How to Host a Free Piano Recital!

This past weekend was my Spring Piano Recital! My students and I all look forward to this fun opportunity to perform and show how much they’ve learned and how hard they’ve worked. When I first began teaching piano, I had the recitals in my house. It was a lot of work rearranging furniture, cleaning, bringing in extra chairs, etc. but it was a great way to save money. As I added more students, we outgrew having the recitals at my house. I needed another option and I wanted it to be free. Then I got an idea….this past Christmas some of my students did a service project and performed Christmas songs at a retirement home just a few miles down the street. There is one 96-year-old woman that lives there that we know from church and she and all the retirees were thrilled to have us come! So I called up the retirement center and asked if we could have our official spring recital there. They loved the idea! The people that live there enjoy having shows put on, kids to visit with, and something different to do at night. The staff was extremely helpful and arranged chairs, set out drinks, and advertised our coming. It was wonderful! We had a packed house and had to bring in extra chairs. After the recital, my piano students passed out cookies to the residents that came and watched. They chatted with men and women that were 80 years their senior and enjoyed sharing their musical talent with them. Overall, it was a win-win-win. Doing the recital there provided the elderly residents with an opportunity to enjoy a fun concert, the kids performing were able to perform a service with their talent, and it was free.

Possible Free Places to Have a Recital

Your Home
Retirement Center
Church
School
Music Store
Library
School

Here’s another FREEBIE for you! I gave each of my students a small gift after the recital. I made some printable piano cards that read “Great Job” to include with their gift. If you’d like to use them to here’s a link to a free pdf download. They come 4 per page.