Time To Practice

This week our guest is someone who really inspires me as a teacher: music eductor, pianist, podcaster, author and more from Ireland: Nicola Cantan.  Links in this episode: Nicola Cantan's Website: Vibrantmusicteaching.com Nicola Cantan's blog Practice Pie by Nicola Cantan Transcript Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

In episode 79, Barbie Wong joins Christine to discuss a frequently asked question: "How do I get my child to SLOW down during home music practice?"   Links in this episode:  Barbie Wong's website: https://Barbiewong.com Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and come join us: https://barbiewong.com/community/ Transcript Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

Links in this episode: Articles referenced in this podcast:  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/6392-stress-coping-with-lifes-stressors https://www.drmichellerozen.com/beating-burnout/stop-getting-overwhelmed/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-savvy-psychologist/202005/8-strategies-to-manage-overwhelming-feelings Transcript  Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

This week on the Time to Practice podcast we're speaking with Raúl Gómez-Rojas, musical director of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony (MYS) about the transformative power of music education in the lives of young people.  This is a special episode highlighting a non-profit organization making a difference in it's local community and it has something for everyone as we talk about many benefits of music in the lives of the next generation.  Links in this episode:  Information about the Metropolitan Youth Symphony and their programs can be found HERE You can find our guest Raúl Gómez-Rojas' bio  HERE You can find the transcript and blog post for this episode HERE Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram Sign up to attend Christine's session for teachers on Friday, April 11th at 9am pacific all about holding parent-teacher conferences in your program HERE

This week Christine and Barbie tackle a frequently asked question they hear when they are speaking to parents about music practice. Links in this episode:  Sign up to attend Christine's session for teachers on Friday, April 11th at 9am pacific all about holding parent-teacher conferences in your program HERE Barbie Wong's Website: Barbiewong.com Join the Musical Nest Community, hosted by Christine & Barbie HERE Transcript & Blog Post for this episode  

This week I'm speaking with violinist, music educator, publisher, and recently retired professor Dr. Cora Cooper. We talk about incorporating women composers in our students' repertoire from the start, her journey as a musician, and her fabulous practice flow chart that you'll for sure want to check out.    Links in this episode:  Sign up to attend Christine's session for teachers on Friday, April 11th at 9am pacific all about holding parent-teacher conferences in your program HERE Find Dr. Cora Cooper's website for all the music discussed in this episode HERE Incorporating Violin Music by Women in the Suzuki rep by Claire Allen The Practice Flow Chart Practicing for Artistic Success by Burton Kaplan  You can read this episode in article format HERE Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram

Links in this episode:  Sign up to attend Christine's session for teachers on Friday, April 11th at 9am pacific all about holding parent-teacher conferences in your program HERE You can read this episode in article format HERE Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

This week we are talking about music practice with violinist, parent, music educator, and the co-director of the Southside Suzuki Cooperative in Chicago, Andrew Miller. Andrew shares his musical journey, from starting violin at age 14 to becoming a violin teacher, parent of young musicians, and his current role at Southside Suzuki Cooperative. He discusses the importance of group music-making for motivation, as well as the unique challenges and rewards of practicing with his own children on violin and cello. Andrew shares practical advice for parents on managing practice time and creating a positive practice environment - I can't wait for you to listen!   Links in this Episode: Southside Suzuki Cooperative Andrew Miller's Bio: https://www.southsidesuzuki.com/jandrewmiller Before the Beginning: Free Teacher Talk with Crystal Boyack's Wee Violin Think Tank Blog post & transcript HERE Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

This week we're excited to have our monthly guest, Barbie Wong, who has done extensive research on the lives of professional musicians and especially their musical environments growing up. She is back on the podcast to talk about ways that you (or the families that you work with) can help create a musical environment for your children as they work on developing their musical skills.    Links in this episode:  Barbie Wong's website: https://Barbiewong.com Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and come join us: https://barbiewong.com/community/ Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode72 Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

In this best of episode we're hearing from violinist, educator, entrepreneur, radio host, and filmmaker Dr. Quinton Morris. To highlight a few of his current roles: Dr. Morris is Associate Professor of Violin at Seattle University, Founder of Key to Change, and the Artist-Scholar in Residence at Classical King FM 98.1, where he hosts the radio and video show Unmute The Voices .  Links from Today's Episode:  To come join me at the Key to Change Spring Salon Fundraiser Dr. Morris' Radio Show Unmute the Voices: https://www.king.org/unmute-the-voices/ Key to Change Studio: https://www.keytochangestudio.org/ You can find the detailed show notes from this episode at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode15/

