A couple nights ago I presented my workshop, Creativity on the Cutting Edge, to a music teachers association. In so doing, I was reminded of this wonderful statement about the teaching method of Theodor Leschetizky in an article about him in the September/October 2012 issue of American Music Teacher: “The great quality of Leschetizky was […]
[How to] Expand Your Teaching Practice Online – A Guest Post by Phil Amalong
It is now second nature to turn to search engines like Google and Bing to find just about anything. Guess what? Your potential students (and their parents) are searching for a music teacher online right this minute. There are over 1 million music-learning-related searches every month on Google alone! There’s a growing wave of music […]
Theory Strips – An Ingenious Idea!
At the MTNA Conference I had the privilege of meeting Bonnie Slaughter, the creator of this ingenious approach to theory. I like to think of it as the text messaging approach to music theory. 🙂 Theory Strips are a 10-level program that organize music theory concepts into strips that can easily be completed one day […]
More 2013 MTNA Conference Notes
We should be back to the Monday Mailbag feature next week, but for this week, I thought I would direct you to several other teachers who have blogged about the conference: Jennifer Foxx, of Foxx Piano Studio Resources, took notes on a number of the sessions that I didn’t get to, so check out her […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Full Conference Blog Post Schedule
Saturday Welcome to Southern California! Evening – Opening Session Sunday Early Morning – Faber Showcase Morning – Advanced Masterclass Late Morning – Elementary Piano Technique by Nancy Bachus Early Afternoon – Alfred Showcase Afternoon – Ten Steps to Parnassus: The Keyboard Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Late Afternoon – Variety Night – Dinner Get-Together Monday […]
2013 MTNA Conference – Wednesday Morning – Speaking Their Language: Teaching the Child with Autism
Hannah Creviston, Victoria Jacobs, and Heather Wheeler presented this session, each coming from different perspectives and diverse experiences, but with a desire to help music educators best know how to teach children with autism. Hannah began with a poem about someone planning a trip to Italy, but ending up in Holland. Dealing with children with […]
