All Episodes

PPP380: Ten Life Rules from Robert Schumann

PPP 379: Learn how this mom helped her son rewrite his internal script, with piano parent, Kristen Pennington

PPP 378: Rediscovering the Music of Florence Price, with Dr. Michael Clark

PPP 377: Three Memorization Strategies for Piano Kids

PPP 376: When Piano Lessons Click: Jazz, Storytelling, and Helping Kids Fall in Love with Music with Susan Staples Bell

PPP 375: Raising Independent Children

PPP 374: Making Music Doable: Group Piano with Dorla Aparicio

PPP373: What Black Beauty Teaches Us About Parenting

PPP 372: Joy to the World - Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

PPP 371: PIANOVEMBER 2025 Wrap-Up & a Holiday Music Mystery Replay, "Down in History"

PPP370: 10 Finger Activities for Young Pianists

PPP 369: Hey Mom, Can We Talk? (a reminder to parents to monitor your own screen time)

PPP 368: Three Questions I Ask (almost) Every Student At (almost) Every Lesson

PPP 367: I Don't Know What to Practice!

PPP 366: Human Nature Delays

PPP 365: Mr. Michael's Music Maker Manual, an interview with author, Michael Hemsworth

PPP 364: Why Playing Games with Your Piano Kid Matters More Than You Might Think

Your Music Conference Reporter Day 5 of 7

Your Music Conference Reporter Day 4 of 7

Your Music Conference Reporter Day 3 of 7

Your Music Conference Reporter Day 2 of 7

Your Music Conference Reporter Day 1 of 7

PPP 363: My Dad Talked Me Into Piano Lessons, But My Mom Helped Me Become a Musician

PPP 362: Navigating the Holiday Hustle - 3 Tips for Keeping Up With Piano Practice

PPP361: Practice Only on Days That End in 'Y'

PPP 360: Ten Ways to Handle Teacher Absence

Find the Joy in Little Things, a parent interview with Crystal Boyack

PPP 358: Helping Parents Frame Music as a Gift, Not a Chore with Crystal Boyack

Encore Presentation of PPP14: Mister Rogers' Code for I Love You

PPP 357: Teacher chat with Becki Laurent and Clinton Pratt - Artful Dodgers

PPP 356: The Groundhog Day of Piano Lessons

PPP 355: Take Inventory of your 168 Hour Week

Holiday Replay of PPP 266: "Down in History"

PPP 354: No Book Beginners with author, Tim Topham

PPP 353: What to do when you don't practice

PPP 352: What to Expect in the First Year of Piano Lessons

PPP 351: The Value of Reading to Your Piano Kids with Author, Vicky Weber

PPP 350: 10 Ways to Scare Your Piano Teacher

PPP 349: How to make your piano kid fail proof

PPP 348: Find the '1' - Helping students feel the steady beat and find the downbeat in music

PPP 347: Brock Chart with My-Melodies Publishing (sometimes our trajectory changes with the flip of a coin)

PPP 346: ICYMI Replay of Musical Mystery Opus 1, No. 1 "Wishful Thinking"

PPP 345: Time to Clean Off Your Piano

PPP 344: "Make Space for Your Child's Experiences" A Parenting Do Over with Ashlee Young

PPP 343: "Navigating Different Perspectives" A Parenting Do Over with Thomas Grayston

PPP 342: "Extend Compassion....to your children and to yourself" A Parenting Do Over with Dr. Fernanda Nieto

PPP 341: "Avoid Misinterpretations" A Parenting Do Over with Stephen Hughes

PPP 340: Ten Takeaways for Piano Parents from My Recent TMTA Conference

PPP 339: "Before you leap..." A parenting do over with Cher Kretz

PPP 338: "Amazing Doesn't Have to be Hard" My TMTA Conference TEXtalk presentation

PPP 337: My First Piano Sheet Music with Author, Emily Norris

PPP 335: Piano Parent Summer Survival Kit (My first book on Amazon!)

