists; during the day, attend the country’s preeminent music instrument showcase, The NAMM Show, with a free all-access badge. For details and registration information visit https://www.roomfulofpianos.org/

Home NAMM invites pianists from across the country to join Roomful of Pianos , a new annual event featuring spectacular multiple piano music taking place on Jan. 25-27, 2018 in Anaheim, California.

Looking for a great idea to use in your studio or group classes? Check out this fun activity using a kazoo!

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RMM: Best Ideas Session Winner – Sing with Kazoos! RMM Best Ideas winner Lynnette Barney’s four-minute Best Idea presentation on getting students to sing garnered laughs and was voted #1 BEST IDEA by the audience! Spoiler alert: it involves kazoos!

Keyboard in the Classroom Workshops!
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Keyboards in the Classroom Workshops - NAfME Expand Your School’s Music Program Keyboards in the Classroom Workshops By Richard Rejino, sponsored by National Piano Foundation Are you interested in creating more music-makers in your school? The National…

Attention School Music Educators! Learn how to start a Keyboards in the Classroom program in your school!

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Made possible in part by a grant from the NAMM Foundation!

Keyboards in the Classroom Workshops July 2018! $149 (early bird rate) includes two days of instruction, lunch provided each day, plus all materials. $199 After July 7th.

Announcing the 2018/2019 RMM Scholarship teachers! Made possible in part by the NAMM Foundation, the NPF and MTNA!

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2018 Pedagogy Saturday RMM Track Highlights The 2018 MTNA Pedagogy Saturday RMM track enjoyed a successful day. The speakers and sessions were excellent and attendance was high. Below is a short highlight reel of the days sessions. Stay turned for more videos from the RMM track!

Engaging Group Piano: Ideas to Enrich the Group Lesson with Rebecca Bellelo, Ruby Chou and Josh Straub.

Teaching Adults Session at the RMM track, Pedagogy Saturday MTNA. Nan Baker Richerson and Mandy Schlegel. Another full house!

RMM Session: All for One and One for All with Courtney Crappell and Mario Ajero.

So You Want to Play the Piano with Martha Hilley at the RMM Track MTNA Pedagogy Saturday. A near full house!

RMM Track at MTNA: first session, Coffee and Conversations is off and running!! Join us for a great day of sessions.

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Daring To Dream: A Carpenter Tries To Build A Piano In Rwanda If he succeeds, it would be the first piano made in his country — and the first made in Africa since 1989. Skeptics wonder if it's an impossible mission.

Mark Linn presenting a session on teaching group piano at the NAMM show. Thank you Mark Linn. Great Job!

Dr. Nan Baker Richerson speaking about RMM at the NAMM show.

Many Setting of RMM Part 2: Churches

Check out part 2 of the Many Settings of RMM with David Easly of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, speaking about starting RMM group classes in a church setting.
http://pianonet.com/2017/12/many-setting-of-rmm-part-2-churches/

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Teachers, Pianists! Participate in the Room Full of Pianos!

Each January in Anaheim CA, one of the country’s greatest musical possibilities is hidden in plain sight. Over 80 pianos – polished, tuned, and ready to play – are presented in Lounge 88 at The NAMM Show.
In 2018, this Roomful of Pianos will welcome a new annual event featuring spectacular multiple piano music, where pianists from around the country will perform symphonic arrangements, jazz explorations, and clangorous delights for dozens of players at the nation’s foremost assemblage of pianos.
https://www.roomfulofpianos.org/

roomfulofpianos.org NAMM invites pianists from across the country to join Roomful of Pianos, a new annual event featuring spectacular multiple piano music taking place on Jan. 25-27, 2018 in Anaheim, California.

RMM Settings Part 1: Community Music Schools with Emily Book McGree

Watch the Many Settings of RMM Pt. 1 with Emily Book McGree!
http://pianonet.com/2017/11/many-settings-of-rmm-part-1-community-music-schools-with-emily-book-mcgree/

pianonet.com RMM classes can be taught in a variety of venues. Prospective students may find RMM programs in different locations, such as community music schools, churches, and music stores.

Piano keyboards for smaller hands could be a work of genius: Susan Shelley

http://pianonet.com/2017/09/piano-keyboards-for-smaller-hands-could-be-a-work-of-genius-susan-shelley/

pianonet.com On a Major League baseball diamond, the distance between the bases is 90 feet, but on a Little League diamond, it’s 60 feet. The distance between the pitching mound and home plate is 60 feet, six inches for Major Leaguers, but only 46 feet for Little Leaguers.

Why You Should Learn to Play the Piano

More great reasons for everyone to learn to play the piano. http://pianonet.com/2017/09/why-you-should-learn-to-play-the-piano/

pianonet.com The piano is something I’m convinced almost anyone can pick up on. In fact, according to a survey by the ABRSM, over 34% of adults in the U.K currently play the piano. Why is this the case? Because as perhaps one of the simplest skills to pick up, it can open doors to an immense amount of other expe...

The Benefits of Playing Music Help Your Brain More Than Any Other Activity

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pianonet.com The brain-training is big business. For companies like BrainHQ, Luminosity, and Cogmed, it’s actually a multimillion dollar business that is expected to surpass $3 billion by 2020. But, do the actually benefit your brain?

A few more photos from Keyboard in the Classroom workshop

Participants of our first ever "Keyboards in the Classroom" workshop in Reston, VA, NAfME headquarters.

Mona Rejino presenting at the Keyboards in the Classroom Workshop!