My studio theme/practice incentive this year is Mastering the Mystery of Music. I’ve divided the year into six different sessions, each with a different topic. Our first topic was The Symphony Orchestra. Each week if a student completes his mastery challenges, he receives a clue. The mystery this first session was to figure out which […]
Contests
Win a Free Piano Bears Musical Storybooks collection!
Rebecca over at Piano Teacher’s Retreat is hosting a giveaway. Go visit her site and comment to get your name in a drawing for a chance to win your own Piano Bears Musical Storybooks collection! Read Rebecca’s review of the collection here.
And the winner is…
…Marie Harris! Thanks to all who took part in this contest! I hope you enjoy implementing Go For The Gold in your studios; I would love to hear any feedback or suggestions for improvement. Marie, if you can e-mail me your postal address, I’ll get the box in the mail to you today!
Win a Free Practice Incentive Kit!
As I was clearing all the items from last year’s practice incentive – Go For The Gold! – out of my studio, I contemplated how I would love to pass on all these materials to another teacher who was interested in implementing the theme in his or her studio. I decided that the best way […]
Survey Question #3
Following is the third installment of the Survey Question idea I’m using in my studio this Spring. If you could automatically improve one area of your piano skills, what would it be? * Increasing my piano level. * Learning hard pieces. * Sight-reading. * Lesson work. * Romantic sounding pieces. * Sight-reading. * Sight-reading. * […]
Survey Question #2
My students seem to really be enjoying the survey questions! Here’s the second question I asked, followed by all the responses I received: What’s the most helpful technique you’ve learned in piano lessons? * Playing one hand at a time. * Putting your weight into the keys instead of playing all with your fingers. * […]