PPP 334: Chrissy Ricker shares her Summer Piano Review Challenge Calendars

PPP 333: Summer reading - books and music

PPP 332: Leveling up from accidentals to key signatures

PPP 331: Technique is a tool that serves performance, with Ken Thompson

PPP 330: Ten Things for the Day of the Recital

PPP 329: Spring Cleaning Our Music Bag

PPP 328: This mom did everything right and they still quit

PPP 327: Teacher Chat: Hobbyist vs Career Musicians with Joellyn Andrews and Janna Williamson

PPP 326: Musical Mystery Opus 4, No. 2 "Turn out the lights, the party's over!"

PPP 325: "We need to leave early from the recital."

PPP 324: Work Smarter, Not Harder with Ashlee Young

PPP 323: Piano Day Project and Music Cryptography

PPP 322: The Grand Staff and a Ta11 Tale

PPP 321: Note Rush, 2nd edition with App Developer, Thomas Grayston

PPP 320: Ten Things Piano Parents Love About Piano Lessons

PPP 319: Reflections on last week's episode

PPP 318: "Wrong Note Right: The Story of an Accidental Piano Man" with Winston Hall

PPP 317: Preparing to Start Piano Lessons

PPP 316: Make Regular Practice Part of 2023

PPP 315: Allowing for Miskates, er, Mistakes

Holiday Replay of PPP072: These Popular Christmas Songs Were Written in the Heat of the Summer

Holiday Replay of PPP122: Handel's Messiah - the IMDB(ish) Story

PPP 314: Mindfulness and Breathing with Dr. Fernanda Nieto

PPP 313: It's okay to have fun!

PPP 312: Music Alphabet - Counting by 1s, 3s, and 5s

PPP311: Rock Climber, Kelley Yuan, talks about facing challenges

PPP 310: Ten Things I Learned Through Acquiring My New-to-me Piano

PPP 309: Author, Cher Kretz shares her GPS Life System

PPP 308: Why do Olympic athletes need a coach?

PPP 307: Break the Cycle (How to Reprogram a Negative Routine)

PPP 306: Musical Mystery (coming soon)

PPP 305: Stephen Hughes Jazz Band, Part 2

PPP 304: Stephen Hughes - Jazz Band, Part 1

PPP 303: WWYD - Attending the Lesson

PPP 302: WWYD - Schedule Conflicts

PPP 301: WWYD - No Practice

PPP 300: Ten Episodes for New Listeners

PPP 299: WWYD - Practice Space

PPP 298: WWYD - Letter Names

PPP 297: WWYD - Practice Time

PPP 296: WWYD - Stopping Lessons

PPP 295: Why should your piano kid get SMART with their music?

PPP 294: The Journey to Musical Mastery

PPP 293: Don't Confuse Basic with Easy

PPP 292: Three Ways to Use the Circle of Fifths

PPP 291: Commencement: Congratulations, Graduates!!

PPP290: Ten Teacher Gift Ideas for Summer (or graduation)

PPP 289: Mindset is More Important Than Strategy

PPP 288: The Advantage of Listening

PPP287: Teacher Chat - Summer Piano Lessons

PPP 286: Musical Mystery Opus 3, No. 4 "One HIt Wonder"

PPP 285: Three Students, Three Strategies

PPP 284: Piano Day 2022

PPP 283 Spring Fever

PPP282: Relative Pitch

PPP281: Setting up your space for online piano lessons with Stephen Hughes

PPP280: Ten Subtle Musical Milestones

PPP279: An "Original" ELVIS Impersonator

PPP278: Training Elephants - Learned Helplessness or Limiting Beliefs

PPP277: Teacher Chat - Finger Numbers and Hand Positions with Dawn Ivers

PPP276: Musical Mystery Opus 3, No. 3 "Arriving and Reviving

PPP275: Cameron Dennis talks about Ear Training

PPP274: Janna Williamson talks about our historic heritage of piano music

PPP273: Rami BarNiv discusses The Art of Piano Fingering

BONUS Episode: Luke 2 "Mary pondered these things in her heart"

