Stage fright is a real thing. Your hands get sweaty, you blank out on your piano piece and the eyes that are all on you while you're on stage suddenly feel very scary.

Here are some tips on how to help your students with performance anxiety

Learning music is such an incredible thing to learn. Not only is it learning a new language of notes and dynamics and feelings but it’s a way to express feelings through sound. But just like anything new, it can feel frustrating at times to learn something and feel like you’re not learning at the right speed or just plain hard on yourself.

One of my favorite ways to teach toddlers the groups of two and three black keys on the piano is with foam sheets. I take two different colored foam sheets and cut rectangular shapes that fit perfectly on the group of two and three black keys. I make seven identical cutouts for each group; a total of 14 cutouts. I like to use one color for the two black keys and another color foam sheet for the three black keys.

Have you ever been to a music store or searched online for the best piano book to buy for you or your student? It can be overwhelming to know which books to get and I am here to help! There are so many piano methods and books out there. Here are a list of piano series that I highly recommend and use everyday for my students.