Music educator, director, performer, producer, arranger.
Emily Emily (not her real name) sits at the piano, legs swinging several inches from the floor on the grown-up stool, spreading her fingers as best she can over the full-size black and white keys. She is showing lots of promise at her young age. I have recently started teaching at Emily's school, and am… Continue reading Screen-free learning helps my students – and me! – to focus
It's time to put the old adage to bed.
I want to play jazz – but where to start? Over the years of teaching piano I've often been asked to help a student learn 'how to play jazz'. This often seems like a reasonable request but can be hard to execute – depending on the students' proficiency in reading music, or understanding music theory,… Continue reading Play Jazz Piano with Ben!
Here's what I tell them. Roughly.
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