How Many Touches

With summer activities and a more relaxed schedule, piano still remains important.  To help with summer activity balance, consider this:

How many times might your student touch the keyboard, even for five or ten-minute bursts?

Can you encourage your child to perform?  Family and friends activities, grandparent visits, neighborhood block parties and other social occasions are perfect times to let them enjoy sharing their talent.

There are many summer opportunities for hearing others perform music in parks, public performance halls and university campuses.  Take advantage of some of these performances to expose your child to other musical creativity and trust that inspiration will follow. 

This week especially, every student I’ve seen asked to play their performance piece from the Ivories and Ice Cream event.  I was reminded of the fact that we all love a sense of accomplishment and the opportunity to share our success over and over. 

Encourage them to play for you.  What are their favorite piano pieces?  They will love having your presence as they share what has been learned. 

Above all – have a fun summer.

Carolyn Biggs

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