Supporting Educators • Promoting Learning
Written by ANDREW EALES
It can be overwhelming keeping track of all the latest and best resources for piano teaching. As we enter another academic year, I am therefore sharing this list of some of the most essential educational resources and piano music publications of the last couple of years or so.
To read my in-depth evaluations of each publication shared below, and to get a better understanding of whether it will suit your and your students’ particular needs, simply click on the titles to open the full reviews. Better still, right-click to open in a new tab.
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For Teachers • Essential Reading
With everything from business advice right through to teaching technique, here’s some reading to support your career:
FREE Curriculum advice and a huge array of lesson activities for all levels can be found here: A COMMON APPROACH 2022
The Pianodao website includes a growing series of articles written to support piano teachers which you can explore here:
Developing Skills and Understanding
A range of books for helping students learn scales, develop their playing technique, sight reading ability and music theory knowledge:
Exam Materials
What have the exam boards been up to?
Quite a lot, it seems! Here’s all the latest syllabus reviews:
Spotlight on Adult Learners
Here’s some of the top resources that I have found hugely popular with the many adult learners I work with:
Expanding the Repertoire
There have been many wonderful repertoire publications of late, all of which can be explored by playing level, following the links below.
First, here are a few collections and series which are particularly notable for revitalising the repertoire and brilliantly filling their respective niches:
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Wishing you every success with your teaching this year!
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