The Piano Sensei Way

Rescheduled lessons, cancellations, and students who want to take the summer off, oh my! Don’t you want to reduce your stress so you can focus on teaching? Having a flat rate tuition with no makeups lessons makes everything easier on students, parents, and you, the teacher! In this episode, I walk you through the details on how to institute a flat rate tuition and why you will want to convert, if...

Do your students practice? Do they know how to practice? Are you sure they're doing it effectively and efficiently? In this episode I talk with Michael Richey of the Tennessee Music Academy about how the main goal of a piano lesson is to teach a student how to practice! We talk about introducing a piece, beginners, transfer students, motivation, student readiness, and he gives us 5 tips:  Frequenc...

Is your Website working to get you more students? In this episode, we discuss some important tips to make sure you’re including and excluding the right things! The goal of your website is not to impress people with your credentials, talk about your policies and pricing, or get them to follow you on social media. The goal is to get them to contact you! How? By following these tips: Less is more Don...

In this episode, I talk with David Frego about the Dalcroze Eurhythmics philosophy. David has many years experience teaching piano and music, incorporating Eurhythmics. He is a Master Teaching Artist with the American Eurhythmics Society and leads teacher training sessions all over the world. We discuss the history of Dalcroze, the philosophy, the concepts of Time, Space, and Energy, and the four...

In this episode, I talk with Tiffani Smith about makeup lessons and how to not have to do them! With 36 years of teaching experience and running a music school with multiple teachers and staff, Tiffani shares her insights and strategies to help piano teachers who struggle with trying to accommodate rescheduling requests. I get it. We are kind, compassionate people and want our students and clients...

In this episode we talk about the benefits of improvisation and why  every   musician should improvise, even from the very beginning! Even if you're a teacher who doesn't really improvise, you can still teach it! We go over the 5 tips:  start now start easy just use black keys go back & forth, "my turn/your turn" use accompaniments I play examples so you can hear what it's like, and if you wan...

How do you improve your teaching and business? Professional Development! Sounds boring, but it's actually fun! In this episode, we talk about the many benefits of attending conferences:  Get teaching ideas Learn how to run your business more effectively Travel Network  Make new friends Watch great teaching demonstrations Shop for sheet music Listen to amazing concerts We also talk about specific c...

Welcome to The Piano Sensei Way! I help you master the art of running an effective piano teaching studio! In this preview, I talk about the two main focuses:  teaching piano running your teaching business