Our Favorite Piano Teaching Websites
Whether you are a new teacher setting up your first studio, or a seasoned professional looking to reinvigorate your teaching, it’s helpful to have a collection of the best piano resources on the web. That’s why we curate and continue to add to this list of favorites! Enjoy browsing the blogs and websites of leaders in the piano teaching community. Is something missing from this list? Contact us with your recommended website or blog and we’ll take a look!
Piano Blogs
The Teach Piano Today blog features over 1000 piano teaching posts. One of the most popular products created by the authors of Teach Piano Today, Andrea Dow and Trevor Dow, is the WunderKeys Method. You can also find a wide variety of piano teaching free printables, many of which do a great job teaching composition. There are also many free homework pages.
Known worldwide for his popular podcast, the TopCast, Tim Topham also curates a sizeable collection of blog posts, webinars, and YouTube videos.
Joy Morin has a knack for writing engaging posts and connecting with her audience over all sorts of piano teaching topics. However, Color in My Piano isn’t just a blog. You’ll find a wide variety of worksheets, games, and original compositions. Many of them are free to download.
Leila Viss runs a really well-organized piano blog at LeilaViss.com called 88 Piano Keys. She has a huge output of quality content in many areas including games, sheet music, and blog posts. She is also well known for keeping her finger on the pulse of the music app market. She has provided a helpful music app page with information on all the best technology available to music teachers.
Amy Chaplin keeps us in the loop about a variety of piano teaching topics including studio management, product recommendations, and teaching ideas. Amy also has a passion for cooking and meal planning, so you’ll likely snag a few good recipes, too! Her shop includes a book that helps students harmonize Christmas tunes called Christmas by Ear.
A beautifully formatted general-music blog that can be filtered by instrument area or author. I mention this because there are some notable guest writers, including E.L Lancaster, Gayle Kowalchyk, Dennis Alexander, Melody Bober, and more. Especially interesting are some of the interviews with educational composers that help teachers and students get to know them better and discover the inspiration behind their compositions.
Sara Campbell writes a music studio business blog and currently boasts over 500 posts. Her content is highly valuable and well-organized, making it easy to scan her site and find what you need. We’ve watched Sarah present at conferences and speak on podcasts. This lady knows her stuff! She also offers 1:1 business coaching and an online social media course.
Nicola Cantan explores a variety of thought-provoking topics on her blog, Colourful Keys. Cleverly organized into “hubs,” you can find a collection of blog posts on all of the major topics involved in teaching and running a successful music studio. You can find a variety of music teaching resources for sale in the store as well as some pretty cool music teacher swag.
Wendy Stevens has an extensive archive of blog posts, many focusing on music studio business solutions. She also has a good amount of excellent self-published compositions with video demonstrations. Wendy Stevens is also well known for her Rhythm Cup Tapping Explorations.
In addition to being an outstanding education composer (we love her pieces!), Chrissy Ricker also keeps an up-to-date blog. She also publishers many of her works through Piano Pronto.
Elissa Milne has an archive of many unique and philosophical topics such as “What Does it Take to Become a (Great) Piano Teacher” and “5 Guaranteed Ways to Make Students Less Creative.” She is well known for creating the 40-piece Challenge, which challenges students to learn 40 pieces of music in a year. In her own words, her blog includes “ideas about music, and about playing, learning and teaching the piano, with unexpected extras.”
Yours truly writes a monthly blog and maintains an evolving collection of music teaching resources. Visit our shop to learn more about the books we’ve published, including a lead sheet book series! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for a steady stream of teaching tips, inspiration, and a glimpse into our musical lives.
Music Games and Teaching Aids
Keys to imagination provides a variety of high-quality music games and resources for purchase. Both the premise and design works amazingly on these products, and we’ve used them in our studios! Two of our favorite motivation programs sold at Keys to Imagination are Musical Misterioso Manor and Where in the World is Mr. Arpeggio. Another signature product at Keys to Imagination is the Music Theory App Map curriculum, which gives step-by-step music theory lessons using apps and websites to correlate with popular method books.
Joy Morin has a knack for writing engaging posts and connecting with her audience over all sorts of piano teaching topics. However, Color in My Piano isn’t just a blog. You’ll find a wide variety of worksheets, games, and original compositions. Many of them are free to download.
One of the first individuals to begin sharing music resource downloads, Susan Paradis’ colorful printables still have a whimsical charm that sets them apart from others. You can visit her store to purchase teaching aids, compositions, games, and worksheet bundles. Susan often does a great job creating seasonally-themed activities, so if you want a Valentine’s themed game or a St. Patrick’s day worksheet, be sure to check out her site.
Jodi Marie Fisher has products like coloring book songbooks, lesson books, keyboard printables, and more. Be sure to check out her Teachers Pay Teachers site too.
At Teach Piano Today, you can find a wide variety of piano teaching free printables, many of which do a great job teaching music composition. There are also many free homework pages.
In addition to her blog, Samantha Coates has numerous resources to help students improve their sight-reading, theory skills, and musicianship. One of our personal favorites is her collection titled How to Blitz! Rote Repertoire which teaches sight-reading through rote learning!
Digital Piano Methods
This new online piano method can be purchased as a digital license. However, print books are also available. Many online interactive games and supplementary worksheets are available on the website that go along directly with the method.
The Faber atlas subscription of $9.99 per month gives you full access to Faber’s entire piano library online, including all supplementary books. The music viewer even provides an annotation feature, great for online lesson screen sharing.
The Cascade Method was invented by Tara Boykin. Most of the books currently available are designed for beginners to elementary students, with many of the book pages involving reading by letters. Even if you prefer to begin students with notation, the books could work as an accompaniment to any method and could be great for rote teaching.
Using Piano Marvel software on their tablets or computers, students can work to be better readers. The software includes a huge music library, graded levels for learning, and numerous ways for teachers to track student progress. We love using the SASR (Standard Assessment for Sight-Reading)!
