Piano and Piano Pedagogy Links
Abby Whiteside - official website of the Abby Whiteside Foundation.
Alexander Siloti - a new book by Dr. Charles Barber. Biographical information and excerpts from the book are on-line, along with other information, including more links.
Balanced Pianist - Dr. Teresa Dybvig's website incorporates information about Taubman technique, Dunn & Dunn Learning Styles, what constitutes a healthy approach to practice, performance, and teaching, and the curriculum of her Balanced Pianist programs
Certificate in Piano Pedagogy - information about the program at Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul MN.
Flying Leap Music - music, books, and teaching aids for pianists and all musicians.
James Boyk's Home Page - Artist-in-Residence at CalTech. Learn about the piano, listening to yourself, and good use of recording techniques in practice.
Keyboard Companion - practical magazine for teachers of elementary and intermediate level piano students; includes articles w/sound and video clips.
Know Thy Piano - very good insights into how the piano works, producing sound, pedaling, by James Boyk.
Lindeblad Piano Restoration - a new site with an excellent piano links page. Piano restorers and rebuilders.
Manduca Music - Dr. Tinka Knopf de Esteban
pedagogical materials and articles.
Mapping Music - by Rebecca Shockley; a strategy for memorizing music with the help of diagramming.
Music at Castelfranc - unique Summer Piano School in France, Paul Roberts, artistic director.
Music History in the Making - student journal, scheduling, one-year goals.
Piano Forum - piano message board; mostly advanced repertoire.
Piano Home Page - piano studio policies and business practices.
Pianomap - site by Thomas Mark dedicated to preventing injury.
Piano Pedagogy Forum - journal focusing on the college pedagogy program, including teacher training, group piano, piano proficiency.
Piano Pedagogy Message Board
PianoRep.com - a database-driven website of ~150 20th-century intermediate level pieces, developed by a doctoral student at U. of Texas.
Pianophilia - rare piano recordings and sheet music of pianist-composers.
PianoTeaching.com - official website of Randall and Nancy Faber; message board is now archive-only.
Practice-Perfect.com - books and software that address the psychology and physiology of practicing; not limited to piano, but appropriate for all musicians.
The Practice Spot - advice, practice suggestions and tips, lots of free theory and practice sheet downloads.
Selected Web Sites - online piano pedagogy resources; University pedagogy programs (currently lists 6); from Baylor University
The Piano Page - official web site of the Piano Technicians Guild.
Suzuki Piano Basics Foundation - comprehensive site dedicated to principles of the Suzuki approach.
TimeSig 2000 studio software (database manager) for studio records and finances.
Virtual Piano - a graphical guide to the various parts of the piano.
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