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Cliburn YouTube Contest Winner Announced!

June 1, 2008 by natalie Leave a Comment

Congratulations to 35 year-old gastroenterologist Christopher Shih, winner of the first Cliburn YouTube contest. Check out all the latest news here.

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Survey Question #8

May 30, 2008 by natalie Leave a Comment

Another random, non-musical question. These are fun just to get to know the students a little better! After this my creativity ran out, so this was the last of the survey questions for this year. If anyone has ideas for other survey questions, I would love to know what they are! A lot of my […]

Filed Under: Student Surveys

Survey Question #7

May 29, 2008 by natalie Leave a Comment

I decided to do a random non-musical question for number seven – partly just for something different and partly because I was running out of good ideas for lesson-related questions. 🙂 If you could take a trip anywhere in the world, where would you go? * Europe. * 1. Ireland. 2. Prince Edward Island. * […]

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Survey Question #6

May 28, 2008 by natalie 2 Comments

You can see that I have quite a few less responses to this question than some of the others. I just left it up to the students each week to decide if they wanted to answer the question or not. What performance tips have been the most helpful to you? * Just focus on your […]

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Survey Question #5

May 27, 2008 by natalie 2 Comments

Here is the fifth survey question I asked my students, followed by their answers: What advice would you give to a new piano student about practicing? * Never give up. * Never stop trying. * Get your rhythm correct. * Do it every day. * First play it slow, then play it backwards. * Play […]

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How to Transition to Longer Lessons

May 24, 2008 by natalie 6 Comments

Several years ago I realized that 30-minute lessons were not enough for most of the students in my studio. We were always running out of time, things felt rushed, and the students would lose motivation because a piece they had worked on really hard to play for me would get a little star beside it […]

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