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The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers
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How to Improve Practice Habits in Your Studio
19 mins; January 08, 2024
Finding work-life balance
25 mins; December 11, 2023
Piano Teaching Activities for When You Have 3-5 Minutes to Spare
25 mins; December 04, 2023
Just. Do. One. Thing.
10 mins; November 27, 2023
Piano teacher notes and notepapers
12 mins; November 20, 2023
Time-saving tips for music teachers
10 mins; November 13, 2023
Finding time for professional development
19 mins; November 06, 2023
How long is left in my piano lesson?
12 mins; October 30, 2023
Top 3 piano lesson planning mistakes
5 mins; October 23, 2023
Bullet Journaling for Piano Teachers
24 mins; October 16, 2023
Mindfulness in Piano Performing
29 mins; October 09, 2023
Interleaved Music Teaching and Spaced Repetition Practice
15 mins; October 02, 2023
Piano music memorisation tips
10 mins; September 25, 2023
5 Ways to Make Memorising Music Fun
14 mins; September 18, 2023
The Hidden Benefits of Teaching Improvisation and Composition
10 mins; September 11, 2023
5 Fun Ways to Teach Form
20 mins; September 04, 2023
How Improvisation and Arranging Improves Music Memorisation
12 mins; August 28, 2023
Printing tips and tricks
12 mins; August 21, 2023
Breaking the Piano Memorisation Crutch in Transfer Students
15 mins; August 14, 2023
Neurodiversity in the Piano Teaching Studio
32 mins; August 07, 2023
4 Emotional experiments for piano students
15 mins; July 31, 2023
10 Ways to Teach Piano Students Right vs Left
26 mins; July 24, 2023
A personal memorisation manifesto
13 mins; July 17, 2023
Should you increase your piano teaching rates?
20 mins; July 10, 2023
The 5|7|22 Music Memorisation Method
10 mins; July 03, 2023
Predicting piano student progress
20 mins; June 26, 2023
How to avoid burnout as a music teacher
17 mins; June 19, 2023
Reimagining the metronome in music lessons
15 mins; June 12, 2023
What can a non-perfectionist teacher learn from a perfectionist?
16 mins; June 05, 2023
3 changes to consider right now
16 mins; May 29, 2023
Perfecting the Art of Being a "Good Enough" Piano Teacher
16 mins; May 22, 2023
How to Create a Piano Studio Schedule
15 mins; May 15, 2023
What to do when students can't take corrections
19 mins; May 08, 2023
The foundation of good practice
14 mins; May 01, 2023
Retire from your role as "Mistake Police"
12 mins; April 24, 2023
Helping students get comfortable with struggle
21 mins; April 17, 2023
Beat Perfectionism With Video Piano Student Evaluations
13 mins; April 10, 2023
How to Know When Your Student Has "Finished" a Piece
10 mins; April 03, 2023
How to Start Teaching Piano in Schools or Preschools
24 mins; March 27, 2023
The Best Digital Piano Method Books
20 mins; March 20, 2023
Piano Polyrhythms with Stacy Fahrion
26 mins; March 13, 2023
Tommy the Piano Toe-Dipper
22 mins; March 06, 2023
Five Foundations of Successful Preschool Piano Teaching
43 mins; February 27, 2023
What we can learn from self-taught musicians
19 mins; February 20, 2023
Renewing Scales and Deepening Understanding with Improvisation
25 mins; February 13, 2023
How much should we standardise our piano curriculum?
12 mins; February 06, 2023
8 Checkpoints for Transfer Music Students
11 mins; January 30, 2023
Cute Valentine's Day Idea for Piano Lessons
21 mins; January 23, 2023
What Should a Beginner Piano Student Learn in Year 1?
16 mins; January 16, 2023
How to Choose Inspiring Piano Exam Pieces
19 mins; January 09, 2023
The Power of Preemptive Theory
13 mins; January 02, 2023
How to Keep Track of a Lending Library
13 mins; December 12, 2022
Keeping track of your music students' progress
14 mins; December 05, 2022
Pros and cons of exams for music students
18 mins; November 28, 2022
Tips to Settle Piano Performance and Exam Anxiety
21 mins; November 21, 2022
How to Prepare for a Piano Exam
15 mins; November 14, 2022
What's the point of piano exams?
18 mins; November 07, 2022
How to Teach the 12 Bar Blues
12 mins; November 02, 2022
Singing Tips for Instrumental Teachers
13 mins; October 24, 2022
The Hypocrite Oath
11 mins; October 19, 2022
Maintaining a Positive Attitude to Teaching
15 mins; October 12, 2022
What's the point of piano swag?
11 mins; October 03, 2022
Favourite Apps for Teaching Teen Piano Students
16 mins; September 26, 2022
No-Practice Piano Lessons For Teens
14 mins; September 19, 2022
Improve Teen Retention by Saying It Straight
16 mins; September 12, 2022
4 Types of Teen Piano Students
16 mins; September 05, 2022
Different Ways to Introduce a Piece to Your Student
14 mins; August 29, 2022
New Teaching Resources for a New School Year
12 mins; August 24, 2022
7 Types of Pieces for Every Piano Student's Repertoire
15 mins; August 22, 2022
How to Choose Student Piano Recital Repertoire
13 mins; August 15, 2022
How to Stretch Your Music Book Budget
16 mins; August 08, 2022
How to Pick Pieces for Your Piano Students
16 mins; August 01, 2022
5 Ways to Prepare for a Piece with Movement
16 mins; July 25, 2022
How to teach online group lessons
16 mins; July 18, 2022
Dos and Don’ts of Quality Group Workshops
15 mins; July 11, 2022
3 Common Group Piano Teaching Mistakes
14 mins; July 04, 2022
Special Piano Parents
15 mins; June 27, 2022
Student first, diagnosis second
24 mins; June 20, 2022
What’s the diagnosis?
25 mins; June 13, 2022
How I became a full-time piano teacher
34 mins; June 06, 2022
Trim your studio expenses
16 mins; May 30, 2022
Glue yourself to your policies
14 mins; May 23, 2022
Are you charging enough?
20 mins; May 16, 2022
Set Your Piano Teaching Salary
13 mins; May 09, 2022
Make Money Your Buddy as a Music Teacher
17 mins; May 02, 2022
Everybody sit down on the floor
18 mins; April 25, 2022
iPad apps and YouTube - friend or foe to piano teachers?
14 mins; April 18, 2022
How to find flexibility in your teaching schedule
16 mins; April 11, 2022
iPad Piano Studio Mistakes to Avoid
13 mins; April 04, 2022
Preparatory Steps for Piano Sight Reading
15 mins; March 28, 2022
Hit the Rote Piece Accelerator
18 mins; March 21, 2022
Invest in these sight-reading skills in your studio
18 mins; March 14, 2022
The Stubborn Duet Secret to Teaching Sight Reading Skills
17 mins; March 07, 2022
Improvise your way around the world
15 mins; February 28, 2022
How to Seek Out Different Music
17 mins; February 21, 2022
5 Ways to Motivate Fatigued Music Students
18 mins; February 14, 2022
Lessons for Music Teachers from Folk Dancing
22 mins; February 07, 2022
Branding for Music Studios and Teachers
19 mins; January 31, 2022
Growing Your Music Teaching Business
18 mins; January 24, 2022
A teaching studio story taster
7 mins; January 18, 2022
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