HeyJaredPiano Pedagogy Playlist
It's a great time to be a piano teacher! So many resources on the internet... and so much new music being written by contemporary composers for developing students. Join me each Monday when I'll share with you a piece or two from the contemporary repertoire.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 9
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 3, 2026
Latest episodes
Ep . 51- Spooky Enough, (not just) for October (opens the original)
Read excerpt
This week’s episode is a Halloween episode. Sort of. The three pieces I play don’t involve costumes or trick-or-treating, but they each feel right at home in October- and they’ll still be worth playing in November. Jennifer Eklund’s Dark Waters is a haunting waltz with some satisfying challenges for intermediate students. Ben Crosland’s Mary Had a Scary Lamb takes some familiar childhood sounds to a wonderfully creepy place. And Angeline Bell’s The Spider offers a more graceful look at a creatur
Ep. 50- The Right Piece at the Right Time (Quick Wins) (opens the original)
Read excerpt
You can sense when a child’s enthusiasm and interest is beginning to wane. It could be for a variety of reasons, some of which we have no control over. But finding just the right repertoire for a student, that has the highest chance of making them eager to keep reaching for that next step- that is something we can influence. Sometimes, a student just needs a quick and easy win. In this episode, I’m sharing three engaging pieces for elementary through intermediate level pianists that offer a sati
Ep. 49- Ben Crosland is “2 Kool 4 Skool” (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A school day in five piano miniatures: a beautiful September morning, a little studying, some blues on the playground, one kid who’s much too cool- and a daydream about the summer just past. I perform five selections from Ben Crosland’s Easy Beans and consider what makes this varied collection so appealing to young pianists. They are fairly short, accessible pieces, but each bears Crosland’s unmistakable mark of creativity and for giving young pianists something with genuine character to play. B
Ep. 48- Sad Songs (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Music becomes meaningful when it helps us explore something human. For younger students, the challenge of learning something new might be enough to maintain interest. But eventually they need to figure out that music making is about more than getting it right, more than just doing it correctly. In this episode, I play two pieces that might help students connect the dots between how we make music and why. "Tristesse" by Chris Caine from his collection "A Year in Twelve Keys", and then the "Sad Pr
Ep. 47 – A Lotta Toccata (opens the original)
Read excerpt
When one of your students encounters a piece titled “Toccata” for the first time, how do you explain what that means? I think a lot of us describe a toccata as a quick, running of our fingers over the keys, kind of like checking out what’s under the hood- seeing what kind of horsepower we’ve got under there. But toccatas aren’t just about taking your instrument for a musical test-drive. In this week’s podcast, I’m playing three contemporary toccatas that have virtuosic elements, but at their roo
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.