I am wondering about having a contract with my students, expecting a certain amount of practice commitment from them. I have one family, in particular, whose children seldom ever practice. This has been going on for approximately four years now. I have mentioned this to their parents and to the students. They always say, “Ok, […]
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MTNA Conference 2010
MTNA has announced their 2010 conference: Take a trip down Route 66 as MTNA heads to Albuquerque, New Mexico, for this year’s National Conference, March 20–24, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency and Albuquerque Convention Center! This year’s conference highlights include: Evening concerts by pianist Kevin Kenner and cellist William De Rosa, the American Pianist Association […]
Monday Mailbag – Discontinuing Lessons
When you charge by the month and someone wants to quit at some point, how do you reconcile with previous months, or do they just finish out the month? This is the way my policy is worded: Dismissal If any of the following situations persists after I have notified you and provided time to correct […]
Piano Camp Lesson Plans
Piano Camp Lesson Plans This is the daily outline for our week-long piano camp, with lots of hyperlinks to correlating resources and websites. If you’re interested in planning a fun, memorable Piano Camp for your own studio, this will give you the information and tools you need. The outline is succinct and easy-to-follow. It can […]
Piano Camp – A Game and Final Performances!
For our final day of Piano Camp, I decided to switch things up just a little and play a game to start off the lesson. Since we were focusing on relative keys today, I printed off a copy of my Major Minor Scale Matchup Worksheet on cardstock and then cut it into rectangles with one […]
Piano Camp – Composer Spotlight!
We just finished our third morning of Piano Camp. Hard to believe we only have one day left! One of our daily activities is a Composer Spotlight. I wanted to highlight some of the lesser known composers, and also incorporate aspects of how they used their music to glorify God. I already had on my […]
