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Piano Studio of Lola McIntyre


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Welcome to all piano teachers around the world!  This is a modest reference tool to serve as a point of departure for further exploration.


Summer Camps Recommendations

Three criterion puts these camps on my list: 1) my own students have attended and returned in subsequent years, 2) parent recommendations, 3) respected colleague involvement. This page gets almost 1,000 hits every spring.

Mission Statements
Includes "Quarter Century Reflections as Neighborhood Piano Teacher" and Mission Statement of this Web Site.
How can we help but reflect at the dawn of the new century?

Music Technology
The use of music technology as a tool for private piano instruction is growing rapidly.  See how my personal use of electronics has evolved in one music studio.  We all begin somehow and somewhere!

Starting a CD Library For Your Piano Studio
Many teachers have wondered which CD recordings to purchase for their studio to help piano students.  I have detailed a very basic list of music which appeals to the late beginning/early intermediate student.  More important than the choices, are the reasons for the choices.  It is worded in a way to appeal to students since I have used this as a link for the Kid's Piano Page and Teen Music Surf Site.  Consider having one of these three pages on your browser to show a student at the end of their lesson.  You may quickly notice that its sole purpose is to get them to the piano to explore tone production and repertoire, plus sharpen their listening skills.

Press Releases - How to Write One
Press Releases About and For Your Students is intended to offer a template "how-to" when you have that burning desire to spread some wonderful news about yourself or your students.  You'll thank me for this one!

Software Picks and Where to Get Them
For 20 years of I have gone through much trial and error testing in order to find an appropriate program which teaches and tests in an imaginative way.  J.W.Pepper is one of the first to really answer the need with their Music Technology Catalogue.  Click here (
Pepper Music Network - Printed Music of All Publishers ) to request the latest publication.  It is filled with leading music software for almost every need and both platforms (IBM and MAC).

Reference Books and Professional JournalsThis document contains my barebones recommendations for your library.
 

Professional Organizations (under construction; calling for links)
 

Piano Competitions (under construction; calling for links)