Welcome to the Piano At Play blog and the Notekidds online music shop! I’m Rebekah Maxner and this is where I centre my online activities.

You are invited to grab a tea or coffee, sit back and browse my posts and pages. You’ll find:
- helpful tips for piano teaching
- irresistible piano music in my shop that your students will love!
- free printables
- tips for running a successful piano studio
- thoughts on my artistic process
- things that inspire me

“Thank-you for all your work.
I feel so blessed to have found your site.”
~ Katie Gould, Cumberland, Rhode Island
Piano At Play Blog
Keep up-to-date with all my activities, thoughts and theories on my blog. Topics include:
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- Ear training
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- Expressive playing
- Free printables
- Harmony
- Improvisation
- Intermediate Repertoire
- Intro activities
- Late Elementary Repertoire
- Motivation
- Music Festival
- Organ lessons
- Parent relations
- Piano camp
- Piano competitions
- Piano group lessons
- Piano lesson plans
- Piano posture
- Piano yoga
- Policies
- Popular music
- Recipes
- Recital Ideas
- Reviews
- Rhythm cards
- Rote Piano
- Self-maintenance
- Sight reading
- Slow music movement
- Star Wars activities
- Student composition
- Teaching philosophy
- Teaching strategies
- Technique
- Theory
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
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I’m also passionate about…
- riding my bike!
- music by other composers
- the music aboard the RMS Titanic
- food that keeps my engine running
- books
- musicals
- tuxedo cats!
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Visit my Titanic Piano blog!

In 2012 for the centennial of Titanic‘s tragic sinking, I conducted extensive research on the ship’s music venues and design, the Steinway pianos and the bands’ repertoire and wrote the Titanic Piano blog that is now archived and still available!
Consider this your invitation to stay connected!

P.S. The artwork throughout my blog is from a painting (shown above) by the well-loved Nova Scotian artist, Holly Carr, who paints on silk. She also painted the cover art for several of my piano collections.

And speaking about my blog and the design, meet Paul, my husband, who is my online team! Piano at Play is a ‘mom-and-pop’ operation, small and personal. Paul is my tech guy and he makes it possible for me to connect with you and deliver my ideas in such a user-friendly way. To see what he does professionally as an archivist, visit the Nova Scotia Archives. All of my thanks to this terrific guy! ❤