The Playground

When you talk to Janita Pavelka, it’s hard not to get swept away by the rapid-fire enthusiasm she applies to everything. If she were a musical term, it might be ‘allegro’: with speed and joy. Everything […]

• Written by SM Admin on Apr 26, 2011
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I have had the privilege and pleasure of sharing the Simply Music program with the Wieske family for many years now. They are a wonderful example of how effective and rewarding this method is when […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Apr 26, 2011
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Class one starts with a student who has refused to demonstrate at home that he can actually play at all, but then surprises everyone by playing both hands together perfectly for his teacher. Class two […]

• Written by SM Admin on Dec 20, 2010
• Cathy Hirata, piano, simply music, teacher

Imagine a culture where people of all ages easily and readily acquire and maintain music as a lifelong companion… This has been a dream come true for a student commencing her musical journey at the […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Dec 20, 2010
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When your teacher has been a choir accompanist, singer, classically-trained pianist, conductor, classical piano teacher, singing coach, guitarist, violist, flautist, trumpeter and Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown College alumnus, you know your […]

• Written by SM Admin on Sep 20, 2010
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Simply Music is all about music as a lifelong companion. Not necessarily a calling or a career or a life-force, but occurring in a way that our musicality becomes an everyday friend, a natural part […]

• Written by Guest Contributor on Sep 20, 2010
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The worldwide family of close to 500 Simply Music teachers is a rich resource of wisdom and talent, none more so than Kerry Hanley, who has worked closely with Neil Moore since before the birth of Simply Music. Read her story here.

• Written by Mel Karajas on Apr 4, 2010
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“That was really good. Is there any way that I could buy the score for Constellation of Snow?” the mom asked after the student concert. She was a classically/traditionally trained musician. “Well, uh, no,” my girlfriend, another Simply Music Teacher, replied hesitantly. “That is his original composition.”
After being told he was “not ready”, Wade Myers has become a thoroughly self expressed 13-year-old pianist.

• Written by Guest Contributor on Apr 3, 2010
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