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…
Piano Teaching Ideas
Articles on everything from sight reading to games in the studio!
Ten Ideas for Teaching Piano to Adult Beginners
byLearning piano isn’t just a childhood pursuit. As teachers, we often encounter adults seeking to learn to play for the first time, or perhaps…
Learning To Teach
byJennifer Gibb is a piano and singing teacher from New South Wales. She graduated from The Masters University in California in 2017. While living…
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…
Why our Students are Practising Less
byDo your students practise enough? Mine don’t. There, I said it! My students don’t practise1. And by ‘don’t’, I mean ‘hardly’. And I’m talking…
Penelope Roskell chats ‘The Complete Pianist’
byThe Piano Teacher had the privilege of interviewing Penelope Roskell to chat about her latest publication: The Complete Pianist.
“Miss, I don’t want to perform”
byIt’s that time of year again. Music teachers all over the world are frantically putting together recital lists, sending letters to parents telling them…
Group Piano Lessons: Do They Work?
byWhen I first encountered the idea of Group Piano Lessons, my first thoughts were “how could that possibly work? My private lessons are tailored…
Black Key, White Key, Hear Me!
byAre we dedicating enough time to the very thing we are creating this art for – Hearing & Feeling?
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…
Does Rote Teaching Work?
byWell how’s that for a loaded question! Impossible to answer unless you’re about to write about it, which, luckily, I am. 😊 Obviously, rote…
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…