One of the most helpful practices that I’ve implemented in my studio is conducting interviews with prospective new piano students and their parents. This is the second element of my self-weeding-out process (for lack of a better term!). The first is that I send them to my studio website and email them a copy of […]
Planning for Piano Camp!
Is anyone else experiencing Spring Fever yet? I’m itching to be outside working in my garden… (Truth be told I couldn’t wait any longer, so I planted several dozen seeds that I’m hoping I can nurture in their temporary egg carton dwellings until the danger of the last frost passes and I can transplant them. […]
Teaching Transfer Piano Students – Part One
Many years ago I walked into the piano studio of a new teacher, having recently realized that my years of piano lessons had left numerous gaps to which I was oblivious. Participating in a nation-wide music event as a high schooler had revealed this shocking truth to me and I was eager to make up […]
Jerald Simon Launches Weekly Friday Freebie Giveaway
You probably know Jerald Simon as the Cool Songs for Kids (over 200 now!) composer. That’s how I first became introduced to his work. He is always producing more material than I can keep up with, but I was excited to see that during the month of March he is offering a weekly free giveaway […]
Beat Bingo Game is a Blast!
I recently came across this new-to-me game called Beat Bingo as I was perusing the Blitz Books website. The Beat Bingo Game instructions and cards are available as a free download. We decided to give it a try at our group class this month and we all had a great time with it! It’s a […]
New Free Find the Music Note Worksheet
Here’s the next installment in the simple worksheets I’m creating for my little 4-year old nephew – a Find the Right Music Note worksheet. You can download and print it for free to use it in your studio!
