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EPISODE 31: The Power of Why & Getting to 1,000 Students

00:00 Welcome to guest Glory St Germain
02:45 Glory shares her learnings from running the Global Music Summit (free access to teachers, VIP available)
05:12 The Power of Why - the first in a series of anthologies from musicians and teachers from around the world sharing their "why?".
08:00 The story of a homeless person becoming an international teacher and composer.
09:30 Glory shares her secrets for positive energy and mindset on teaching beginning piano
10:41 Gillian speaks to David Statham about creating the best music school and how he got to 1,000 students with group piano lessons.
23:15 How mindset affects us in our work and our studios.
25:35 Dr. Carol Richards shares her vast experience from her personal story of learning to fly a plane in her 60s to teaching  teachers how to teach at university and her Ph.D. on how teachers teach. A fascinating interview!

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EPISODE 30: Whole Body Learning in Action

00:00 Welcome to guests Heather & Sophie and what they were doing before piano teaching - how music often drives us back to our passion and beginner piano lesson ideas. MTNA Conference Link
08:45 Heather shares her experience of using scale backing tracks for students who are challenged with scales.
11:00 Leanna Minnick shares how using Whole Body Learning and backing tracks saved a young boy from being sacked from piano lessons.
14:00 Heather shares her experience of teaching the Mozart Minuet K6 using Whole Body Learning to her students. Access to full episode on this piece is here.
20:00 Kitty Pang from Hong Kong has been attending Paul's Whole Body Learning ABRSM course for Gr 1-5 and has shared two teaching demonstrations a Grade 1 & 3 piece. More courses will be available soon for ABRSM, AMEB, ANZCA, RCM & Rockschool. 
26:00 Sophie shares some of her own Whole Body Learning teaching music lessons from home that she has mad...

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EPISODE 29: Using Neuroscience to Engage your piano students.

00:25 Register Now for the Accelerated Success 5 Day Teaching Challenge
00:55 Neuroscience around learning with Dr. Robyn Staveley
02:04 How does our brain learn and the impact of movement on learning and teaching sight reading? 
03:32 Why are the eyes and hands so important in learning?
07:14 Should we incorporate screens and videos in our piano teaching?
10:54 Away from the piano learning, is that useful?
15:00 How does a Natural Learning Process assist the brain to learn more effectively on piano lesson structure?
20:14 How does singing connect to understanding music?
24:00 Are all these embodied techniques really the most efficient way to learn and do they reward students more for learning?
27:58 How do we help the students feel like they're playing music, and not just "learning"?
31:18 How can we use group lessons and socialising to help the brain learn?
33:46 What is an Enriched Learning Environment?
40:23 ...

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Cynthia said, "Love Love Love the body movement to learn the rhythm... what fun with the backing track, where can I get it?" We agree Cynthia.

When you engage a child in an enriched learning environment incorporating all the senses, they just learn faster. You'll definitely want to watch this episode and below you can also download a Piano Teaching Success Guide to go along with the Mozart piece we chose for this practical hands-on episode with free piano resources. 

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EPISODE 28: Making Mozart Fun

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Access the Interactive Piano Teaching Success Guide here.

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Want to see the broken chord teaching segment again? 

Overview: Episode 13

Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into topics this week. (timings of the broadcast):

00:00 Welcome to our guests
03:00 A look at each of the panel members' set up

11:15 Nicola Standford from Sydney asked this question last week and we're asking again this week, "When you return to face to face piano teaching what will you do differently during lessons compared to pre-Covid 19 times?"

19:20 Sharon shares more of her 60 second challenge. Check out the video here. Get the free downloads here. You can access the Curious Piano Teachers 1 month special here and becoming a piano teacher. Book that Sharon mentions is The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier and Cadenza APP.

20:15 Lucinda shares what she recommends to her students who will continue with online piano lessons in the future especially to be able to teaching mu...

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EPISODE 27: The Back-to-School Special

00:00 Welcome to the back-to-school special.

01:18 Paul and Gillian discuss the 3 main challenges for practice and introduce some piano method to solve these issues. 

