By now, many of you are deep into your WunderKeys lessons. Hopefully, you have had the opportunity to try out our WunderKeys duets. At a recent recital for our own music school we had over 30 WunderKeys students literally “steal the show” with their WunderKeys duets.
I am always amazed at the confidence of our youngest students. Most, if not all, are completely immune to the social discomfort that many children and adults feel during piano performances. They confidently walk to the piano, sit beside their teacher and play their little hearts out.
We even had one preschooler so overjoyed with his performance that he did an impromptu happy dance before leaving the stage!
The WunderKeys duets are important for so many different reasons:
1. they allow students to play “real songs” (pieces) almost immediately
2. they encourage familiarity and comfort with performing at a young age
3. they create a strong teacher-student bond
4. they enhance musicality through ear training and rhythmic awareness
So this week, break out those preschool piano duets. They are a riot for everyone involved.
