by Kristin Yost of PianoTeacherSchool.com and Centre for Musical Minds in Texas. Admit it, you’re a piano teacher that teaches at least one lesson every week of the year, and you spend “summer” doing too many makeup lessons. When asked why […]
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Now through March 31st, you can get 40% off books on technique from Hal Leonard. See all of the books included in this special offer here. Here are a few books in which I am especially interested: Piano Teacher’s
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About a month ago, I purchased the Eggspert Quizzing System and began using it in my studio. Since then, I have not stopped raving about how my students and I love it! Many of you have also purchased the inexpensive
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How do teachers only teach 45 or so weeks a year and still make a living? I’m working 48-50 weeks per year and still feel like I’m just scraping by! Answered by Kristin Yost You are the CEO of your
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As promised, I wanted to link to Stephen Hough’s own answer to his question, “Can you be a musician and not write music?” He clearly thinks you can indeed be a musician and not write music, but I love that
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Here’s some good advice and things to remember from Ira Glass, the host of This American Life. http://youtu.be/BI23U7U2aUY
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Over the years, I’ve had my students critique each other a number of times. Mostly its been for their performances of pieces in our group Performance Classes. We’ve used a variety of materials to do this from the Performance Class
As promised, I am adding a feature to the Dollars and Sense category of the blog called Dollars and Sense Q&A! Kristin Yost has give a brief answer to this week’s question: I know that I need to raise my
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Our “Dollars and Sense” feature is back! Kristin Yost will be sharing some fantastic articles containing useful business advice for piano teachers. She and I will also be sharing answers to your questions on business matters. Simply email me (Wendy) with
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Thanks to a teaching friend* on Google+, I was alerted to a short article by Stephen Hough called Can You Be a Musician and Not Write Music? which talked about how the 19th century public would have viewed musicians who performed,
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The Great Fuzzy Event of 2026!
You will not believe what we released at this premier event! Four new Fuzzies solos, a new and FREE incentive program, summer ideas, new resources and so much more! Even the replay is super fun!
