We are delighted and grateful to have Audrey as our longest-standing piano student. We interviewed her on her final lessons with us as she has graduated from high school and attending college out-of-state. She was […]
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2018 Events Big plans for 2018 Recital Season itinerary. This year we have planned 3 events: 2 Piano Recitals for our upper and lower level pianists and 1 community concert recital. Not every student will […]
It’s your new piano student’s first lesson and they need to memorize piano keys. Thinking about how to get your piano student to learn the keys is crucially important, but once mastered they will be well […]
The idea for the Franklin Music Academy came from a classroom experience I had in the year 2010 teaching my fifth grade elementary music class. That Spring we were preparing for a big concert featuring […]
Intrinsic Motivation and Learning to Play Piano When somebody comes to take piano lessons, you have to understand that they have never had the experience of learning to play piano before. A lot of […]
Intrinsic Motivation and Social Approval Some theorists and writers in the field of child development assert that social approval works against children experiencing an intrinsic joy from an activity that’s truly an end-in-itself. The argument […]