Links in this episode:  Find Stephanie Hellekson on Instagram Join Christine's Twice a month Newsletter HERE  Find Christine's Books on Bookshop.org HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram You can find the article and transcript for this episode HERE  

Last month I gave six talks to different groups and there were two questions I was asked over and over again that I wanted to talk a bit about on this week's podcast episode.  Links in this Episode:  Read this podcast in article format HERE  You can listen to my episodes with Dr. Molly Gebrian HERE and HERE and find her website HERE  You can listen to my interview with Susanna Klein HERE and find her resources HERE Practice Pie by Nicola Cantan Find Christine's books HERE  Find Christine on Instagram 

On this week's episode of the Time to Practice podcast, we're speaking with cellist, composer, and music educator Bianca d'Avila do Prado about her journey to the cello and later composing music. We talk about music practice, the importance of seeing people we connect to and identify with doing inspiring things in the world of music, and using our music practice as self-care. Enjoy!   Links in this episode:  Bianca d'Avila Do Prado's website where you can find links to her music & work: https://sites.google.com/view/biancacellist/home Connect with Bianca on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bibi_cello.br/ Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle Recorded Parent talk from earlier this month with Christine about “Working with our Child's Strengths in the Practice Room” Get the Recording Here  This episode is brought to you by Christine's book Music Practice Makeover

Barbie Wong is back on the podcast for our Monthly discussion and this month we're talking about practice challenges: what to keep in mind, how to decide what counts, and a few ideas you may want to incorporate.    Links in this episode:  Community with Barbie: BarbieWong.com/community  To read this podcast, in article format, click here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode68 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle Live Talk 1/18/25 with Christine about “Working with our Child's Strengths in the Practice Room” Sign up to attend Here

This week, on the Time to Practice Podcast, we're speaking with Dr. Elizabeth Guerriero about motivation and maximum Efficiency in Music Practice. Elizabeth is a violinist, music educator, and founder of Beth G Consulting. She had a lot of wisdom to share about learning, achievement, and music practice. We talk about a hilarious story about her own practicing growing up, motivation and practice for musicians of all ages, the idea of maximum efficiency in practice and Elizabeth leaves us with great practice tips both from her and -  as a bonus - from one of her students.   Links in this episode:  Elizabeth Guerrerio's website: https://www.bethgconsulting.com/ Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle To read the transcript/find the blog post for this episode: www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode67 Live Talk 1/18/25 with Christine about “Working with our Child's Strengths in the Practice Room” Sign up to attend Here 

Wishing all of our listeners a Happy New Year this week with a best of Episode from Cellist, Educator, and Suzuki Association of the America's teacher trainer  Dr. Shu-Yi Schott who originally came on the podcast in episode 7.    You can find the transcript and blog post for this episode here: https://suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode7/ Find Shu-Yi Scott's Website: http://www.shuyicello.com/ Find Christine on Instagram @SuzukiTriangle Live Talk 1/18/25 with Christine about “Working with our Child's Strengths in the Practice Room” Sign up to attend Here  

Christine's Next Quarterly Online Talk on January 18th  Read this episode in article format HERE Musical Next Community with Barbie Wong   

This week on the Time to Practice Podcast we're having a conversation with Flutist, Music Educator, and author Meret Bitticks.  In our conversation we talk about her journey as a musician and what practice looked like for her when she started in middle school band and how it changed over the years, making our practice progress tangible, and about practice from teacher, parent and student perspective.  I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!    Links in this Episode:  Meret Bitticks' Website: http://www.fleautiful.com Find the print version of Meret's book Here: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Young-Flutists-Educators-Guide/dp/1639911170 FInd Meret Bitticks' book in ebook format Here: https://fflat-books.com/product/working-with-young-flutists/ Find the Transcript HERE: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode64 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle Live Talk 1/18/25 with Christine about “Working with our Child's Strengths in the Practice Room” Sign up to attend Here

