Piano lessons and recitals in person or online? What's safe post-vaccine?
Once you are fully vaccinated you may be asking whether it will be safe for you to return to in-person teaching and recitals. This post explores multiple teaching set-ups from private studios to music schools and travelling to students homes, and weighs the risks of each. Does the vaccine protect you and your students? Read more. … continue reading →
Piano Student Registration: How Pre-registration in the spring makes your fall schedule easy
When you Pre-register your students you'll know what to expect in the fall. You'll have a good idea of your schedule, your income and how many new students you'll be able to accept. Your studio families will know that their preferred time is reserved for them. And new students will know that you have room to accept them. Pre-registration is a win-win! Find out how! … continue reading →
No-nonsense Piano studio Policy updates for COVID-19
Are your piano studio policies ready for a COVID-19 update? Here's a peek into the new policies I implemented to help lessons run smoothly, even when faced with a global pandemic. It's best to put your expectations in writing! … continue reading →
Guidelines for teaching piano lessons during COVID-19
Piano teachers can overcome the challenges of teaching piano during COVID-19. But sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming. If you need a little help, inspiration, ideas for online teaching or thoughts on staying safer in person, look to the articles linked in this launchpad post. We can do this! … continue reading →
Streamline your Piano teaching Schedule for COVID-19
Whether teaching online, in person or a hybrid schedule, this post gives real-life solutions to online fatigue, for saving time disinfecting, and the complications of students back-to-back in person. Teaching during COVID-19 isn’t easy, but this post has ideas to help you manage better! … continue reading →
New piano studio layout designed for COVID-19 distancing
Want to feel safer with in-person piano lessons? Here are pointers on how to create a safer studio set-up from the moment your student arrives until they wave goodbye. Tips on sanitizer, masks, distancing, how to be safer without masks and more! ...continue reading →
Early piano registration: How to plan ahead for the unknown
Early registration helps the piano teacher know which students plan to return to lessons in the fall, and this makes your planning easier. But with COVID-19 there are so many unknowns. How can piano teachers best handle pre-registration this year? Read to find out! ...continue reading →
Online piano lessons: Pointers for families setting up at home
Piano teachers can share this blog post with piano families to help them prepare for online lessons through the Zoom platform. This is the post I’m sharing with my own students and if you find it helpful, feel free to share it with yours, too! ...continue reading →
Health-proof your piano studio: Doctor-recommended steps [COVID-19]
Dr. Judy Price is currently practicing medicine as a General Practitioner. I had the chance to pick her brain about how piano teachers can help to keep ourselves, our piano students and communities safe in light of the current global pandemic of the novel coronavirus - COVID-19.
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