Creative Piano Teaching Podcast

Thanks for reading 333: TopMusic Certification Update from TopMusic.co. Welcome to a very special episode of our podcast. In this episode, we are excited to introduce our highly-anticipated and brand new 12-week cohort-based TopMusic Certification Program. Join us as we delve and explore the unique benefits and opportunities it offers. Discover the driving force behind the development of this certification program and learn more ... 333: TopMusic Certification Update The post 333: TopMusic Certification Update appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 332: Introducing the PRESTO Framework from TopMusic.co. In this episode, we are excited to introduce you to the PRESTO Framework, a powerful tool designed to guide you towards studio management success. We delve into the challenges that TopMusic has consistently faced in accommodating teachers with diverse experiences, backgrounds, and goals. Get ready for valuable insights and actionable steps tailored for independent studio ... 332: Introducing the PRESTO Framework The post 332: Introducing the PRESTO Framework appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 331: 3 Things I’d Like to Change Right Now (3-Way Podcast Swap) from TopMusic.co. Welcome to a special three-way podcast swap episode. In today’s show, we’re featuring Christina Whitlock of Beyond Measure Podcast. We embark on a unique journey where each of us shares our three things we’d like to change right now. We kick off the conversation with Christina giving us a glimpse into her captivating podcast, Beyond ... 331: 3 Things I’d Like to Change Right Now (3-Way Podcast Swap) The post 331: 3 Things I’d Like to Change Right Now (3-Way Podcast Swap) appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 330: Playing by Ear From Lesson One with Joseph Hoffman from TopMusic.co. In this exciting episode of our podcast, we have the privilege of sitting down with Joseph Hoffman, founder of Hoffman Academy and the mastermind behind the groundbreaking Hoffman Method for Piano. With his online piano lessons captivating over 200,000 students across 115 countries, Joseph has revolutionized piano education worldwide. We delve into what sets his ... 330: Playing by Ear From Lesson One with Joseph Hoffman The post 330: Playing by Ear From Lesson One with Joseph Hoffman appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 329: How to Encourage Students to Accompany Themselves While Singing with John Henny from TopMusic.co. In today’s podcast episode, join us as we chat with John Henny, a renowned vocal coach with over 25 years of experience in the music industry. Learn about his techniques in maintaining vocal health, improving sound quality, and extending a singer’s range without limitation. Discover the difference between vocal teaching and vocal coaching and why ... 329: How to Encourage Students to Accompany Themselves While Singing with John Henny The post 329: How to Encourage Students to Accompany Themselves While Singing with John Henny appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 328: 9 Reasons to Teach Lead Sheets in Piano Lessons (Replay) from TopMusic.co. Join me in today’s podcast episode as I share my passionate thoughts on the importance of teaching lead sheet playing to our piano students. I’m excited to feature a fantastic clip from one of our TopMusicPro courses with Forrest Kinney. Discover how teaching lead sheets can make your students more versatile pianists and help them ... 328: 9 Reasons to Teach Lead Sheets in Piano Lessons (Replay) The post 328: 9 Reasons to Teach Lead Sheets in Piano Lessons (Replay) appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 327: How to Teach Chord Charts and Lead Sheets with Susan Deas (Replay) from TopMusic.co. Are you looking to inspire lifelong passion for music in your piano students? In this replay episode, Susan Deas explores the benefits of teaching lead sheets and shares the results of her survey, where 90% of teachers found lead sheet playing to be a valuable skill. If you’re looking for a practical, step-by-step guide to ... 327: How to Teach Chord Charts and Lead Sheets with Susan Deas (Replay) The post 327: How to Teach Chord Charts and Lead Sheets with Susan Deas (Replay) appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 326: How to Play and Teach Lead Sheets with Confidence from TopMusic.co. Get ready to dive into the exciting world of chords, creativity, and lead sheets as we share with you a replay of a dynamic live webinar that I ran with the incredible Forrest Kinney back in 2018. Discover the significance of lead sheet playing and how to teach it to your students with practical tips, ... 326: How to Play and Teach Lead Sheets with Confidence The post 326: How to Play and Teach Lead Sheets with Confidence appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 325: How to Structure 15/30/30 Group Lessons with Lynnette Barney from TopMusic.co. Our guest today, Lynnette Barney, is the owner of Creative Keys Studio and has been a music educator for over 20 years. She joins us to share some insights into her teaching style, with overlapping group lessons and how it works in her studio. She talked about how she approached the idea of teaching group ... 325: How to Structure 15/30/30 Group Lessons with Lynnette Barney The post 325: How to Structure 15/30/30 Group Lessons with Lynnette Barney appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 324: A Brand New Early Years Music Teaching Program that ROCKS! from TopMusic.co. Today’s podcast episode is a great opportunity to hear more about Steven Armstrong and Brock Stannard-Brown from the Advantage Music Academy and their music teaching program. We started with a brief overview of the how their music academy started, the music teaching programs that they offer and what sets it apart from other programs. Steve ... 324: A Brand New Early Years Music Teaching Program that ROCKS! The post 324: A Brand New Early Years Music Teaching Program that ROCKS! appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 323: A Done-For-You Group Teaching Curriculum with Paul Myatt and Gillian Erskine from TopMusic.co. Have you been thinking about transitioning to group teaching from one-on-one lessons? We think you should. In this podcast, Paul Myatt and Gillian Erskine of Piano Teaching Success shares a done-for-you group teaching curriculum that will help music teachers get started in group teaching and how they can use it in their own studio. They ... 