Posted by: clariniano on: July 25, 2011
The term “one-hit wonder” is sometimes used in popular and rock music, which refers to artists who write one song that is a big hit and then disappear, but recently I realized there are quite a number of classical composers who have only one piece that people are likely to know. It does not mean [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 25, 2011
Recently I have been experimenting with using an electronic cooking timer in my practicing and teaching, and thought I would write about some of the uses. You can get an inexpensive one for $1-$2 at a dollar store. Here are some of the uses I have found for one. First, the obvious one: to make [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 19, 2011
http://bit.ly/qge567 And some people feel that music is relaxing, or doesn’t affect people physically as well and mentally and emotionally…
Posted by: clariniano on: July 9, 2011
Lately I’ve been hearing of a number of school music teachers who teach private music lessons for extra money. However, I feel that they should not do so, as they typically earn a decent income from school teaching (here about 80-100K a year in most schools), and many teachers who cannot or choose not to [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 5, 2011
Something I created, a poster that you can print out and frame with graphics to help encourage students to practice. 9reasonstopractice_summary
Posted by: clariniano on: July 4, 2011
I have read a number of stories on piano forums over the years about teachers who do not want to teach students with learning challenges and other impairments; that they only want to teach normal and gifted students. However, my experience over 10 years working with learning-challenged students and those with other impediments, I have [...]
Posted by: clariniano on: July 4, 2011
For a long time, I did not have an A clarinet. With the growing number of orchestral substitute jobs I got a few years ago, my husband a few years ago bought me one for a birthday present. Although I don’t use it much in an orchestra setting, I am using it almost equally as [...]
