Do you have any incentive ideas for a memorizing contest, or something of that nature to encourage memorizing pieces? Some of my students are very beginner, and some are older students who have transferred (or who have REALLY applied themselves). How do you make it equal for both types of students – the 6-year olds […]
Earn Shopping Money through Swagbucks
This isn’t exactly a music-related resource, but I’ve found it to be a great tool for earning money to spend on music-related resources, so I thought I would mention it again now that I’ve been using it for a while (plus, I get some sort of special credit if you sign up through my link)! […]
Voice Lesson Resource
Last fall, a friend of mine who is a vocalist and I decided to trade lessons – she would teach me voice and I would teach her piano. I’m afraid her job is considerably more difficult than mine! She alerted me to this website with Free Online Singing Lessons that has a wealth of information […]
A Compendium of Composers
Yesterday, I shared a little bit about the Galaxy of Composers group class that we held in the studio last week. In preparation for this each student selected (or was given) a composition by a composer of interest to them. I tried to keep the duplicate composers to a minimum, but of course we did […]
Group Class Briefing Session: A Galaxy of Composers
In keeping with our Exploring a Galaxy of Music theme for the year, last week’s Briefing Session (a.k.a. group class) was themed A Galaxy of Composers. Here are a couple shots from the evening: I held this session at the studio, so twenty of us crammed into the small space to listen to performances, play […]
Monday Mailbag – Taking Time Off
How do you schedule the right to take a week off each semester? This is the exact wording from my studio policy: The schedule for each semester, including weeks that there will be no lessons, is posted on the website (here) and included in the September newsletter each year. The schedule is structured to allow […]