323: A Done-For-You Group Teaching Curriculum with Paul Myatt and Gillian Erskine The post 323: A Done-For-You Group Teaching Curriculum with Paul Myatt and Gillian Erskine appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 322: The Two Biggest Problems With Group Lessons and How to Solve Them with Greg Genter and Daniel Patterson from TopMusic.co. In today’s episode with Daniel Patterson and Greg Genter, two leading experts in group lessons in the music industry, we talk about their approach to group lessons and how they’ve used their years of experience as musicians to help them grow their businesses. Greg and Daniel started working together after both had significant experience teaching ... 322: The Two Biggest Problems With Group Lessons and How to Solve Them with Greg Genter and Daniel Patterson The post 322: The Two Biggest Problems With Group Lessons and How to Solve Them with Greg Genter and Daniel Patterson appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 321: Supercharge Your Grade 1 Piano Students (Live Workshop) from TopMusic.co. How do you know if your student is ready for Grade 1 piano exam? In this episode, we’re sharing our live workshop with our amazing guests, Sharon Mark-Teggart and Dr Sally Cathcart from the Curious Piano Teachers. Have a listen to our guests as they provide an in depth view of the traditional approach to ... 321: Supercharge Your Grade 1 Piano Students (Live Workshop) The post 321: Supercharge Your Grade 1 Piano Students (Live Workshop) appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 320: Performance Anxiety – Helping Students Cope with the Bulletproof Musician (Replay) from TopMusic.co. Most piano teachers encourage their students to perform as regularly as possible, but how many of us give our students strategies for coping with performance anxiety? In this replay episode with Dr Noa Kageyama aka the Bulletproof Musician, find out why teaching performing skills should be a part of your piano teaching. We’ve all seen ... 320: Performance Anxiety – Helping Students Cope with the Bulletproof Musician (Replay) The post 320: Performance Anxiety – Helping Students Cope with the Bulletproof Musician (Replay) appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 319: How to Track Student Progression Without Piano Exams with Serena Mak from TopMusic.co. Today’s podcast episode focuses on Serena Mak’s TEDx Talk, “Exposing Music Exams and the Distinction Delusion.” Serena is a passionate piano teacher for 18 years, managing her own private studio and volunteering regularly at her local church as a pianist and vocalist. She shares with us the catalyst that changed her mindset about piano exams ... 319: How to Track Student Progression Without Piano Exams with Serena Mak The post 319: How to Track Student Progression Without Piano Exams with Serena Mak appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 318: Innovative Scale Practice Ideas for Piano Teachers with Nicola Cantan from TopMusic.co. As musicians, understanding scales is an important part of our study, but it can also be a struggle for some students. In today’s episode, our guest Nicola Cantan from Vibrant Music Teaching answers a lot of questions and concerns when teaching scales, starting by looking at the value of learning scales, how improvising can change ... 318: Innovative Scale Practice Ideas for Piano Teachers with Nicola Cantan The post 318: Innovative Scale Practice Ideas for Piano Teachers with Nicola Cantan appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 317: Top 5 Tips for Sight Reading Success with Rebecca Stewart from TopMusic.co. In today’s episode, sight reading specialist Rebecca Stewart joins Tim and shared with us her top five tips for sight reading (with really cool names). Rebecca has authored and published Sight Reading Secrets, which has now nine books in the series. She also founded Imagination Regeneration to give rural students meaningful learning opportunities at no ... 317: Top 5 Tips for Sight Reading Success with Rebecca Stewart The post 317: Top 5 Tips for Sight Reading Success with Rebecca Stewart appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 316: Blitzing Sight Reading and Aural Tests with Samantha Coates from TopMusic.co. In today’s replay episode, internationally regarded piano pedagogue and presenter Samantha Coates joins Tim to blitz through sight reading and aural tests. Sam is the creator and publisher of BlitzBooks, the music education series that has brought laughter and creativity to music theory, sight-reading, and piano repertoire. Learn how to improve your aural skills and ... 316: Blitzing Sight Reading and Aural Tests with Samantha Coates The post 316: Blitzing Sight Reading and Aural Tests with Samantha Coates appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 315: Replay – Is Classical Music Dying? A Chat with Benjamin Zander from TopMusic.co. In this replay episode of the Integrated Music Teaching Podcast, world-renowned conductor Benjamin Zander of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra joins Tim to discuss the direction of classical music and the influence of this in the music teaching industry. He shares about speaking at Ted Talks, with anecdotes of Boston Philharmonic Symphony musicians and students of ... 315: Replay – Is Classical Music Dying? A Chat with Benjamin Zander The post 315: Replay – Is Classical Music Dying? A Chat with Benjamin Zander appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 314: Replay – Research-Backed Insights on Piano Student Retention with Karen Gerelus from TopMusic.co. In today’s replay episode, we’re having a chat with Karen Gerelus about her research on piano student retention. We discussed the key factors on why students are quitting and some techniques to keep them engaged. We also talked about what motivates kids externally at the start and how the intrinsic motivation will take over. Karen ... 314: Replay – Research-Backed Insights on Piano Student Retention with Karen Gerelus The post 314: Replay – Research-Backed Insights on Piano Student Retention with Karen Gerelus appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.