The Playground

Credit: www.danaevalenza.com   On the 88th day (yes, that’s a piano reference!) of 2015, accomplished composer and producer, Nils Frahm, launched Piano Day. Not just a day to celebrate the piano, but also an official body that houses various and exciting piano-related projects. The first…

• Written by Mel Karajas on Mar 24, 2016
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A piano in the background has helped set the scene in countless movies, but it’s rarer for it to take a leading role. Here’s a selection of our favourite movies featuring our favourite instrument. The Piano I guess we have to start with a film…

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Mar 23, 2016
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All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it – Jean Cocteau   The resemblance to the objects and feelings from which the following music stirs may not be so mysterious, although, the personal…

• Written by Mel Karajas on Mar 20, 2016
• adele, hello, jimmy fallon, Margaret Leng Tan, Modified Toy Orchestra, music, piano, simply music, the playground, the roots, toy instrument, toy orchestra, virtuoso

MUSIC IS A PIECE OF ART THAT GOES IN THE EARS STRAIGHT TO THE HEART We couldn’t find who said this, but we totally agree! So much so, that we took it literally and put together a collection of artworks that feature our beloved piano.…

• Written by Mel Karajas on Nov 29, 2015
• art, music, piano, piano art, pianos in art, simply music

The holidays are fast approaching! This may mean quite a long break for both teachers and students. Whether that’s a scary thought for you or a time you use to spread your creative wings, this group of helpful posts from our archives is sure to keep…

• Written by Mel Karajas on Nov 23, 2015
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  ” can cast light into the darkest corners of the heart that nothing else can reach. It can illuminate feelings we might otherwise not even know that we have. In that way, it helps us to know ourselves better, and in ways that words…

• Written by Guest Contributor on Nov 16, 2015
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Simply Music lessons with a teacher or online are a wonderful way to begin a lifelong relationship with music, but it doesn’t mean you have to stop there. Rachel Geans has discovered “The Usborne Classical Music Sticker Book”, a delightful, multi-sensory experience you can use as…

• Written by Guest Contributor on Nov 9, 2015
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  Many people have the misconception that the Simply Music program doesn’t teach music reading, but as you may have gathered in my recent article asking how important is it to read music?, we consider music-reading a valuable and wonderful tool.  However, that doesn’t mean that…

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Nov 1, 2015
• gordon harvey, music, music lessons, musicianship, neil moore, piano, piano lessons, play piano, reading music, simply music, the playground

  Your Simply Music teacher will tell you that the real learning occurs more at home than in the lesson. As Neil Moore puts it, coming to a lesson is like a chef going to the market to buy his ingredients – of course that’s…

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Sep 28, 2015
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In our most stealthiest of modes, the month of July saw 7 Simply Music teachers conduct an iPod/iTunes drive with the aim of not only collecting iTunes cards and iPods for Music & Memory, but also learning how we can inspire and resource people to…

• Written by Mel Karajas on Aug 31, 2015
• amy levine, digital music, ipods, itunes, jo cenko, kathleen chiu, mara kelland, MP3 players, music, music and memory, music lessons, pam morrison, piano, piano lessons, shuffle, simply music, tessa buck, unmani