Creative Piano Teaching Podcast

Thanks for reading CPTP174: How a 16 year old Teacher is Building an Online Empire with Alexa Madison from Top Music Co. What can you learn from a 16-year old piano teacher about teaching, blogging, marketing, composing, selling and running a studio with 30 students?  My guest today is 16-year old Alexa Madison who is a young piano teacher and budding composer moving her way up in piano teaching and business.  She has successfully built a business […] The post CPTP174: How a 16 year old Teacher is Building an Online Empire with Alexa Madison appeared first on Top Music Co - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP173: MTNA President Martha Hilley on 49 Years of Teaching and Mentoring the Next Generation from Top Music Co. How did your journey to music education start and where is it now? Are you engaging yourself in conferences, associations, and getting certifications that can support and build you up as a professional music educator?  My guest today has had over 49 years of teaching in music education and has definitely made a mark in […] The post CPTP173: MTNA President Martha Hilley on 49 Years of Teaching and Mentoring the Next Generation appeared first on Top Music Co - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP172: Getting value from professional development with Amy Comparetto from Creative Music Education. Have you ever considered joining a membership, attending a conference, getting coaching or studying further to expand your skill set and knowledge as a piano teacher but too worried about the cost of investment?  My guest today is Inner Circle member, Amy Comparetto. She shares her experience on how she invests in her professional development […] The post CPTP172: Getting value from professional development with Amy Comparetto appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP171: How to Teach Piano Songwriting with Lisa Donovan Lukas [FREE DOWNLOAD] from Creative Music Education. Have you thought about incorporating songwriting into your students’ piano lessons but just don’t know how or where to start?  Lisa Donovan Lukas, author of The Young Musician’s guide to Songwriting shares valuable lessons from her book on her process to encourage both teachers and students to use their creativity and explore songwriting. Aside from […] The post CPTP171: How to Teach Piano Songwriting with Lisa Donovan Lukas [FREE DOWNLOAD] appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP170: How one teacher makes $100,000+ teaching online with Brent Vaartstra from Creative Music Education. Have you ever wished you could get into teaching online? Not just Skype or Facetime lessons but actually with passive income streams that mean you’re not trading time for money? That’s exactly what Brent Vaartstra has done and now he helps other musicians and music teachers do the same. Brent started out with a simple […] The post CPTP170: How one teacher makes $100,000+ teaching online with Brent Vaartstra appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP169: A chat with Musiclock creator Perttu Pölönen from Creative Music Education. MusiClock is one of my favourite apps. I use it in my lessons to make scales more interesting and to provide backing tracks for improvisations. I’m delighted to have its creator on the show today, Perttu Pölönen. Not only has Perttu created this fantastic app (at only 24!) he’s also working on a whole method […] The post CPTP169: A chat with Musiclock creator Perttu Pölönen appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP168: The Ultimate Piano Teaching Conference: Piano Pivot Live 2020 from Creative Music Education. Have you ever been to a piano teaching conference and loved every single minute of it? Chances are, although you probably learned some great tips and met some awesome people, there was a bit of room for improvement. I’m putting on my first piano teaching conference in January 2020 in Melbourne and there a few […] The post CPTP168: The Ultimate Piano Teaching Conference: Piano Pivot Live 2020 appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP167: 100% summer retention with Music Alive and Clinton Pratt from Creative Music Education. Have you ever wanted to do something a bit different for one of your recitals? What if you could also increase summer retention rates while you’re at it? That’s exactly what Clinton Pratt has done with his Music Alive concerts. Clinton holds these unique visual media concerts at the end of every summer and students […] The post CPTP167: 100% summer retention with Music Alive and Clinton Pratt appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP166: From piano teacher to wedding pianist with Liz Craig from Creative Music Education. Have you ever thought about playing for weddings? Becoming a wedding pianist can be a great complementary income for piano teachers and a fantastic way to perform and keep up your playing chops as well as explore new music. Liz Craig has combined teaching with being a wedding pianist with great success and it now […] The post CPTP166: From piano teacher to wedding pianist with Liz Craig appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP165: Building to 2000 students a week with Jonny Wilson from Creative Music Education. Have you ever thought about building a music academy? Something on a large scale rather than just working as a solo teacher from home? Building a music academy with 2000 students a week is never going to be an easy road, but my guest today, Jonny Wilson, would tell you that it’s worth it. Listen […] The post CPTP165: Building to 2000 students a week with Jonny Wilson appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP164: Meet my Student Tim (and his dad) from Creative Music Education. I get questions and requests from time-to-time to hear from my students. What do they think of my creative teaching style? What’s it really like to learn from me? In this episode, you’ll hear from one of my actual students, Tim. Find out why he has 2 piano teachers and what his dad thinks about […] The post CPTP164: Meet my Student Tim (and his dad) appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP163: Christopher Oill interviews ME! from Creative Music Education. This podcast episode is quite different. In fact, it’s pretty unique as Christopher Oill has asked to come on the show to interview me. In the interview, Christopher dives into what my business looks like today and how I got started. We also spoke about piano teaching trends, how to put ideas from the podcast […] The post CPTP163: Christopher Oill interviews ME! appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP162: Powerful Strategies for Teaching Lead Sheets [FREE DOWNLOAD] from Creative Music Education. I believe strongly in the power of teaching lead sheets in our piano lessons. Lead sheets can help students understand music better and make them more “all-rounder” pianists who can adapt to different musical contexts. On the show today, I’m sharing some of my thoughts about why we should teach lead sheet playing to our […] The post CPTP162: Powerful Strategies for Teaching Lead Sheets [FREE DOWNLOAD] appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP161: Intelligent Music Teaching with Professor Robert Duke from Creative Music Education. Bob Duke is the author of Intelligent Music Teaching, The Habits of Musicianship, and Brain Briefs. He is also the director of the Center for Music Learning and speaks regularly at conferences all over the world. I had the pleasure of watching Bob give a teaching demonstration in Adelaide a couple of years ago and […] The post CPTP161: Intelligent Music Teaching with Professor Robert Duke appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP160: Balancing rote repertoire and sight reading with Samantha Coates from Creative Music Education. Rote repertoire has been gaining popularity in recent years. Piano teachers are realising the value of teaching by rote alongside reading in order to teach technique and allow students (especially beginners) to explore more of the piano. Samantha Coates has created a fabulous resource that combines rote repertoire with reading to create truly holistic music […] The post CPTP160: Balancing rote repertoire and sight reading with Samantha Coates appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP159: Inspiring and Motivating Teens with Jerald Simon from Creative Music Education. Do you have trouble motivating teens in your piano studio? I think we’ve all found this difficult from time-to-time. My guest today is an expert at reaching teen students and connecting to them with the music they love. Jerald Simon has composed a whole series of pieces designed to inspire students that are especially great […] The post CPTP159: Inspiring and Motivating Teens with Jerald Simon appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP158: [Case Study] How to 3X Your Piano Teaching Income with Eric Rinehart from Creative Music Education. Eric Rinehart is a young piano teacher who is seriously going places. Eric is an Inner Circle member I’ve been following his journey for some time now and I knew I had to get him on the show to talk about his amazing studio growth and how he his tripled his piano teaching income. If […] The post CPTP158: [Case Study] How to 3X Your Piano Teaching Income with Eric Rinehart appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP157: How to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Your Piano Studio from Creative Music Education. “I have so much free time, I don’t know what to do with it!”…said no piano teacher, ever. We could all use more time to spend with family, planning for our studio or practising the piano ourselves. If you have a never-ending to-do list it might be time to hire a virtual assistant to take […] The post CPTP157: How to Hire a Virtual Assistant for Your Piano Studio appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP156: Forrest Kinney on Pattern Based Improvisation from Creative Music Education. You’re in for a treat. Forrest Kinney is coming back on the podcast to talk about pattern based improvisation. Forrest Kinney is a strong advocate for getting all beginner piano students to improvise. His books Pattern Play and Create First help teachers to just that through the use of simple patterns that make improvisation accessible to everyone. […] The post CPTP156: Forrest Kinney on Pattern Based Improvisation appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Thanks for reading CPTP155: 10 Ways to Fit Music Teaching Games into Your Lessons with Nicola Cantan from Creative Music Education. This episode of the podcast is a little bit different. My podcast producer, Nicola Cantan, has taken over the show today to give us 10 strategies for finding more time for music teaching games in our lessons. If you don’t know Nicola, she’s the writer behind the Colourful Keys blog and the creator of the […] The post CPTP155: 10 Ways to Fit Music Teaching Games into Your Lessons with Nicola Cantan appeared first on Creative Music Education - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.