It’s summer. We’ve had over thirty days of 100+ degree weather. And I have the travel bug! It’s so much fun to research and plan trips, so I just couldn’t resist getting a head start on travel plans for next year’s MTNA conference in New York City! Is anyone else making plans to attend? One […]
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Selling a Piano Studio as a Business
A while back I was contacted by another teacher requesting input on the protocol for selling her piano studio. Since I’ve never been in the position of buying or selling a business, I had to tell her that I didn’t have a clue! However, after getting some additional counsel and going through the process herself, […]
Monday Mailbag – Quest for Capital Questions
I’m trying to decide on a theme for the year and I’m still unsure about how Quest for Capital works. Could you give me a little more info on how you invest in a particular stock? I guess I don’t know how stocks work myself! I’ve been getting quite a few questions about this Quest […]
Reaching the Younger Generation with Classical Music
Any outing to a local classical music concert will quickly reveal that the median age of attendees is somewhere around sixty, give or take a few years. But not anymore at the Utah Symphony thanks to the efforts of a group of high school students who have started their own Symphony Club. You’re sure to […]
Review and Giveaway of The Shape of Music by Jenni Fansler
Several months ago, a Music Matters Blog reader sent me an e-mail with a reference to a series of piano books for very young children called, The Shape of Music, by Jenni Fansler. I contacted the author about the books and she kindly sent me a couple of review copies to look over. I am […]
Monday Mailbag – Advancing Students Too Quickly
What dangers are there, if any, in advancing a student too soon? This is one of those lessons that I learned the hard way. There are a lot of disadvantages to advancing students too quickly. Here are some of them: they often struggle with complex rhythms in the harder pieces technique skills don’t match the […]
