Publications.
Discovering Underrepresented Composers
“Becoming Weavers: Piano Students and their Commissioned Arrangements of music by Under-Represented Women Composers,” Piano Magazine, Winter 2020-2021.
Changing the World One Key at a Time: PLPS and the world around us
“When our Students Inspire Others: The Socially Conscious Piano Studio”, Piano Magazine, Winter 2019-2020.
“The Joy of El Sistema Teaching through Community”, NAFME, November 2016.
Make it stand out.
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Interdisciplinary Teaching
“Teaching Music through Art”, Keyboard Companion, Winter 2007.
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Cultivating Brave Spaces in the Piano Studio using DEI Repertoire and Practices, 2024
Course Contribution to "Best Pedagogy Practices in the Lens of DEI” by Leah Claiborne for Piano Inspires and the Francis Clark Center.
2024
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Piano Inspires Kids Magazine Spring 2025
“Penny Lazarus Piano Studio in Massachusetts believes in the power of music to change the world and every year, they use their practice to support a cause or organization. Penny Lazarus shared with Piano Inspires Kids magazine two of the recent projects…’
Students Quotes: “These Piano projects motivate me to practice more because it is connected to a bigger meaning”. Ella Irose
"I like how Teacher Penny connects the music we play to the projects. It makes the songs more fun and exciting to learn: Herbie McConnell
“Penny has ignited a passion for piano in my kids and has also shown them that music is a beautiful gift that multiplies when shared with others”. Piano Parent Erin Irose
“When I set out to learn a new piece, knowing that my progress is not only helping me develop a new skill but also supporting a worthy cause makes the journey so mjuch more rewarding. These projects help me stay committed to my [practice, develop a love for music from lesser known composers and feel good about the change i’m helping to create.” Emerson Reynolds
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American Teacher Magazine
"Beyond Drum Beats and Open Fifths: Indigenous Compositions of the Americas for the Piano Studio", American Teacher Magazine, October 2023.
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Using Silent Movies in the Piano Studio
Chapter: “Long, Lost and Forgotten: Silent Movie Music for the Piano Studio” in the forthcoming book Piano Music Obscured by the Mists of Time, Rediscovering Long-lost Gems by Anthony Olson, PhD, Northwest Missouri State University, forthcoming.
“Teaching Students to Accompany Silent Film in the Classroom”, NAFME, January 2016.
“Using Silent Movie Music to Inspire Expressivity”, Clavier Companion, November 2012.
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Technology
SuperScore Music Score Reading App for Time Warp Technologies, April 2020.
Review for Smart Vibrating Metronome by Soundbrenner, Feburary 2017
“Using Mobile Devices in Teaching”, Clavier Companion, March 2011
Beta Tester for Flash Class Note Reading App by Henry Flurry, November 2010;