PIKES PEAK MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Reference/Links/Advertisers
Music Teachers Associations:

Colorado State Music Teacher Association (CSMTA):  www.comusicteachers.net

Music Teachers National Association (MTNA):  www.mtna.org
PPMTA Member Web Sites:  Add yours here by e-mailing your URL to hollyaldridge@live.com

Connie Castro Music Studio:  www.conniecastro.com

Sylvia Holt's Web Site:  www.sylviaspianostudio.com

Piano Studio of Janice Saffir and Paul Stephens http://www.SpringsPianoLessons.com

Holly Aldridge's Web site  http://haldridge.musicteachershelper.com 

The Barbara Taylor Music Studio:  http://www.BarbaraTaylorMusicStudio.com

Pamela L. Brunson's Web Site: www.pianobypam.com


SPA Practice Theory Tests:  Click on CSMTA's website and the Student Activities tab for detailed study information.  You may need to hold down your "Ctrl" key while you click on the test if your security program gives you problems.


Honors 2001           
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Honors 2005
Honors 2006 (not available, yet)
Honors 2007 (not available, yet)
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Artist 2006  (not available, yet)
Artist 2007 (not available, yet)
Music Web Sites:


www.sheetmusicdigital.com   Sign up FREE as a teacher.  As a result, you can download many major composer piano sheet music that we use for teaching  (that are 75 years old or older) FREE including

  • Bach two-part  inventions, preludes and fugues
  • Pieces by Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Saint-Saens, Clementi, Purcell, Haydn
  • Czerny’s 100 Progressive Exercises& Hanon Exercises
  • Church music, children’s, folk, rag, etc.
  • Arranged for several different instruments
  • Blank manuscript paper
  • Weekly practice record 
  • Posters

Your students can sign up for the FREE access under the student registration code that you will be assigned. You can order music from this site as well as download.  The downloaded pieces print very well.   You can change the key that the piece/song is in before you print it.

www.8notes.com/metronome  For students who don't have a metronome and have a laptop or computer by their piano.  

 

www.8notes.com/theory    Those studying for the Certification Test will find this site describes a lot of things including Neapolitan Chords, which you may need to know about.

www.good-ear.com Great for student ear training for the State Tests on recognizing chords, intervals and scales.  

www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/ a multi-media dictionary and appendix which has all sorts of music terms and information

www.azlyrics.com for lyrics to almost any song.

www.musicappreciation.com which is a music history study/quiz site 
 

www.wwnorton.com/college/music/grout7   extensive site for music history, quizzes, listening


www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/music/other_music/music_theory.html
ADVERTISERS

 

The Editorial Board thanks the following businesses that placed paid advertisements in this PPMTA Handbook. We encourage members to support them and mention seeing the ad in the PPMTA Handbook.

 

 

Amateur Pianist International

Colorado Springs Chorale

Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale

David Huggins Tuner/Technician

Ed Howes II Piano Company

First Christian Church Concert Series

Frederick Harris Music

Graner School Music, Inc.

KCME FM88.7

Meeker Music, Inc.

Pennington Piano Services

Pianos New and Used

Prima Music

Rich Van Slooten, A440 Precision Piano Tuning

Rockley Music Center

 

 

 
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