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🎄 Christmas Countdown: Sleigh Ride
I’ve always liked Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride as a secular Christmas song 🙂 It’s not technically a Christmas song since the words never mention Christmas but it’s often played now so it seems like a way to ease into the season.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Happy Saint Andrew’s Day
In Scotland, and many countries with Scottish connections, St Andrew’s Day is marked with a celebration of Scottish culture with traditional Scottish food, music and dance. Schools across Scotland hold special St Andrew’s Day events and activities including art shows, Scottish country dancing, lunchtime Ceilidhs, dance festivals, storytelling, reciting and writing poems, writing tall tales, […]
🕎 Happy Hanukkah!
Hanukkah 2021 began in the evening of Sunday, November 28 and ends in the evening of Monday, December 6
🦃 Giving Thanks
I’m thankful for my piano studio, my students, and my piano 🙂 This year, I’m especially thankful for the Internet! When I was growing up, my dad was a minister, meaning we lived in whatever parsonage the church chose to let us live in. The one we had in Pawcatuck, CT had an upright piano […]
🦃 Over the River and Through the Woods
“The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day”, also known as “Over the River and Through the Wood”, is a Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child originally published in Flowers for Children, Volume 2. Although many people sing “to grandmother’s house we go,” the original edition shows that the author’s words were “to grandfather’s house.”
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving!
🎄 4-Hands for Christmas, Vol. 2: More Sparkling Piano Duets
Share the joy of the season with a partner this Christmas! Like the beloved first volume, 4-Hands for Christmas, Volume 2 combines the talents of four well-known arrangers with timeless carols to delight pianists around the globe. Meeting the needs of a variety of moods from serene to celebratory, this collection will brighten your holiday […]
🎄 4-Hands for Christmas: Sparkling Piano Duets
Combine the talents of four prominent keyboard arrangers, favorite and timeless Christmas carols, eighty-eight keys, and four hands, and the end result is this sparkling Christmas collection for pianists! 4-Hands for Christmas spans the dynamic spectrum from spectacular to sublime. It will enhance any Christmas worship or concert program! The O'Connor Music Studio has a […]
🎄December Listening and Coloring Pages
The Shades of Sound Listening and Coloring Books are a great way to encourage students to listen to great piano and orchestral repertoire. Students of all ages will love coloring the fun pictures while listening to and learning from the music of the great composers.
👍 Keep Up-To-Date with the Student/Parent Portal
The O'Connor Music Studio features fully functional parent/student portals. These are a great way to share information with you, save time, and add value to your lessons. The student portal provides you with...
🖤 In Memory of Dr. Maurice Hinson
2015 ~ Dr. Maurice Hinson died. He was one of America’s most respected authorities on piano literature. Many of the books in the OCMS library were edited by Dr. Hinson. Mrs. O’Connor took a piano pedagogy class with him several years ago and learned so much from him.
🇺🇸 Veterans Day
his is Armistice Day or Remembrance Day or Veterans Day or Victory Day or World War I Memorial Day. The name of this special day may be different in different places throughout many nations; but its significance is the same. It was on this day, at 11 a.m., that World War I ceased. The Allied […]
🌟 The Flight Of The Christmas Tree, V. U. Level G: Christmas Songs and Activities for Mid-Primer Piano Students
The Flight Of The Christmas Tree is jam-packed with holiday tunes, note reading games, warm-up exercises, a rhythm activity, a sight reading activity, a practice tracker, and a certificate of achievement. Composed in middle C position, the traditional Christmas carols in this book combine with hilarious lyrics to weave a heart-warming holiday tale. Note: As […]
🪔 Happy Diwali!
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere). One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. Diwali falls in either October or November each […]
🌟 Comet's Freezing Cold Carols, V. U. Level K: Christmas Songs and Activities for Late Primer Piano Students
Comet's Freezing Cold Carols is leveled for late primer piano students. Composed in C position, these reimagined Christmas carols will help children gain confidence playing hands-together stepping and skipping notes, beginning left-hand accompaniments, and quarter rests. Jam-packed with Christmas tunes, note reading games, warm-up exercises, a rhythm activity, sight reading activities, a practice tracker, and […]

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