Barbie Wong and I recently had an interesting discussion on the topic of rewards and incentives that we recorded for the Time to Practice podcast, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts. You can join us in the Music Nest community for ongoing discussions, live monthly meetings, and coming in January a fun 30 day practice challenge! We want to preface this discussion by acknowledging that there are many, very valid, opinions on this topic and we invite you listen to some of our ideas and the ways we have wrestled with this topic ourselves and want to acknowledge whatever you decide for your own family, or teaching practices, is totally up to you what you decide to do related to rewards and incentives. It is perfectly fine to disagree with us and we respect everyone's position on this hot button topic.   Links in this episode: Join Barbie & Christine in the Musical Nest Community Connect with Christine on Instagram and share your feedback on this episode Get Christine's bi-weekly email newsletter so you don't miss future episodes Transcript & blog post here: https://www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode63

To the parents, caregivers, grandparents and everyone who supports young music students in home practice: To the teachers and music educators:  This week's short little episode is a note of encouragement from me to you.  What you do matters!    You can read this episode in written form HERE Connect with Christine on Instagram Find Christine's Books HERE and HERE

In this week's episode we're speaking with Kathryn Drake. Drake is a violin teacher, music educator and co-director of Ithaca Suzuki Music Education in Ithaca, New York. As I got this episode ready to share with you and revisited our conversation, I found our conversation so inspiring and honestly so grounding - I think you too will appreciate what they have to say about music practice, how everything in life is related can impact our music, how their background in Zen meditation influences how they think about music practice, and the importance of knowing when to stop practicing. Enjoy! Links in this episode: Connect with Drake on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kbdrakevln/ Drake's website: kathrynbdrake.com Transcript and show notes can be found HERE Connect with Christine and share your takeaways on Instagram This episode is brought to you by Christine's book: Music Practice Makeover  

This week we are hearing from Eloise Hellyer in part two of our series with her this month. Eloise shares many thoughts on the sacred responsibility that is teaching, the impact teachers have on their students, and what she learned from her many interviews with professional musicians. Enjoy!  Links in this episode: Last week's part 1 episode with Eloise Hellyer Transcript and show notes can be found HERE Eloise's Blog: Violin Teacher's Blog Eloise Hellyer's book 1 Teaches 2 Learn: Private Music Teaching and You Connect with Christine and share your takeaways on Instagram   You can support the podcast by sharing this episode with a friend or family in your music program. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss any episodes, and by rating and reviewing the podcast if you're enjoying it.  Have a great week everyone!   

Today we're speaking with Eloise Hellyer - Eloise is a violin teacher who lives and teaches in Italy, is author of the Book 1 Teaches, 2 Learn: Private Teaching and You and violinteachersblogdotcom In this conversation, we talk about Eloise's experience practicing with and teaching her own children, the importance of music teachers, and what she has learned from decades of teaching as well as numerous interviews she has conducted with performing violinists, and I especially love her message that time in music lessons, is never time wasted.   We had such an interesting discussion and it was a bit longer than usual, and rather than cut any of it, I'll be bringing it to you in a two part series - half this week, half next week.   I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did!  Links from this Episode:  Eloise's Blog: Violin Teacher's Blog Eloise Hellyer's book 1 Teaches 2 Learn: Private Music Teaching and You Join Christine for a Time to Practice peptalk this Friday 11/1/24  Connect with Christine & share your takeaways from this episode on Instaram

This week on the Time to Practice podcast I am sharing expert practice tips from our guests on the show who we heard from in early 2024.  Each week I ask our guests the question: "If you could leave listeners with one tip about music practice this week, what would it be?"  These tips are too good not to share in a format that's easy to listen to and I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed putting them together with you in mind.  If you missed any of these episodes in their long-form format you can find them below:  Musicality & Joy from the Beginning with Crystal Boyack: Episode 39 Playing the Long Game with Susanna Klein;Episode 41 Leading with Love First with Barbie Wong: Episode 43 The Parent-Child Relationship in Music Practice with Alan Duncan: Episode 44 Making Great Music with Ease with Jennifer Roig-Francoli: Episode 46  Supporting Teens & Approaching Practice with Gratitude with Amy Beth Horman:  Episode 48 & Episode 49 Unlocking What's Possible with Christopher Maloney of Practice Warriors: Episode 50  Connect with Christine:  Looking for more support, conversation and community? Join Christine and Barbie Wong in the Musical Nest community: https://barbiewong.com/community/ Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle

