Sara Ernst
Sara M. Ernst, PhD, NCTM, is an active piano pedagogue, teacher of all ages, and pianist, and serves as Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at the University of South Carolina. Prior to her position at USC, she worked at the New School for Music Study in New Jersey as an instructor of piano lessons and group classes. Dr. Ernst has taught at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan and piano and piano pedagogy at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her teaching was honored with a campus-wide Graduate Teaching Award at the University of Oklahoma and with the Studio Fellowship Award from the Music Teachers National Association.
Sara Ernst

Smiling Faces and Adapted Approaches in Online Lessons with Children

My recent lessons with elementary and intermediate students have been filled with music making and sweet moments of personal connection. I enjoyed a student's smile with a first lost tooth, another's excitement in showing off her scales with both hands, and exclamations of "I love this piece!" and "That's Treble G!" While these experience...
Continue reading
  0 Comments
Tags:
Sara Ernst technology online teaching COVID-19 Issue beginners
Tweet
0 Comments
Sara Ernst

Purposeful Approaches To Introducing Elementary Repertoire

A higher quality version of this recording will be available on this page soon. Thank you for your understanding. Did you enjoy this webinar? Please complete our brief survey to help us improve our webinar series and continue to bring you the highest quality resources in piano teaching.
  0 Comments
Tags:
webinar SaraErnst repertoire beginning repertoire beginning technique introducing repertoire
Tweet
0 Comments
Sara Ernst

First Looks: Music for Young Children® (MYC®), A group piano program for young children

MUSIC FOR YOUNG CHILDREN (MYC) is a piano-focused music curriculum designed for age-based classes of up to six children (ages 3–9). Founded in Canada by Frances Balodis program's focus on group learning and parental involvement. in 1980, it was most recently revised in 2015, and is now an international&n...
Continue reading
  0 Comments
Tags:
pre-college group piano Sara Ernst First Looks method reviews reviews Music for Young Children Royal Conservatory of Music
Tweet
0 Comments
Sara Ernst

Spring 2019 Technology Review: Slack — A Time-Saving App for Collaborative Projects

​Music teachers who collaborate with other equally busy musicians, must find creative ways around full schedules and unusual working hours. Email, text message, and social media platforms are cumbersome when communicating about team teaching, shared events, and group organizations. Consider a new tool to facilitate shared correspondence: Slack...
Continue reading
  0 Comments
Tags:
technology reviews
Tweet
0 Comments
Sara Ernst

Gurlitt: Aus dem Norden, Op. 130, No. 21

Gurlitt: Aus dem Norden, Op. 130, No. 21
Preparation and Presentation  Pieces that are helpful to have experienced or played before approaching this one. Kohler: Etude in F Major, op. 190, no. 27Diabelli: Vivace in C Major, op. 125, no. 7any pieces that involve playing a LH broken-chord accompaniment against a lyrical RH melody, in either 3/4 or 3/8 Creative activities to explore bef...
Continue reading
  0 Comments
Tags:
repertoire Cornelius Gurlitt Sara Ernst Inspiring Artistry
Tweet
0 Comments
Sara Ernst

To Play and to Study: The Thrill of Discovery

Learning is thrilling. As we feel our own potential expand, we seek to develop our capabilities even further. We feel excitement when a concept clicks into understanding. Our curiosity is piqued when a new challenge reveals itself. The satisfaction of learning is amplified when we are thoroughly engaged in di...
Continue reading
  0 Comments
Tags:
SaraErnst Learning creativity
Tweet
0 Comments
Sara Ernst

Gurlitt: Aus dem Norden, Op. 130, No. 21

Gurlitt
Preparation and Presentation  Pieces that are helpful to have experienced or played before approaching this one. Kohler: Etude in F Major, op. 190, no. 27Diabelli: Vivace in C Major, op. 125, no. 7any pieces that involve playing a LH broken-chord accompaniment against a lyrical RH melody, in either 3/4 or 3/8 Creative activities to explore bef...
Continue reading
  0 Comments
Tags:
repertoire Sara Ernst Inspiring Artistry Cornelius Gurlitt
Tweet
0 Comments
Sara Ernst

Finding the Perfect Pace: Tips for Teaching with Beginning Piano Methods

Click here to download Webinar handout (PDF) Click here to download Webinar slideshow (PDF)  _
  4 Comments
Tweet
Recent Comments
ddonica
Thank you Sara Ernst for such an engaging and relevant webinar! This gives me so many great ideas for planning and working through... Read More
Friday, 06 April 2018 10:25
Kathy Dykstra
So well thought out and presented, Sara...Thank you!
Sunday, 22 April 2018 09:27
Ingfam
Thanks Sara - Since watching the webinar, I have gone through a couple of Method Book Series and done a methodical summary of each... Read More
Monday, 25 June 2018 06:55
4 Comments

About Piano Magazine

Piano Magazine is the leading resource for pianists, piano teachers, and piano enthusiasts. We bring you informative, interesting, and inspiring ideas on all aspects of piano teaching, learning, and performing. The official name of Clavier Companion magazine was changed to Piano Magazine in 2019.

Follow us on

Terms of use

Have Questions?

We are happy to help.

Editorial questions? This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Advertising questions? This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Subscription questions? This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Technical questions? This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.