Suzan Pleva, who said

Hello All! I always feel so at home among my fellow teachers! Everyone has such great and interesting things to say. It’s amazing how it doesn’t really matter what state you are in; the quipps of our profession seem to have that similar melody!

Suzan, send me your address at pianoteacherblog(at)yahoo(dot)com, and your free sheet music will be shipped to you!

Ok!  Are you ready for another giveaway from www.discountlessonbooks.com?  Discount Lesson Books offers lesson books at a discount, if you didn’t already figure out!  You can order from their website or call 1-800-692-4540.

This week, they are giving away 1 copy each of:

According to Random.org, the winner of the awesome giveaway is:

Comment #20: Dan the Music Master!

Dan, send me an email at pianoteacherblog{at}yahoo{dot}com with your address, so your copy of Mozart’s Sonatas and Fantasies can be shipped to you!

And to everyone who didn’t win, you’ll get a chance for another giveaway.  Check back later today for the announcement!

I’m sure you ran to the computer this morning to see if I posted the giveaway I teased about yesterday.  I wouldn’t even be surprised if you lost sleep over it.  And for that, I am sorry.  But, tonight, you can get some good rest, comfortable in your knowledge of the fantastic giveaway here at Piano Teacher’s Retreat.

Discountlessonbooks, a great website that offers savings on all method books and teaching materials, is doing another great giveaway! 

This week, you can win the complete Mozart Sonatas and Fantasies for the piano, edited by Broder.  You can see the list of those sonatas and fantasies here.

If you win, you don’t even have to share this giveaway with your students.  (I wouldn’t!)

To win: Leave a comment on this post, telling me any or all of the following:  1. your favorite thing about teaching, 2. your least favorite thing about teaching, 3. your favorite composer to play, 4. your favorite color, or 5. your favorite thing about me.  (That last one was a joke, of course.)

The results of the giveaway will be announced June 22.  As always, you can get extra entries for blogging about this giveaway or sending a friend to comment.

Thanks for reading!

Shauna Rahm, who said,

My students and I would love to have a chance to play from these books! We love that style of music. Thanks for the chance to win all 6 books!

Shauna, please email me at pianoteacherblog{at}yahoo{dot}com with your address, and your books will be shipped to you straightaway!

Thank you to everyone who commented!  And don’t despair.  There’s another giveaway coming up!

Stay tuned this week for another great giveaway, a discussion about the roles of parents during lessons, a funny failed attempt for motivating a student to practice, and more!

Thanks for reading.  I do so love you.

Are you excited?  Another great giveaway is coming your way!

Discount Lesson Books is so kindly offering to give away a set of music books to one lucky reader.  They are giving away the In Recital With Jazz, Blues, and Rags Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6.  What a great collection to own! 

I wish I could win this one, because I really want to add these books to my library!  Your library can never ever be too full of great music, and this is a great way to add to it.

How do you win?  Leave a comment!  Right here on this post!  How easy, right?  I will announce a lucky winner June 15.  That’s this Monday.  So get commenting.

As always, you can receive extra entries for blogging about this giveaway or for sending a friend.

I recently stumbled upon the works of Elijah Bossenbroek, and I’m so glad I did.  He’s a very talented composer in Michigan.  You can listen to his songs at his website www.elijahbossenbroek.com.  His songs are perfectly lovely.  I especially love “A Song of Simplicity” and “On the Wings.”  Which ones are you going to fall in love with?

I’m getting to the best part of this post.  He has generously offered readers of Piano Teacher’s Retreat a fabulous deal you can’t pass up- because it’s free!

Here’s the deal: go to his website www.elijahbossenbroek.com, send him an email telling him you found his site from pianoteacherblog.com, and he’ll send you a download of the sheet music for his song “A Song of Simplicity!” (Which is my favorite song of his, by the way!).  It retails for $5.00, so you’re getting a steal of a deal.

What are you waiting for?  Go get the sheet music to this beautiful song!  And don’t forget to listen to his other songs.  Oh so beautiful.

Oh wait.  Do wait for just a little minute.  Did you remember that PianoMorning.com is also offering readers of Piano Teacher’s Retreat a fabulous deal (I know I use the word fabulous too much.)  If you sign up for a year’s subscription, they will give you a $10 refund when you write to them mentioning Piano Teacher’s Retreat. I just started a subscription and I’m super excited about the theory activities and songs they have available to subscribers.

K.  Now you’re free to go.  Have a great day!

Jennifer, who said,

Sounds like a great giveaway. Thanks Rebecca!

Jennifer, you’ve won a free month’s subscription to www.pianomorning.com!  Yay!  Contact me at pianoteacherblog@yahoo.com and I will get you the information you need!

And to those who didn’t win, don’t despair!  Pianomorning.com has generously offered Piano Teacher’s Retreat readers $10 off a 1 year subscription!  To get this fantastic deal, sign up for a year subscription, then write to them mentioning pianoteacherblog.com, and they will refund you $10.

Gosh, I feel like Ellen Degeneres.  Even when contestants don’t win the contests on her show, they still get to take home a fun prize.  Thanks to Pianomorning.com for making me feel like Ellen!

And thanks to all of you for being such wonderful readers!

Happy Monday!  I am so excited to announce this giveaway!

Pianomorning is giving one lucky Piano Teacher’s Retreat reader a free month subscription to their awesome site! 

PianoMorning.com was created by a staff of qualified teachers and composers from the “Canyon Country” area of Southern Utah and Florida’s Orange County in central Orlando.

They provide high quality services to piano teachers everywhere with downloadable theory supplements, new music, monthly articles and “contact” services.

A subscriber to www.pianomorning.com has access to over 200 sheets of theory supplements and music (primer to late intermediate level) with new items added weekly!  You can download the resources as many times as you need while you are a subscriber. 

Doesn’t that sound like a great service?

Now, you’re asking yourself, “Just what do I have to do to win this awesome subscription for a month?”

It couldn’t be easier!  Simply leave a comment on this post telling me why you love me.  Just kidding.  Leave a comment on this post about anything and everything and you will receive one entry in the random drawing which will take place at midnight on Monday, May 25.

If you want to increase your chances of winning this awesome giveaway, tell a friend!  When you tell a friend (that friend must tell me you sent him/her), you will receive THREE additional entries in the random drawing that takes place on Monday, May 25.

If you want to increase your chances even more, blog about this fantastic giveaway!   You will receive FIVE additional entries in the random drawing that takes place on Monday, May 25.

If you’ve been trying to keep track but got lost, I’ll summarize for you:

1. ONE entry for a simple comment on this post. 
2. THREE additional entries for telling a friend (there’s no limit to how many friends you can tell).
3. FIVE additional entries for blogging about this awesome giveaway!

Go check out www.pianomorning.com!  And don’t forget to leave a comment here!