What does it take to become a (great) piano teacher?
How does someone become a (great) piano teacher? Is it an apprenticeship scheme? An online course/certification? A degree you can
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Piano Teaching
THE Piano Teaching Trend of 2018
Last week, Amy Chaplin, of Piano Pantry, asked piano teachers in various Facebook groups what they thought the big trends
But wait, there’s more….
That question about trees falling in forests making a sound came to mind as I prepared to write this
5 Guaranteed Ways To Make Students Less Creative
You want your students to experience the buzz that comes of being a creator of their own music
What is a “method”?
In English, we often use the same word to mean two, or more, different things. Bow, for instance, can mean
5 Brilliant Ways to Begin Teaching Improvisation to Beginners
Making things up seems like the polar opposite to learning how to do something. And most very first piano lessons
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What’s Cooking? An End of an Era (a very fine era it was, too)
This tribute article was written for the final ever The Piano Teacher magazine issue to be edited by Gina Wake,
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How to Find Your Key (in a piece of music)
The single most common question I receive from piano teachers around the world revolves around the issue of knowing what key
Dichotomies in Piano Pedagogy
One piano lesson is pretty much the same as another, it might be easy to think, other than the style
40 Piece Challenge Updates…
The story of more just keeps getting bigger… The latest unexpected development in the 40 Piece Challenge saga is the
Elissa Milne 