Piano at Play
DIY Piano Dictation Book: your professional communication tool [Printables]
Want to save phone calls, misunderstandings with piano parents regarding policies, and streamline how you operate your studio business? Consider printing your own studio dictation books. Put everything into one book: policies, practicing hints, phone numbers, performance hall addresses, finger exercises, staff paper and lesson sheets, bound with Yearbook-style covers. ...continue reading →
Understanding piano parents: What Minor League Baseball taught me
As I sat through ball practices and games, barely catching the innings and outs, I finally understood how it felt to be a piano parent who didn't know the ins and outs of piano. What I learned from being a ball mom who felt almost completely in the dark, was a brand-new sense of compassion for the well-meaning yet uninformed piano parent. ...continue reading →
'Quitting' piano: 7 options for teachers, students and parents
Someday each and every student is going to discontinue. It is natural and inevitable. No one takes piano lessons forever. Yet, the emotion of stopping is usually wrapped up in disappointment or regret. Here are some ideas for piano teachers to help all involved navigate the end of a student's piano lesson chapter with compassion and professionalism. ...continue reading →
How Motherhood changed the way I teach piano (Piano Teacher Confessions)
In my piano teaching journey, everything has changed since motherhood helped me understand children from a more personal viewpoint. Piano students are children, not just piano students. Children. Not future piano teachers, not future performers, not future professional musicians. Children. Today. ...continue reading →