This week's we're speaking with Leslie Thackeray: violin teacher, parent, and owner of The Practice Shoppe (one of my favorite resources for practice games). We talk about when to know it's time to add creative element to practice like a game or short-term project, the importance of performance opportunities, and how to help with motivation, which may be unique for each student.  Links in this episode: The Practice Shoppe Website From this episode: The bead counter that started it all, Practice Bingo Cards, and one of Christine's favorites: Practice Dice Find the Practice Shoppe online on Facebook & Instagram  Leslie Thackeray's Scale Book The launch event for the Musical Nest Community is this Saturday: Sign up to attend here Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and/or join the waitlist: https://barbiewong.com/community/ Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode57 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle  

We're excited to have Barbie Wong back on the podcast for a fun and helpful discussion about games in music practice. We discuss why games can help young musicians with practice and discuss 3 types of games to include in practice and specific examples for each of them.    Links in this episode: The launch event for the Musical Nest Community is this Saturday: Sign up to attend here Barbie Wong's website: https://Barbiewong.com The Games Online Class can be found here: https://barbiewong.com/class/ Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and/or join the waitlist: https://barbiewong.com/community/ Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode56 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle

This week on the Time to Practice podcast I'm excited to be speaking with Dr. Hannah Murray. We talk about the important roles teachers have in their student's lives, How her motivation changed from a young musician to her time at interlocken. We cover the benefit of movement as musicians and the importance of creating structure for students who need it as well as the importance of creating spaces where it's safe to share how what we're doing affects us, so that our teachers can help us find better ways.  I feel like we just scratched the surface of what we could have talked about, so I'm excited to have you listen and also to invite Dr. Hannah Murray back so we can talk more. Enjoy!    Links in this episode: Dr. Hannah Murray's website: https://www.activeviolinist.com/ Corpsonore website  Find Hannah on Instagram  Corpsonore & Activeviolinist  Hannah Murray's ActiveViolinist website  Youtube: The Virtuoso Music Academy. Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode55 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle Join the waitlist for Christine & Barbie's Community  Support the Podcast!  

It's easy to see and celebrate huge milestones along the way when our child is in music lessons. Milestones like book graduations are easy to spot, but what about all the hundreds of little milestones in between?  In this season's first solo episode, Christine Goodner shares 5 ways we can see our progress in music lessons from comparing recital videos from past years, lesson notes from the past and conversations to have with your teacher. The hope is you will find these ideas helpful and that putting them into action will help you feel encouraged as you see the progress that is happening, but may be hard to see!    Links in this Episode:  To read this podcast, in article format, click here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode54 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle Support the Podcast!  

This week on the Time to Practice podcast , I'm excited to be welcoming back Kimberley Wong: Suzuki Teacher and expert on helping families with home practice sessions. We had such an interesting conversation about frustrations and how they can show up for young music students as well as specific ways that adults supporting them can help.    Links in this Episode:  Kimberley Wong's Linktree with all of her resources and ways to connect with her: https://linktr.ee/kimberleywongviolinstudio Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode53 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle Support the Podcast!

This week on the Time to Practice podcast guest Barbie Wong joins me to talk about six things that can help us get back in our fall practice routine and set us up for a productive school year. Even if you're listening to this episode and it's not the start of the school year where you are, we think these reminders will help you with your practice routine, whenever you try them.    Links in this episode: Barbie Wong's website: https://Barbiewong.com Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and/or join the waitlist: https://barbiewong.com/community/ Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode52 Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle Support the Podcast!  

The Time to Practice podcast is back with new episodes for Fall 2024! We're excited to be talking once again to Dr. Molly Gebrian who is a violist with a background in Neuroscience and author of the new book Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practing. This episode is packed with ideas you can use in practice and I hope will inspire you to read her new book to learn more. You can also follow along with Dr. Molly Gebrian's September practice challenge happening this month on both her Instagram and Youtube pages (links below).  I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did!  Links in this episode:  Dr. Molly Gebrian's Website: https://mollygebrian.com/ To find the Link to buy the book & find the workbook: https://www.mollygebrian.com/music-and-the-brain Connect with Dr. Molly Gebrian on Instagram Dr. Molly Gebrian's YouTube Channel Connect with Christine on Instagram Support the Podcast!   

