Teaching a Memorable Last Lesson
byStudents stop piano lessons for all kinds of reasons, sometimes they are heading to the next step in their musical career, but often students…
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Articles on the business of piano teaching
New Year, New Plan
byThe countdown, the fireworks, the champagne, the resolutions. The new year has officially kicked off, and music teachers are getting ready to look at…
How did learning music help WordPress Founder build a company worth over US$7billion?
byThat is the billion-dollar question! It wasn’t that long ago when we thought a couple of million dollars was a lot of money, so…
What is branding? And do I even need it as a private piano teacher?
byLet’s talk about branding… Branding is so much more than the ‘sparkly things’ – ie your logo, colours and fonts. It is the essence…
Mega Resource Review
byEvery time I go into my local music shop, I struggle to stop myself from taking home armfuls of repertoire books. There is always…
The Ultimate Tech Starter Kit for the Piano Teacher
byI started learning piano at the age of five, and other than my piano teacher and the piano itself, the only thing present in…
Hal Leonard Australia launches the ‘Exam Finder’
byFinding the correct edition for a piece in the AMEB Syllabus can be challenging. Stressful for teachers as well as students, Hal Leonard Australia…
Collaborative Teaching in Western Australia
byMy piano studio has been operating for seven years here in Perth, Western Australia. I do not work best in isolation, so have made…
The MUSIC SCHOOL SUCCESS LADDER: Part 2
byInstrumental music teachers have spent many years, if not decades, training to be highly skilled musicians. At some point in their lives those musicians…
Beyond Recitals: Perspectives on Performances for the Next Generation
byEach spring, as many teachers do, I host an all-student studio recital, and while the protocol remains the same from year to year, several…
NEW PIANO SYLLABUS FROM AMEB
byIn the same year AMEB is celebrating their Centenary, they will also be releasing a new piano syllabus for use from 2019. This will…
Technology: Teacher’s Friend of Foe?
byHave you been uneasily watching students get their dopamine fix from beeps and tweets of so-cial media? Ah, valuable time that could be for…