November 6, 2026 (60 min · in-person)

2026-2027 Events

October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes

December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes

January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop

February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes

April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes

May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital

How to Practice

Use the Practice Guide below. It writes your practice down for you, no comments needed.

Tap the first assignment on your list.

The timer starts by itself. Read it and practice.

When you are finished, press Done. It saves your time and opens the next one.

Need to stop for a minute? Press Pause.

Lost? Press My Assignment List at the top to go back.

Try for five days a week. Fifteen minutes is plenty.

Some assignments finish. Those carry a Done for the Week button. Press it when the job is done and the assignment comes off your list.

Need the metronome, a recorder or the Section-Work colors? They are in Practice Tools. Tap one and it opens inside your assignment. Tap Close to put it away.

Official tracking started Monday, October 19.

🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ on hold, don't practice this one · 🟧 mine, not yours

[PRACTICE TOOLS]

Two Piano Rules

Always sit in the middle. Piano seatbelt.

Low wrist first, then play. Never flat fingers.

Start Here

1. 🟩 Sitting Position

THIS WEEK: Fix your bench height before you play. Every time.

🎥 How to adjust your bench https://youtube.com/shorts/BqJO9jAbdZ8

  • Twist the bench up until your elbow is not below your hand.

  • About four fingers of height is what we are looking for.

  • Put a box or a footstool under your feet if you have one.

Musicianship

2. 🟩 Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), chapter 5

THIS WEEK: Read chapter 5.

  • New on your list.

Lesson 3

3. 🟨 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, pages 4 to 5

THIS WEEK: Pop-wrist. Start lower and do not come up so high.

🎥 Pop-Wrist https://youtu.be/jSOinUL_u00

  • Tap, then pop up. Copy what I did.

  • Start a little lower than you were, and do not pop so high.

  • Lower your shoulder and your elbow.

  • Left hand needs the most work. Tap, tap, then pop.

4. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, page 18

THIS WEEK: Say it forward and backward from memory, from C, from G and from F.

  • From memory this time. No looking at the page.

  • Not passed off yet, so we do this one again next lesson.

  • Next lesson you start it from any letter, so get these three easy first.

5. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 38 to 39

THIS WEEK: Pages 38 and 39, with the video.

🎥 Bony's Bouncing Bones https://youtu.be/Xh6vGm80TP0

  • Clap the beat, say ta on each note, stay silent on the rests.

  • Left hand, groups of two black keys, finger 3 on the left key of each group.

  • Pop-wrist, not forward wrist. Every bounce is short and quick.

  • Low, middle, high, then back to the middle.

  • Then the same thing with the right hand.

6. 🟪 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 40 to 41

THIS WEEK: Pages 40 and 41, with the video.

🎥 Bony Bounces Back https://youtu.be/ZWcMdMLoi7g

  • New this week.

  • Clap and say it first.

7. 🟪 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 42 to 43

THIS WEEK: Pages 42 and 43, with the video.

🎥 Bony's Bone Chimes https://youtu.be/zz_Pg438Utc

  • New this week.

  • Clap and say it first.

8. 🟪 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 3, pages 44 to 45

THIS WEEK: Pages 44 and 45, with the video.

🎥 Bony's Skeleton Stairs https://youtu.be/ooF8jCrjawk

  • New this week.

  • Clap and say it first.