HOW DO I TEACH CREATIVITY?

See prizes page for educational information about each award.

Some of the best sources of information and music relating to creative teaching can be found in the keyboard magazines listed below. Check your local library or contact them directly to subscribe. Ask about various special rates and/or free introductory issue:

Piano Magazine
http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/pi-home.cfm
Rhinegold Publishing Ltd.
241 Shaftesbury Ave.
London WC2H 8TF
Tel: +44 (0)20 7333 1720
Fax: +44 (0)20 7333 1769

Piano magazine is a unique bi-monthly publication for pianists and serious enthusiasts alike. Regular performers' symposium issues focus on the output of a particular composer. Editor, Jeremy Siepmann, brings together the opinions, tips and insights of some of the world's greatest concert pianists as well as many eminent writers. Nowhere else will you find such a concentration of knowledge that will spark off ideas, help you reassess your own interpretations and enhance your enjoyment of the repertoire.

Keyboard Companion
http://www.keyboardcompanion.com/

A practical quarterly magazine for teachers, parents, and students that focuses on early level piano study.

Clavier
http://www.instrumentalistmagazine.com/

Clavier
200 Northfield Road
Northfield, Illinois 60093
Phone: (847) 446-8550

Subscription rates: $19.00 for one year, $32.00 for two years, $43.00 for three years

Subscription rate for 5 or more subscriptions mailed to one address: $10.00 per year

Add $8.00 per year for each subscription delivered outside of U.S.

Magazines that you can play:

Piano Today
http://www.pianotoday.com/

Piano Today
PO Box 58838
Boulder CO 80322-8838
E-mail contact: PianoToday@aol.com
Phone: 1-800-759-3036

Introductory rate: $12 for first year (U.S.)

Subscription rate for 5 or more students mailed to the same address: $10 a year (U.S.)

Regular Subscription: $18.97 for a year (U.S.)

Sheet Music Magazine
http://www.sheetmusicmagazine.com/

Sheet Music Magazine
PO Box 58629
Boulder CO 80321-8629

Phone: 1-800-759-3036

By subscription only, 6 issues per year

Call for a free sample issue and special introductory rates

Special educator rate: $13.97 per year (U.S.)

Standard subscription rate: $18.97 per year (U.S.)

Consult your local library for back issues of Piano and Keyboard Magazine, another valuable educational resource.

Click here for tips on Improvisation by Houle.

Suggestions for Winning Strategies:

The beauty of this festival is that students are completely free to choose what repertory they would like to play, and what prizes they would like to compete for! Judges have the discretion to award more than one prize to a student. Look over the list of prizes and decide for which prizes you wish to compete. Most versatile? -- play as much variety as possible. Eggs all in one basket? -- play only repertory suited to one prize category.

Also, ask yourself which prizes are less likely to be heavily contested. This is, of course, impossible to predict with certainty, but students and teachers can take an educated guess!

For more information on teaching creatively, see the Prizes Explanation and Educational Information pages.

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Half the fun is in the creative winning strategies!

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Please note: All terms of this festival are contingent on fund-raising and subject to change.

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