Diagnosis: Label, or The Day I Met Michael Nyman
This is a little post about diagnoses. About getting them, shedding them, collecting some more, using them as a pragmatic stepping
Piano Parents
What Does a Piano Lesson Cost?
Signing up for piano lessons means committing to practice, attending lessons and paying the fees on a regular basis. What should
Thirteen Mistakes Pianists Make
No one likes getting things wrong. It can be embarrassing, messy, expensive, damaging. But sometimes we fixate so much on
15 Things You Need to Know About Supporting Your Child Learning to Play the Piano
This list was first published in It Takes Two Generations at the end of 2013. If you’re a parent who has
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It Takes Two Generations…
This year I have had a handful of gorgeous beginners taking lessons with me. I’m trialling new material for beginners and I need a cohort of children of different ages, genders, interests and learning styles so I can really test a range of approaches I believe will be more effective than the approaches I’ve used in the past. I haven’t auditioned these new students prior to accepting them into my studio – inviting a diverse group of children to explore the piano and learn musicianship and performance skills with me gives me my best chance of testing my material (as well as keeping me on my toes!). Of all the diversities amongst these beginners the greatest is probably this: some children come from families of professional musicians while some come from families where no one has ever learned an instrument. What does this mean? On the surface it means that I can write “start on F sharp” in a notebook
Elissa Milne 