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Halloween Music: Dreams of a Witches’ Sabbath

October 25, 2020

| Composers, Halloween, Holiday, Piano, Sheet Music

The final movement is the best known part of the symphony, thanks to its use in the Julia Roberts movie, Sleeping With The Enemy. It features a four-part structure, which Hector Berlioz described in his own program notes from 1845 as follows: “He sees himself at a witches’ Sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering […]

Halloween Music: Dies Irae

October 24, 2020

| Composers, Halloween, Holiday

Although not technically a “halloween piece” this very old Gregorian Chant (from the 300s!) is used in a lot of music that sounds spooky. Dies Irae is a Latin term that means “Day of Wrath”. The words of Dies irae have often been set to music as part of a Requiem service. In some […]

👻 Mummy Rocks The Costume Contest, V. U. Level G: Halloween Songs and Activities for Mid-Primer Piano Students
I have copies for students arriving Thursday (9/16/21) Mummy Rocks The Costume Contest is leveled for mid-primer piano students. Composed in middle C position, this book will help children gain confidence playing music in 3/4 and 4/4 time with stepping and skipping notes. Jam-packed with Halloween piano songs, note reading games, warm-up exercises, a rhythm […]
✍️ 2021 Fall Piano Lesson Registration
Thank you for your interest in the O’Connor Music Studio! Available times are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the day and after school for all ages and levels. There may be other times available if requested.
🥇 Studio Incentives: Bravo Badges
A new reward system for fall. These collectible cards will excite and motivate your beginning students. Your student will get one when they complete a task or accomplish a goal in their musical journey! Each level has fifty-four achievement cards. There are enough for the whole year.
📘 100 of the Most Beautiful Piano Solos Ever
I have just ordered a copy of this for the Studio. 100 pop and classical standards that every piano player should master, including: Air on the G String * Bridge over Troubled Water * Canon in D * Clair de Lune * Fields of Gold * Fur Elise * I Dreamed a Dream * I […]
🎹 Day Four ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
We have established that regular practice routines will not happen without proactive piano parents. So, how can parents be proactive practice assistants even if they have never touched a piano? Day 4. The Lead Vocalist: Most people are not too comfortable with breaking out into song in public, but they will happily sing in front […]
🎂 Happy Birthday, Clara Schumann!
Clara Schumann (1819-96) was much more than the wife of composer Robert Schumann. She was, quite simply, one of the greatest pianists of all time. A child prodigy, her technique and musicianship as a mature artist led to her being regarded as the equal of giants of the keyboard such a Franz Liszt, Sigismond Thalberg […]
🎹 Piano Maestro Disney Week 3
For students with Piano Maestro. This week’s special Disney song for your students to step into a magical fairytale is the famous “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from ‘The Lion King’ Available in 3 levels, you can find all Disney songs in the dedicated category from the main menu. And don’t forget, each week […]
🥵 Remembering 9/11
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🎹 Day Three ~ Parents! How to Help Your Students Practice
We have established that regular practice routines will not happen without proactive piano parents. So, how can parents be proactive practice assistants even if they have never touched a piano? Day 3. The Piano Piece Request Line: The most accomplished piano students always revisit pieces from their past to brush up on skills and to […]
🎹 Super Mario Bros Theme for Piano
Pianist and composer Sonya Belousova celebrated 30 years of Super Mario Bros. with an epic piano medley on the world’s coolest piano. YouTube channel Player Piano had Belousova play the tribute to the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata on a piano styled after a classic Nintendo Entertainment System. While the medley is good, it’s the […]
🎼 How to Read Notes on the Treble Clef
This is the high notes’ answer to “All About That Bass (Clef)“. This video teaches the lines and space notes of the treble clef.
🎹 Piano Maestro Disney Week 2
For students with Piano Maestro. our students can enjoy a magical, musical adventure with this week’s new challenge: “Part Of Your World” from ‘The Little Mermaid’ Available in 3 versions, keep your students playing all summer long! All songs can be found in the “Disney” category in the Library.
🎹 Piano Maestro Now has Disney Music!
For students with Piano Maestro. Starting today, during the month of September a new Disney song will be added each week for your students to learn and play. “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana is this week’s first song!
📘 Musicophilia – Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
For those of us who obsess over the how and why of music, Sacks’ work on sound and its effects on the brain – and vice versa – was particularly illuminating. His book on the subject, “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain,” remains essential reading for those who want to understand the mechanics of […]
🎹 WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2B is available now!
In WunderKeys Elementary Piano Lesson Book 2B students break free from 5-finger positions and explore the magic of one-octave scales. With access to new notes, new intervals, and new chords, Lesson Book 2B feels like it is light years away from “little kid” music. Anyone listening to a student perform from this resource will be […]

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