PPP272: My List of 21 for 2021

PPP271: Anna Fagan takes travel teaching to a whole new level

PPP270: Ten Wintery Pieces

PPP269: Music Maker - Rhythm

PPP268: Christopher Oill Talks About Sight Reading

PPP267: Thankful for Piano Parents (and a confession)

PPP266: Musical Mystery Opus 3, No. 2 "Down in History"

PPP265: You Know More Than You Think You Know with Christopher Oill

PPP264: Level Up Your Video Game Music with Chrissy Ricker

PPP263: Building Rapport between Student and Teacher

PPP262: Operation MGC (Make Grandma Cry...in a good way!)

PPP261: Stacy Fahrion from Whimsically Macabre

PPP260: Ten Sound Effects You Can Create on the Piano

PPP259: Music Maker - Harmony

PPP258: "Practice Pie" with author Nicola Cantan

PPP257: Teacher Chat - Studio Policies with Vanessa Chisler and Kelli Cooper

PPP256: Musical Mystery Opus 3, No. 1 "The Original Piano Guy"

PPP255: Piano Practice is Supposed to be Messy! - This one's for the piano kids.

PPP254: Practice is NOT the Same as Playing, with Clinton Pratt

PPP253: Three Myths About Piano Practice

PPP252: Make a BIG deal of your piano kid's playing, with Jennifer Eklund

PPP251: The Path of Life Often Takes Unexpected Turns with Adonna Donovan

PPP250: Ten Standard Teaching Pieces for the Early Years

PPP249: Music Maker - Scales

PPP248: How to Win Arguments with Your Older Piano Kid

PPP247: Teacher Chat about YouTube Videos with Clinton Pratt and Janna Williamson

PPP246: Musical Mystery - Opus 2, No. 5 "Her Declaration of Independence"

PPP245: Tactile Toy, Tension Terminator, or Technique Tool?

PPP244: The Role of the Parent is Crucial with Andra Kruka

PPP243: Why does music use so many Italian terms?

PPP242: Why sing if you're a piano player?

PPP241: Raising EQ Kids with the Musician's Coach, Jodie Jensen

PPP240: Ten Reasons for Summer Lessons

PPP239: Music Maker - Intervals

PPP238: Parkinson's Law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion

PPP237: Teacher Chat - Recital Ideas for 2021

PPP236: Musical Mystery Opus 2, No. 2 "Live from the Poodle Dog Café"

PPP235: "My first-grader doesn't practice like I thought she would." Is this a practicing issue or a parenting issue?

PPP234: Are We Having FUN Yet

PPP233: Time to Practice

PPP232: Practice Tempo vs Performance Tempo

PPP231: Learn How to Make Sight Reading More Fluent with Note Quest Developer, Grace Lee

PPP230: Ten Things I Bet You Didn't Know About Your Piano

PPP229: Let' s Celebrate Piano Day!

PPP228: Don't Fall Into This Trap

PPP227: Travis Lohmann Paints Musical Portraits

PPP226: Musical Mystery Opus 2 No. 3 "An Unsung Hero" (If you'll pardon the pun)

PPP225: "2021" with Piano Kid, Violet Rivers (and company)

PPP224: The Practicing Pro, Christy Hodder

PPP223 The Fresh Start Effect

PPP222: The Last Episode of the Year

PPP221: Teacher Interview Spotlight on Dorothy Yan, Tony Parlapiano, and Marvin Blickenstaff

PPP220: Ten Things - CHRISTMAS! Edition

PPP219: The Creative Freedom of Constraint

PPP218: DECIDE to be Thankful, even in 2020

PPP217: Teacher Chat About Christmas Music with Anna Fagan and Karen Young

PPP216: Musical Mystery Opus 2, No. 2 "One Night at the Opera"

PPP215: External Motivation to Practice - PIANOVEMBER

PPP214: LSSL - The Key to Unlocking Key Signatures

PPP213: Interleaved Practicing (Couldn't they come up with a better name?)

