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• Introduction to Group Workshops

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 09:00 in teaching tips, promoting your studio

  As I prepared for another season of teaching earlier this Fall, I was trying to think of ways to foster community among my students while at the same time allowing prospective students to become familiar with my studio. I decided that one of the best...

• Student-centred pedagogy

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 21:42 in teaching tips

  The term student-centred pedagogy alludes to the student being the teacher’s main priority, rather than the music that is being taught. It’s main objective is for teachers to become increasingly dispensable to students by developing them ...

• Cognitive Thinking

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 13:49 in teaching tips, performing, practicing

  Cognition:“The process of thought“. On several occasions I have had a student ask me to teach him to sing while playing. This task seemed impossible for the student(s), I explained that this was a learned skill, which takes hours of prac...

• Tip for Arizona Teachers (or others not using DST)

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 in mth, dst, time zones, using music teacher's helper, studio management

  MTH, fabulous website that it is, doesn’t yet support Arizona not using Daylight Savings Time.  This morning, when I went to reconcile my lessons, some weren’t yet showing.  I had forgotten that I’d set my Time Zone to Pacific (GM...

• Skill Upgrades for Music Teachers

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 20:13 in teaching tips

  Yesterday evening I attended a training session for district treasurers sponsored by the Ontario Senior Secondary Teachers’ Association, the union that I belong to as a faculty member of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. I have a set ...

• Theft, Fire, & Damage…are you prepared?

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 14:25 in fire, theft, stolen, home inventory, music insurance, music gear, studio management

  I am very sorry to say that one of my students had his PA system and bass rig stolen recently.  The value of all the stolen equipment was well over $10,000.  It was all stolen from his trailer in his driveway.  Another friend lost all of his caree...

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