WEBSITES
Nancy O'Neill Breth - Effective Practicing Videos
Nancy's YouTube channel is full of bite-size practice tips on a wide range of topics, designed to help you break down and master problems with targeted strategies.
The Bulletproof Musician
One of my most favorite music blogs of all time!
Excellent advice and insights for students & musicians on how to overcome stage fright, performance anxiety, practicing pitfalls, and other blocks to peak performance.
Performance psychologist and Juilliard graduate Dr. Noa Kageyama teaches musicians what it takes to rise above the nerves, distractions, and pressures of a performance, and when the moment of truth arrives, play the way you know you can.
Free articles, practice hacks, online coaching & more.
Vanessa Cornett
I love her book (Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance) and have also been following her on Instagram @mindfulmusician.vanessacornett.
She shares inspiring posts about mindfulness, performance, anxiety/stress, music, art, and life.
For more visit: Venessacornett.com.
Jason Haaheim,
Principal Timpanist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
I share his philosophy about studying music, specifically that of deliberate practice:
"The concept of efficient and effective practicing..."
His articles about practicing, learning, concentration, and progress are inspiring, humorous, and inspirational.
Jason encourages "students to employ its [deliberate practice's] most essential attributes; these include continuous “feedback loops” achieved through self-recording, extensive analysis, and playing for others who don’t play your instrument ... that mistakes are natural, and that “failure” should be embraced and reframed as 'ongoing constructive growth.' "
My go-to online store for purchasing piano music.
They offer monthly specials, seasonal discounts, many digital scores and budget shipping.
Excellent site to find tons of digital scores for purchase, download and print.
The International Music Score Library Project
Huge online library of FREE pdf sheet music! "Sharing the world's public domain music."
Piano Music She Wrote
Pianists Sandra Mogensen and Erica Sipes have sorted through the entirety of the great online library, IMSLP, and have compiled the PMSW Directory that provides access to thousands of scores of pieces composed by women and information about each composer.
In tandem with the PMSW Directory, these two pianists are building a resource of videos of this repertoire on their YouTube channel.
Follow them on Instagram for daily videos and composer spotlights!
Promoting inclusion in Piano Repertoire: ASAP advocates for the inclusion, study, and performance of a more equitably representative body of piano works.
An impressive & actively growing database of composers, scores, and recordings.
Massachusetts Music Teachers Association
I am a member of the Massachusetts Music Teachers Association (MMTA) - the statewide affiliate of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). Members are independent music teachers, music school and college faculty members, and public school personnel.
MMTA promotes the growth and professional development of its members by providing programs that encourage and support teaching, performance, composition and research. MMTA provides many student programs and scholarships throughout the year.
The New England Piano Teachers' Association
I am also a member of NEPTA - a professional non-profit organization dedicated to the highest standards of music education, offering members and their students opportunities for growth, stimulation, and a community of friendship and support.
Students of members have many opportunities for performance throughout the year.
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Many of my students participate in their certificate exam program every year! It provides a recognized national standard of musical success through an effectively sequenced course of study from beginner to advanced levels. The Program inspires excellence through individual student assessments (exams) and allows students to celebrate accomplishments and track their progress with others across the country. Curriculum covers a wide range of repertoire, technique studies, ear training, sight-reading and theory.
Piano Technicians Guild
Shopping for an instrument? Need to find a piano tuner? Questions about piano maintenance? This site will help you find all the registered technicians in your area, plus lots of helpful tips and resources!
Piano Buyer
Website & book by Larry Fine. A free, definitive piano buying guide. It "will help you make a fast, informed decision concerning the purchase" of a new, used, or restored piano. Features: database of pianos, articles, references, links to local discounts and businesses.
TheMusicStand.com
MusicinMotion.com
These sites have all kinds of fun music themed supplies, educational books and tools, accessories and gifts, including music bags and folders.
MajoringinMusic.com
MajoringInMusic.com provides necessary tools for making smart decisions and choices about majoring in music and establishing a viable career in music.
The website is specifically designed to meet the needs of students, parents, music educators, and college counselors.
Key information about music schools, summer music programs, and relevant music resources can be easily accessed - like showcasing a host of careers in music in addition to the ones most commonly considered (performing and teaching).
From the Top
Watch & listen to some amazing young performers! This NPR/PBS program is a showcase for some of America's best young musicians. Hosted by Christopher O'Riley, From the Top shares the stories and performances of talented pre-collegiate musicians and provides a compelling and entertaining window into a world of young people who pursue life with passion, determination, and joy.
Arts Boston
Greater Boston's guide to arts and culture. Search for a variety of upcoming music concerts, theater, dance, and more.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
A journal and blog of the classical music scene in Boston.
Enlightening articles, reviews and - my favorite! -an in-depth CALENDAR of upcoming events and concerts in the Boston area!