Category: Active Listening

Active Listening With 5 Famous Piano Pieces Inspired by Autumn

11/7/2025

If you've read some of my previous blog posts, you know I am a big fan of incorporating active listening activities into lessons. Not only does it give teachers the opportunity to introduce students to a variety of musical styles, it also creates the opportunity to discuss topics like musical form, interpretation, technique, and artistic expression...just to name a few.

So today I am sharing 5 famous piano pieces in a variety of styles that were all inspired by the season of autumn. I hope these pieces inspire your students and encourage musical discussion in your lessons this month!

Keep reading for video links to these famous pieces...

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8 Active Listening Pieces for Summer

5/9/2025

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I love incorporating active listening into lessons. It is a great way to introduce your students to new composers, as well as to help them to develop their listening skills!

Today I am sharing 8 short (5 minutes or less) summer-themed active listening pieces that you can use with your students this season! Whether you listen to these together in lessons or assign these as summer projects, these 8 pieces will introduce your students to a variety of musical styles by composers and performers from diverse backgrounds.

Keep reading to see the list...

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Musicianship Monthly #33: Focus on Historical Women Composers

2/28/2024

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The start of a new month means it is time for a new "Musicianship Monthly" activity!

What is "Musicianship Monthly?" Each month, I share links to free resources you can use to focus on a specific musicianship skill with your students all month long! Want to see past skills we have covered? Click HERE!

Did you know that March is women's history month? For our Musicianship Monthly focus this month, we will be celebrating the role of women in music with a focus on historical women composers!

Keep reading to find links to FREE biographies, listening activities, sheet music, and more celebrating women composers of the past!

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Musicianship Monthly #28: Active Listening with Halloween Classics!

9/25/2023

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October is almost here, and the start of a new month means it is time for a new "Musicianship Monthly" activity!

What is "Musicianship Monthly?" Each month, I share links to free resources you can use to focus on a specific musicianship skill with your students all month long! Want to see past skills we have covered? Click HERE!

This month, we will be learning about 4 famous classical pieces that we often hear played at Halloween! Read on to see video performances, printable composer biographies, and links to free and paid sheet music for each of these famous spooky classics....

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Musicianship Monthly #22: Active Listening

12/30/2022

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It's "Musicianship Monthly" time, and what better way to kick off the new year than by working on an important musicianship skill?

What is "Musicianship Monthly?" Each month, I share links to free resources you can use to focus on a specific musicianship skill with your students all month long! Want to see past skills we have covered? Click HERE!

In this month's edition of "Musicianship Monthly," we will be working on active listening skills! Keep reading to learn more....

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Active Listening With 5 Famous Piano Pieces Inspired by Autumn

8 Active Listening Pieces for Summer

Musicianship Monthly #33: Focus on Historical Women Composers

Musicianship Monthly #28: Active Listening with Halloween Classics!

Musicianship Monthly #22: Active Listening

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