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Valentina Jotovic: Feb 13, 2011
Piano teachers have long recognized the potential of teaching in groups. Group teaching began in Dublin, Ireland around 1815. The German musician Johann Bernhardt Logier (1780 - 1846) began instrucing piano classes. These classes were large,...
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Valentina Jotovic: Feb 10, 2011
I’ll begin with the disclaimer that I’m no psychologist (well, at least not one by trade; I think every teacher is a psychologist to a certain...
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Valentina Jotovic: Feb 5, 2011
Anxiously sitting in the traffic of Newark where each light seems to be against us changing to red just seconds before we arrive, I have no idea how...
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Valentina Jotovic: Jan 16, 2011
I am still surprised to this day when people ask me if I “mind playing the bass”...as if it requires an act of humility on my part. They see the bass...
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Valentina Jotovic: Jan 11, 2011
Music has been a part of my life from the very beginning. Singing voices filled my ears and mind with wonder.
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Valentina Jotovic: Jan 6, 2011
One method for music students to reduce performance anxiety is to do what is called a Practice Performance. A practice performance is designed to...
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Valentina Jotovic: Dec 9, 2010
The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the voice is definitely the party music wafting out of that window. It can express our joys, our fears,...
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Valentina Jotovic: Nov 28, 2010
I think we all would agree that the sound of a child’s singing voice is one of the most beautiful and precious sounds on earth. To hear this natural...
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Valentina Jotovic: Nov 25, 2010
As a child, I had always enjoyed making music. However, I struggled to muster up the discipline to practice 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. I...
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Valentina Jotovic: Nov 21, 2010
The person who inspired me to start playing music was my Father. My earliest childhood memories include music in my home. My father was a guitarist...