Wouldn’t it be great if students had regular access to copious amounts of new sight-reading material? As piano teachers, we are all aware of the necessity to find  interesting and varied selections to keep a pupil’s attention, and to encourage consistent practice. A new Sight Reading Academy is launching today, and it might just provide an answer to this issue.

Sight Reading Academy  delivers a steady stream of new, unseen, level-appropriate sight-reading material right to you or your student’s laptop or tablet, and it includes innovative video exercises which have been developed to improve sight-reading.

Students can just sign up and have instant access to continuous “days” of sight-reading material. Just follow a link to each day, complete the music and exercises, and that’s all there is to it! This should only add around 5 – 8 minutes to your practice time, but the habit of continually reading new  music extracts with the video exercises will make a tremendous difference to your sight-reading ability.

Teachers have full access to the first month, so they can fully understand how it all works, and then they can also either pay for their students, receiving discounts deals on bundles of accounts, or simply invite students to sign up on their own, allowing them to purchase their own account. Either way, teachers are able to track their progress in a “Teacher Dashboard.”

Find out lots more about  the new Sight Reading Academy here: www.sightreadingacademy.com

Publications

Melanie Spanswick has written and published a wide range of courses, anthologies, examination syllabuses, and text books, including Play it again: PIANO (published by Schott Music). This best-selling graded, progressive piano course contains a large selection of repertoire featuring a huge array of styles and genres, with copious practice tips and suggestions for every piece.

For more information, please visit the publications page, here.