I'm baaaaack!

....from a blogging hiatus. In between all the music for 5 different Christmas concerts, I almost forgot about Christmas itself and had to do all my shopping online. I bought my mom (a fellow piano teacher) a book called "Music for the Busy Teen" and plan to try it out with some of my own busy teen piano students.

I found these pictures from our show "Bear Stays up for Christmas" on the Waimea. Country.School facebook page. The students were so adorable all dressed up like woodland creatures!

Wishing all of my readers a very Happy Holiday!

Bear Stays Up For Christmas

All the Woodland creatures at the final bow.
Beaver and Bird
Tonight's performance of "Bear Stays Up for Christmas" was perfect! I was nervous about playing on an electric 36 key keyboard without a pedal awkwardly balancing on a rickety bench squeezed in between two church pews at an angle.....but my practicing paid off! During school rehearsals we would stop, restart, interrupt, etc, so the uninterrupted performance tonight seemed to fly by in a jiffy. In reality, it was the perfect length and really showcased everyone.

Another performance down....one more to go!

Concert Week!

Sui.Lan.Gomez's homeschool proudly presents "The Coconutcracker" this Friday.
Waimea.County.School proudly presents "Bear Stays Up for Christmas" tomorrow evening!

Comptine d'un autre ete from Amelie

I remember waiting years for the sheet music from the motion picture film "Amelie" to come out in print. I waited so long in fact, that I forgot about it until last year. My students have LOVED playing the piano music from this soundtrack. Click HERE for the "Comptine d'un Autre Ete". Or click HERE to listen to the song!

No Time to Say Hello, Goodbye, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late

Oh my goodness I'm busy. The days are so long they sort of all blend together and I have to stop and think really hard if it's still Monday or did I actually stop to sleep and now it's Tuesday....

It's concert time. I have the production of the Coconutcracker at one school; the production of "Bear Stays Up for Christmas" with another; I'm doing the music for the Waimea Chorus concert; I'm preparing the third school violin students for their Santa Lucia performance, but I won't be able to attend myself because I'll be accompanying the "Bear Stays up for Christmas" concert scheduled the same night; I'm starting up a quartet for four of my middle school string/piano students; and I'm teaching 85 private students all in between.

I keep waiting for the inevitable straw that is going to break this camel's back....

But I cannot complain. This is such a blessing. And the enthusiasm and joy my students bring me every day just keeps me chugging right along in rhythm.

Vanessa Carlton After Glow Free Sheet Music

Freebie of the month!

Click HERE to get the free sheet music to Vanessa Carlton's After Glow, a piece quite popular for my middle and high school piano students.

Welcome to my Business Blog!

Well that was easy! I transfered the entire content of this blog to a new blog requiring a sign in and invitation from me, so please e-mail me your e-mail address and I will add you to the list of readers. My personal blog can be found at http://TheWoodbillies.blogspot.com. Once I add your e-mail as a reader, you will have no problem signing in. My e-mail is salernostrings@yahoo.com

However, I will keep this blog as my business blog. I plan to feature pictures, videos, and stories from my adventures of teaching 85 private students. I will also feature lesson plans and free sheet music as well so stay tuned!

I texted this video to my mother. She is also a piano teacher but she only teaches students five years and older. I wrote "This is why I teach the 2-4 year old munchkins!" She responded. "Aww, I want a 2-4 year old munchkin...as a grandchild. Hint Hint".