18 Apr 2022
By Shelly Davis
PPP 287: Teacher Chat Summer Piano Lessons

PPP 287: Teacher Chat Summer Piano Lessons

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Whew! You are about to cross the finish line of another school year and another year of piano lessons. Congratulations!What's next?Should your piano kid take a break from lessons all summer?Should you keep going, full steam ahead?Are there options somewhere in the middle between 'all or nothing'?In today's chat, you will hear several different perspectives on summer piano lessons.Click here to find other teacher chats. Listen to the full episode here. Melissa Slocum has been teaching for 28 years, the past 13 from her own private studio. Her passion is to provide individualized, quality piano lessons in a positive environment.…
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16 Mar 2020
By Shelly Davis
PPP184: Make Music Part of the Rhythm of Your Life with Tony Parlapiano

PPP184: Make Music Part of the Rhythm of Your Life with Tony Parlapiano

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Tony Parlapiano is a piano instructor and the creator of popMATICS, a concept based music curriculum that approaches learning by listening and reading through writing. Tony resides in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, where he enjoys fancy coffee, playing in spreadsheets, and carries a copy of his birth certificate for anyone who questions the authenticity of his last name. We first chatted with Tony in PPP127: Teacher Chat: Popular Music Styles with Stephen Hughes and Tony Parlapiano and we are delighted to have him back on the show. Listen to the full episode here Tell us your piano story. I was late…
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