I just came back from our KMTA conference where one of the college faculty on a panel answered the question, “How do you prepare a student who wants to study music?” with a “Well, I honestly don’t know if I […]
The Paradoxical Musical Life Read More »
This article is written by Stephen Hughes, a teacher in Texas whom I met on Facebook. He moved to a new community and grew his studio from 3 to 23 students in 5 months in very creative ways and I
Networking for Piano Teachers: Why not put yourself out there? Read More »
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
Marketing Piano Lessons 102: Moving to a New Community Read More »
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
Marketing Piano Lessons 101 Read More »
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
Keeping Progressions, Inversions, and Arpeggios Straight Read More »
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!
