by Jenny Peters | Nov 29, 2025 | Adults and Music, Children and Music, Music Lessons, Piano Lessons
🎶 ChordWise Piano Lesson: Unlock the Soulful Simplicity of “Wayfaring Stranger” “Wayfaring Stranger” is one of the most hauntingly beautiful American folk spirituals ever written. Its minor key melancholy and simple, repetitive chord structure make it an absolute...
by Jenny Peters | Nov 29, 2025 | Adults and Music, Children and Music, Music Lessons, Piano Lessons
The beautiful folk tune “Shenandoah” captures the sweeping, historical movement of the famous river running through Virginia. When you play this song, you shouldn’t just read notes—you should feel and hear the flow! That’s what playing with...
by Jenny Peters | Apr 29, 2025 | Children and Music, Creativity, Music Lessons
A 12-Bar Blues Tune with Heart, Soul, and the Golden Rule This week in ukulele class, something magical happened — our students wrote an original blues song! 🎸 And not just any song… a 12-bar blues inspired by the Golden Rule. The results? Absolutely amazing. 💫 We...
by Jenny Peters | Jun 2, 2024 | Adults and Music, Children and Music
Music has a way of bringing people together. It reveals hidden truths and unspoken emotions. My family surprised Grandma at her 90th birthday by playing a Mozart string quartet. The adult children and grandchildren dusted off their instruments to play. The sound of...
by Jenny Peters | Nov 16, 2023 | Children and Music, Studio Newsletters
When I was growing up, my piano teacher did not offer student recitals. She thought that the nerves students felt when performing were not worth the risk. Yet, public performance offers many benefits to both the audience and the performers. And if you can turn such an...
