The Playground

However long you’ve been taking Simply Music piano lessons, it’s probably safe to say that you’ve achieved far more than what you could have in the same amount of time with other methods. Maybe you’ve […]

• 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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The piano’s exact birth date is lost in the haze of history. All we know is that it was invented by the Italian harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. He developed his new […]

• Written by Gordon Harvey on Sep 20, 2010
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This song hit the radio in 2003 and I loved it. My kids couldn’t believe that Dad would even listen to something that played on ‘their’ radio stations. My son Paul bought a compilation album […]

• 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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In this installment, Neil Moore talks with Ben Niles, the Director and Producer of the Award Winning documentary, “Note By Note – The Making of Steinway L1037.” This documentary follows the journey of a tree […]

• Written by SM Admin on Apr 5, 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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The Accompaniment process is a unique, fun and vital component of the Simply Music curriculum. In this article we show those of you with just a little experience of Simply Music lessons how simple it is to create an accompaniment from the printable online version of this song made famous by Susan Boyle.

• Written by SM Admin on Apr 2, 2010
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What role does music play in the way our brains work? How can music help those with brain dysfunction? Neurologist Oliver Sacks answers these questions, combining his loving eye for the foibles of the human brain with his passion for music to create an absorbing book full of amazing stories.

• Written by SM Admin on Apr 1, 2010
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