Over the past few months, I’ve had several conversations with teachers from Indiana, Florida, and elsewhere about how to encourage more students to compose and enter compositions in festivals and competitions. Well, as I was judging the Indiana Music Teachers Association’s […]
A New Idea to Get More Student Composers! Read More »
6 shortcuts to jump start and encourage creative piano teaching. A comprehensive guide to creative piano teaching that will result in new ideas.
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In the online workshop “The Best Stress-free Business Practices for Your Studio” we discuss why it’s important for teachers to keep up with inflation and raise their prices a little every year. With the wonderful conversations we’ve had about this, I
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How Can I Be a More Creative Piano Teacher? It’s so important to know how to nurture nurture creativity and inspiration in our music teaching lives. It’s too easy to get involved in our students and their learning and forget
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Not feeling up to a piano or music camp this summer, but still know that you need to “change it up” a bit? That’s the way I feel this year. So I thought you might enjoy hearing my own brainstorming
5 Sizzlin’ Summer Piano Ideas – Without a Lot of Work Read More »
How Often Should I Raise Teaching Rates? It’s that time of year when we all start updating our policies! I hope that you’ve had a chance to read about “How to Move to a No Makeups Policy.” You will be
Should I Raise My Teaching Rates This Year? Read More »
Yes, that’s right! I will be giving the “Stress-free Business Practices for Your Studio” workshop in two locations this summer and both are very affordable! As you can tell, this is the week for learning about summer learning opportunities for
The “Stress-free Business Practices Workshop” May Be Headed Your Way! Read More »
Now that spring break is over, I’m sure you are thinking about your summer plans. Why not put a piano teaching seminar, workshop, or conference on your agenda? No, not the ones where someone is trying to sell you something,
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We are all creative and I’m sure you all know that one of my missions with ComposeCreate.com is to empower you to both believe that you are creative, to be creative, and to learn how to bring out the musical
The Creative Piano Teacher Summer Workshop Read More »
Sometimes I am jealous of other professions who are slightly more business minded than ours. For example, every year, my husband gets to attend and be a judge for “Startup Weekend” which features creative entrepreneurs getting together to pitch business
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Perk Up Practice!
Autumn & Halloween Music
Grab your pumpkin spice latte and listen to composers talk about how to teach their newest autumn & Halloween music! Join hundreds of creative teachers for an uplifting time of encouragement & learning! New MACs released at this webinar!
