In addition to my website about my studio (which really is only a blog – someday I will set up a “real,” fancy schmancy one!), I also have a private blog with lots of resources for my students and their parents. Students and parents need to log in to view this blog. Some things I have on this blog:

• my studio policy
• monthly studio news
• studio calendar (I use Google Calendar)
• fun links (includes links to online music games, music theory lessons and reviews, fun music websites like the San Francisco Symphony Kids website and Classics for Kids, and a link to online ear training
• assignments – a big part of this blog is the assignments section. I have many listening and music theory assignments on this blog that I have created to be a bit of a supplement to lessons. For example, during a lesson I can assign a student a specific listening assignment. They can then go home, pull it up on the blog, print out the assignment sheet, and listen to the assigned pieces online (either on a website like pianosociety.com or on a YouTube video that I have embedded into the assignment post).
• Composer of the Month – links to information and listening examples to go with our composer of the month
• Meet the Composers – a bunch of links to some wonderful websites to help students learn about music history (NY Philharmonic Kidzone Meet the Composers, Meet the Composers on Classics for Kids, a composer map, and games like Beethoven’s Baseball and Time Machine).

Since I am still working on re-building my studio after moving to a new state, in the future this blog will also contain things like:

• photos and videos from student recitals
• a student phone list for switching lesson times in the event of a cancellation