04:35 Using backing tracks to help to solve practice problems, including how they can help beginners, online piano teachers and build intrinsic motivation.

10:50 How to beat the boredom of practice through game-based learning and off the bench movement activities to learn piano sight reading 

15:47 How Practise Buddy by Piano Teaching Success came to life, through frustrations that Paul and Gillian have experienced in their teaching and to improve sight reading piano.

17:20 How to teach Broken Chords

22:35 How to teach chords and progressing into lead sheets

27:04 Lead sheet starter pack, which you can buy here from Blackrock Music Shop. Q+A Episode 14.

32:09 Lucinda Mackworth-Young shares her great strategies on how to teach students to play by ear. Read...

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EPISODE 26: The New Year Special

00:00 Happy New Year from Gillian and Piano Teaching Success! Make sure you sign up to The Studio waitlist to be the first to hear about our opening in March.

01:55 Tim Topham shares his practical tips for online teaching, including what technology teachers should invest in, microphones, and camera angle options. Tim mentions specific brands and models which can be very helpful to improve your Zoom lessons. Check out Q+A TV Episode 1

06:55 Experienced online teacher, Brenda Hunting, shares her studio set up as she has been teaching online since 2014. She discusses ManyCam, a great software for lessons. Watch more in Q+A TV Episode 2

12:55 Angela Turner shares her studio setup, discusses different microphones and also suggests ManyCam software. She also suggests tips to engage younger students in online lessons. View Q+A TV Episode 6.

19:10 Brenda Hunting suggests some tips on how to improve online sound quality, and facilit...

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Overview: Episode 25

Here's the specific timings in this week's show:

00:00 Happy Festive Season from Gillian and Paul and a little musical tribute. 

03:45 Josie Thomas on student challenges using Planet, Dragon and Pirate charts. From Q+A TV Episode 19

11:25 Dorla Aparicio expands on cross-curriculum with Piano Camps which are called Flip the Lid. Under the Sea and STEM - combining Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics with piano - you won’t want to miss seeing how much fun Dorla’s student are having. Check out Q+A TV Episode 20

16:32 Taking pool noodles to the next level. Aussie's know all about these and they're just as much fun the world over. Katie Poli shares her secret beginner piano resources that will be so much fun in your studio. Q+A TV Episode 20

19:15 Brian Chung shares his wonderful ideas on getting more people playing the piano and become a music tutor. If it's going to be, it's up to me or us to make that happen. Check out Recreati...

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Overview: Episode 24

Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into ideas this week. (timings of the broadcast): 

0:00 Welcome to Rebecca Wilson - Rebecca shares her teaching environment in beautiful Hamilton New Zealand.

11:45 Watch how Rebecca works with 6-year-old student Chloe to check to see  what she knows already and establish her first lesson piano. Storytelling is a key component. Rebecca says “Stories are like Trojan horse” and explains what you mean by that. 

18:00 A Parent shares her experience of her son's lessons in lessons using Whole Body Learning. She shares why she feels he was so engaged and motivated for years in lessons (just completed Grade 6 piano). An interesting discussion about kids who do a full day of school then turn up to a piano lesson after school. Extra information about The Studio now starting 20 March 2021.

Find out more about The Studio and join the waitlist for the l...

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Overview: Episode 23

Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were many deep dives into topics this week . (timings of the broadcast):

0:00 Welcome to our panelists, Pam Wedgewood, Alison Mathews & Ruth Alberici

14:00 Pam talks about tenacity 

19:00 Pam's favorite piece & how Paul teaches "Garage Sale" from AMEB Piano for Leisure Grade 1

24:00 Ruth discusses alternate ways to help students understand how to play new material when teaching online

27:00 Alison gives her tips when piano teaching online; annotations, using music stand, organisation, teaching rhythm to beginners

29:00 Michelle asks about alternate ways to helping students understand how to play new piano material when online.

31:00 Paul’s shares some Whole Body Learning teaching strategies that help make teaching online more successful. He shares some music teaching ...