Q+A Ep 12 How to Teach in a Fun and Interesting Way
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Overview: Episode 12
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
02:10 A look at each of the panel members' set up
13:15 Q: When are you returning to face to face teaching piano and what will you do differently during beginner piano lesson ideas compared to pre-Covid19 times?
17:30 One viewer's greatest challenge is “teaching in a fun and interesting way”. Watch the hysterically funny videos of Miss Dontbee and Miss Doobee teaching piano with ways to make learning fun and interesting for students. Dennis,...
Q+A Ep 21 Improve Composition & Managing Your Studio
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This week's episode is all about Inspiring our students and instilling a love of music-making.
Our three brilliant panelists Heather Smith, Christopher Norton, and Elise Beckett Russell shared some brilliant ideas and strategies for engaging students.
Watch how kids learn through playing with backing tracks as Paul shares a teaching example of one of Christopher's pieces.
Overview: Episode 21
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 Elise Beckett Russell, Heather Smith & Christopher Norton
2:00 Elise & Heather intro
3:00 Christopher Norton intro
4:30 Heather's Facebook group & a picture of her studio, pre and post COVID
6:00 Elise's Creative Pursuits
7:00 Chris's shares his teaching strategies starting with the background of the piece & improvisation with students and sight reading piano music
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Q+A Ep 20 Group Teaching & Holiday/Vacation Camps
Show Notes
This week's episode has musical bananas - so much fun to had by students and their teacher! This is just one of the ways you can engage children in making music fun. It's even fun for teachers!
Dorla and Katie provide some great ideas to add to your studio so you can increase your earning potential through teaching groups even if you only teach individual lessons.
Even during COVID times, most of the ideas can be used in face to face and online lessons. Watch now!
Overview: Episode 20
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 - Dorla Aparicio and Katie Poli.
01:00 Dorla Shows her studio space
02:00 Dorla goes into detail about group teaching and piano teaching training - that it's more motivating for students to make music with their friends each week and it allows her to teach fewer hours in the...
Q+A Ep 19 COVID-Safe Studios & Engaging Students
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Overview: Episode 19
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
01:48 Josie shares her studio and speaks about her puppets.
04:43 Peter takes you on a tour of his studio so that you can see his COVIDsafe strategies that meet government regulations.
11:09 Josie shares what she does with her students when most of them are not working towards an exam like sight read piano
13:48 Planet, Dragon & Pirate charts and speaks about creating an enriched learning environment like chord progression piano
19:00 Christmas is right around the corner and Blackrock Music has a great Christmas Pack just for piano teachers which includes: 16 Studio Licensed Christmas Carols, Printable: Songsheets, Invitations, Certificates, Program and even recipes.
24:50 When looking at our greatest challenges in teaching piano many teachers say...
Q+A Ep 18 Recreational Music Making and How It Can Help Your Students
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Overview: Episode 18
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
04:05 Brian Chung shares just a bit of his experience
06:27 Brenda shares her vast experience in teaching over many years.
07:15 Nan shares a little about her teaching and teaching classes with piano sheets beginner
09:03 So what is Recreational Music Making?
12:00 The Golden Quadrant
15:12 A sporting analogy - Soccer (Football)
19:25 Brenda describes becoming involved in RMM and the path she took which turned from 1 small group to 13 classes a week.
24:21 Nan shares her story of teaching RMM from another different perspective.
29:19 When you have a few students to practice piano in a group and dealing with different abilities. Including an excerpt from Nan's recent webinar called: The Many Hats of a Group Teacher
31:14 Paul shares his...
Q+A Ep 17 To Exam or Not to Exam Part 2 - Continued from Last Episode
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Overview: Episode 17 (To exam or not to exam Part 2)
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: To Exam or Not to Exam.
0:2:50 Rae de Lisle shares her experience at a tertiary level and about parents. Parents getting locked into exams being important.
10:00 Josie Thomas speaks about why students are actually learning to play piano, piano recitals and talking about parents and how to engage them in the learning process.
12:00 Paul Myatt shares the story of his teaching piano strategies for outsourcing some of the learning to parents.
15:34 Pros and Cons to doing exams the 3 main outcomes of exams which can go both ways.
19:58 Heather Smith explains that she started doing exams with her students as they offered a more balanced curriculum for her.
22:49 Realistic expectations of time that students have.
22:33 Samantha...
Q+A Ep 16 To Exam or Not to Exam Part 1
Show Notes
Are you thinking about piano exams and creative piano lessons for your students? This Q+A Episode and the next are MUST watch episodes for any piano teacher looking at exams. With brilliant panelists spread across part 1 & part 2. In this episode we heard from Sally Cathcart, Graham Fitch, Glory St Germain, Margaret Greig, Alison Mathews, Elise Russell, Erica Booker, and the composer who has pieces in just about every exam syllabus, Elissa Milne.
Ideas on the 4 Strategies to make Piano Exams work for you and your students.
- Choose your Exam Syllabus.
- Get creative in HOW you teach.
- Design your ideal piano student.
- Develop an individualised learning program for each student.
Overview: Episode 16 (To exam or not to exam Part 1)
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: To Exam or Not to...
Q+A Ep 15 Getting Students to Read and Memorise
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Overview: Episode 15
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
01:00 A look at each of the panel members' set up included a clip of Stuart teaching a very beginner class of five 6 year old students and a second clip of him performing with his own children.
14:24 Jeanette asks: "Over many years of teaching piano I have had only a few students who had very little improvement in their reading of notation. These few who happen to be boys, were very good musically, that is they played their pieces in an engaging & emotional way. But it became very difficult to take them beyond an early advanced level / grade 6 as the reading became too complex. How could I have nurtured them differently to enhance their ability to listen & play by ear or rote and do group piano lessons?
27:30 Pam Grimer has asked, "How do you...
Q+A Ep 14 Body Mapping Technique & Scales, Chords & Lead Sheets
Overview: Episode 14
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
02:51 The 3 main challenges for practice.
04:20 Solving some of the practice issues
05:35 Getting kids to practice scales through piano lesson plan
05:30 How backing tracks helps to solve practice issues
07:50 Building critical listening skills
08:50 Using backing tracks when you can't teach face to face and using beginner piano lesson plan
10:40 Building intrinsic motivation
11:50 Beating the boredom of practice
13:05 Game-based learning and off the bench movement activities
16:30 Paul's frustration which created Practice Buddy
18:35 Teaching Broken Chords
24:00 Chords and moving towards playing with lead sheets
28:10 Lead sheets starter Kit
35:30 Where did Body Mapping come from?
37:50 How to get started with Body Mapping why it is so simple to use and...
Q+A Ep 11 Teaching Complex Rhythms & Using Tablets for Reading Music
Our goal for Q+A was to help piano teachers during Covid19. Thank you to all the teachers that sent us such lovely feedback. As the pandemic reduces around the world and with such lovely feedback, we have decided to continue the show EVERY 2 weeks. So join us again in 2 weeks.
The panel this week: Bradley Eustace (USA), Melody Deng (NZ) and Brad Eustace (AUS). So many creative ideas.
This week's edition to the Teacher Resource is the Keyboard charts. Login or get yours now.
Overview: Episode 11
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
02:10 A look at each of the panel members' set up
12:30 Q: What's your view on using piano resources like tablets for reading sheet music when playing/ practising? I’ve seen people use this, but not sure what tablets (screen size-wise) would be best and which apps are recommended for sheet...