PPP212: The Importance of Note Values and Musical Speech Patterns

Encore 032: In Memory of My Mom, Patricia Truett

PPP211: Just Keep Swimming

PPP210: Ten Things You Should Know About Copyright

PPP209: Good Parent VIBES with School Counselor, Cher Kretz

PPP208: The Perfect Blend of Music and Technology with Lion Theory creator, Cameron Dennis

PPP207: Teacher Chat About Church Modes with Jeremy Duck and Travis Lohmann

PPP206: I Wish I Didn't Quit author, Nate Holder

Encore 025: Piano Parent Interview with Melissa Cornelisons (original air date January 16, 2017)

PPP205: Marvin Blickenstaff talks about Shaping the Sound

PPP204: Dr. Kathy Koch Shares Your Piano Kid's 8 Great Smarts

PPP203: What do you expect?

PPP202: Let's Talk About Lead Sheets

PPP201: This is a Crucial Time to Talk About Listening|Dorothy Yan

PPP200: Ten Common Reasons Students Quit Piano Lessons

PPP199: I Played it Better at Home aka The Observer Effect (corrected file)

PPP199: I Played It Better At Home aka The Observer Effect

PPP198: The Etching of Character

PPP197: Teacher Chat - A Broken Arm Doesn't Have to Mean a Break in Piano Lessons

PPP196: Musical Mystery Opus 2, No. 2 "Yeah, but will they fall for it?"

PPP195: Dr. Heather Nelson Shares How to be Cautiously Creative During This Time of COVID

PPP194: You're Awesome, But...

PPP193: Time to Reevaluate Your Home Practice Environment

PPP192: These are Difficult Time(signatures)

PPP191: May the Force be with You - May You be the Force

PPP190: Ten Things You Should Know About Beethoven's Fur Elise

PPP189: Take Care of Your Mental Health with Nicole Grant, M. Ed., LPC-S

PPP188: The Value of Piano Study (especially during a pandemic)

PPP187: Parent Chat: Coping with Quarantine with Sanette Brems, Beth Hughes, and Dawn Ivers

PPP186: Musical Mystery, Opus 1, No. 5 "He Taught Her a Lesson"

PPP185: Case Study Chapter 6 aka A New Reality

PPP184: Make Piano Part of the Rhythm of Your Life with Tony Parlapiano

PPP183: Spring 100 Practice Challenge

PPP182: Playing Major Scales with One Hand

PPP181: Benjamin Steinhardt talks about the Dorothy Taubman approach to piano playing

PPP180: Ten Ways to Flip the Script with Kate Webb

PPP179: Nurture vs Organic

PPP178: Mom2Mom - Family Mystery Movie Night

PPP177: Teacher Chat - What Parents Should Know About Hanon Exercises with Antonio Gandia and Benjamin Steinhardt

PPP176: Musical Mystery Opus 1 No. 4 Chris' Sister

PPP175: Student Case Study: Ray, one-year anniversary

PPP174: Nicole Douglas shares how we play piano with our brain

PPP173: Highlights from 2019

PPP172: Scale Degree Names

PPP171: Listen to your children with Piano Parent, Ashley Smith

PPP170 TLC for your piano in winter

PPP169: Our Children Believe What We Tell Them

PPP168: You Cannot Learn to Play Piano in 30 Minutes per Week

PPP167: Our Kids Will Lie to Us

PPP166: Musical Mystery Opus 1,No. 3 "A Simple Little Song"

PPP165: Student Case Study, Ray - Chapter 4

PPP164: PIANOVEMBER 2019

PPP163: Learning from a guy who loves learning

PPP162: Enharmonics - the There, Their, They're of Music Notation

PPP161: Marin Marka with FableNotes

PPP160: Ten Reasons We Love and Need Our Dads

PPP159: Practicing Integrity

PPP158: How to Actually Make Progress with Playing the Piano

PPP157: Teacher Chat Perfect PItch

PPP156: Musical Mystery, Opus 1, No. 2 "What Frank Saw"

PPP155: Happy 3rd Birthday and Student Case Study Chapter 3

PPP154: Don't say, "I can't. Say "I'll try." with Ruth Pitts

PPP153: What is 'perfect' anyway?

