At a recent conference, Betty Todd Smith, a wonderful conference presenter said, “Children never tire of repetition. It is we adults who hate the monotony of repetition.” That sentence really struck a chord with me as a piano teacher. I
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Trying to increase the number of students in your studio by 5 or 10 is one thing, but if you find yourself needing to move to a community, filling 30-40 spots is much more difficult! If you find yourself in
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One frequent question among new and seasoned piano teachers is, “What is the best way to market piano lessons?” Of course, there are many ways of marketing piano lessons, but some are clearly better ways of finding and keeping committed
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I’m on a bit of a break from teaching and posting on the ComposeCreate blog, but I wanted to give thanks to some very important people on this very important day. I’d like to thank those who have sacrificed their
In the past few months, you’ve seen some articles about the piano teaching business by Kristin Yost in the Dollars and Sense category of this blog. If you haven’t had the opportunity to see her workshop, “How I Made $100,000
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Here is a poem by Kansan Amy Fleury that I am currently mulling over and is this weeks’ featured Inspiration Point. Spiritus Mundi Listen around to the long sentence the land is saying, to the wind rumoring through the
A comment was left on the Keeping Track of Student Progress – Part 3 article from someone who “reluctantly” tried Google docs. I am not selling anything here, and I really don’t care what people use to track their students’
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A few weekends ago, my students participated in the Kansas MTA musicianship exams called Music Progressions. One of my piano teacher friends and I were in the office commenting on how difficult it is for some students to remember the
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Susan Paradis, a generous teacher friend who shares many of her creative resources, sent me this picture of one of her students who was super excited to play Tangy Tango! She’s in first grade, and after learning the piece, she
by Kristin Yost Studies of business success over time have shown that companies that emphasizegoals in addition to making money succeed better and survive longer than companieswhose sole motivation is monetary. Rhonda Abrams, The Successful Business Plan; Secrets & Strategies
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Merry to Moody:
Holiday music for everyone!
Tired of the usual holiday music?This free webinar is just for you! Lots of new, original, and classic holiday, winter, and seasonal music will wow your students onto the bench! And you'll love the new audience participation piece as well!