PPP152: Repeat Signs Repeat Signs

PPP151: DONE is better than perfect, right?!

PPP150: Ten Screenless Summer Activies

PPP149: Developmental Fitness with Vicki Conway, part_2

PPP148: Developmental Fitness with Vicki Conway, part 1

PPP147: Teacher Chat - Let's Talk About Screen Time

PPP146: Musical Mystery Opus 1, No. 1 "Wishful Thinking"

PPP145: Student Case Study, Ray - Chapter2

PPP144: Learn How Important Parents are to Their Child's Success with Judy Wilkins

PPP143: Mr. Rogers' Code for I Love You

PPP142: Intervals - Going Beyond EGBDF

PPP141: Learn to Keep it Positive with Beth Horton

PPP140: Ten Things You Need to Know about Performance Butterflies

PPP139: Spring Piano Recital - WHY?!

PPP138: Dear Mom, Hang in There!

PPP137: Teacher Chat - Fingernails and Hand Hygiene

PPP136_No_Foolin_This_performer.mp3

PPP135__Student_Case_Study_Ray.mp3

PPP134: A Truly Inspiring Interview with Teacher, Leah Drake

PPP133: What's really going on when your piano kid says, "This is too hard!"

PPP133__Whats_Really_Going_On_When.mp3

PPP132: How to Build Chords and Inversions

PPP131: Let Music Be Your Diary with Raphaelita Justice

PPP130: Ten Songs that are Perfect for a YouTube Play Along

PPP129: "Lord of the Chords" Game Developer, Jonathan Ng

PPP128: Keep a Video/Audio Journal of Your Child's Musical Journey

PPP127_Teacher_Chat_Popular_Music_Styles_with_Stephen_Hughes_and_Tony_Parlapiano.mp3

PPP106__How_to_Develop_Fluency_in_Mu.mp3

PPP107Teacher_Chat_The_First_24_hour.mp3

PPP108__Breaking_Up_Is_Hard_to_Do.mp3

PPP110__Ten_Ways_to_Genuinely_Compli.mp3

PPP109__Practical_Tips_for_Practicin.mp3

PPP112__Down_in_Front_and_other_co.mp3

PPP113__The_Legacy_of_Van_Cliburn_as_2.mp3

PPP114__Find_Your_Musical_Voice_Lis_1.mp3

PPP115__Pianovember_2018.mp3

PPP116__How_to_Change_Major_to_Minor.mp3

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PPP122__Handels_Messiah_-_the_IMDB.mp3

PPP123__This_Is_Your_Brain_On_Music.mp3

PPP124__Going_Beyond_the_Music_Lesso.mp3

PPP125_A_Negative_Review_and_the_Bes.mp3

PPP126__Building_Practice_Habits.mp3

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PPP103__Manipulation_VS_Inspiration.mp3

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PPP092RecitalReflections.mp3

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PPP090__Ten_Positive_Messages.mp3

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PPP088: This One is Dedicated to the Piano

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PPP083: Erica Hyland, piano parent

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PPP081__March_Photo_Challenge.mp3

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PPP065: A chat with NoteRUSH app developer, Thomas Grayston

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PPP061DawnIvers.mp3

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PPP053: How to Choose Supplemental Music for Your Piano Kid

PPP052: Advice for piano parents from piano parents

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PPP 050: Ten Things Piano Parents Should Not Do

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PPP039: Getting SMART with your music...again!

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PPP036: Getting SMART with your music

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PPP 026: Who's the boss?

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PPP020: Ten Reasons to Maintain a Piano Playlist

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