Today, we're speaking to Christopher Maloney of Practice Warriors. Christopher is a multi-instrumentalist who has performed and recorded with an impressive list of rock and pop musicians, some of whom he'll share at the start of our interview below. He's a former instructor and Department Chair at the world-renowned Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, a published author with Hal Leonard Publishing and runs a website called Practice Warriors where he shares tips about practice, interviews with musicians, and resources for music students as a part of the membership there. He also shares great articles and ideas about practice in his newsletter. Links in this episode:  The Practice Warriors membership site: https://www.practicewarriors.com  YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@practicewarriors Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/practicewarriors Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/practicewarriors Connect with Christine on Instagram The transcript and blog post for this episode can be found HERE This episode is brought to you by my practice workbook, Positive Practice  

This is second in a two- part series with violinist and pedagogue Amy Beth Horman. You can listen to part 1 on episode 48 (HERE).  We talk about minds wandering in practice, continue our conversation on gratitude, and talk about parenting a musical child as well. There was such a great response to the first episode of this two-part series and I can't wait for you to listen to part two! Link to supporting Talk : https://bit.ly/4at8lV5 Connect with Amy Beth Horman here: https://sfcm.edu/study/faculty/amy-beth-horman Instagram: www.Instagram.com/hormanviolinstudio Connect with Christine on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/SuzukiTriangle  Email Christine: TimetoPracticePodcast@gmail.com Transcript for this interview can be found HERE   

In this episode we start what is a two-part interview with violinist and pedagogue Amy Beth Horman. We had such a fascinating conversation about practice, both from her perspective, which you will hear today, but also about how she works with and talks about practice with her daughter Ava and with her students (which we'll get into more in next week's episode). I found this conversation fascinating and I can't wait for you to join us!  Links in this episode: This episode is brought to you by the Time to Practice Pep talk series. Our next event is for Instrumental teachers and more information can be found HERE Connect with Amy Beth Horman here: https://sfcm.edu/study/faculty/amy-beth-horman Instagram: www.Instagram.com/hormanviolinstudio Connect with Christine on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/SuzukiTriangle Transcript can be found at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode48

On this week's mini episode, Christine shares some thoughts on why transition rituals can be helpful leading up to practice, some ideas for where to start when you work on creating one of your own (for yourself or your child) and asks listeners to send an email or audio recording sharing their transition ritual for practice to be used for a future episode.  You can find this episode in written form here: https://suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode47/ Email Christine about your practice transition ritual at Christine@SuzukiTriangle.com  Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzukitriangle/

Christine is still traveling for the SAA/ASTA conference this week so here is part two of our listener favorite series with practice tips from Season 1 of the podcast.  You can find the transcript and show notes for this episode here:  https://suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode25/

Christine is traveling to the SAA/ASTA conference this week so is excited to share this listener favorite episode with you. It's the first of two parts (you'll hear part 2 next week) with some of the best practice tips from Season 1 of the podcast.  You can find the transcript for this episode here: https://suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode24/

This week we're speaking with Jennifer Roig-Francolí: musicians coach, creator of the Art of Freedom Method, Alexander Teacher, and Bestselling Author of the new book Make Great Music with Ease!: The Secret to Smarter Practice, Confident Performance, and Living a Happier Life In this episode, we discuss the importance of choices and playing without tension, doubt gremlins, and Jennifer's 5 life pillars from her Art of Freedom method. There are important takeaways here for you, whether you're a musician yourself, a music educator, or a parent or caregiver of a young musician.    You can find the transcript and blog post for this episode HERE Mind-Body Awareness for Musicians: youtu.be/Zr1c4T9KgFM?si=TD1pO4MlDLLEetEN Connect with Jennifer Roig-Francolí FB BIZ PAGE - www.facebook.com/artoffreedom.me/ FB GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/J30DPC/ Instagram - www.instagram.com/jennifer.roigfrancoli/ YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/@JenniferRoigFrancoli Website - www.ArtofFreedom.me Connect with Christine and share your takeaways on Instagram This episode is brought to you by: Beyond the Music Lesson   

In this mini episode Christine Goodner discusses the importance of knowing both how far we've come AND where we're headed. Striking that balance as a musician and as an adult supporting a young musician is so important.  You can read this episode in written form HERE The Gap and The Gain book (affiliate link) Hilary Hahn on Instagram Connect with Christine and share your takeaways on Instagram

On this week's episode, we're speaking with long-time Suzuki parent Alan Duncan. Alan shares what he's learned through the challenging starting phases of preschool beginner through letting go and helping his daughter transition into the independent practicer she is now. We talk about creativity, practice as the stress-test for the parent-child relationship, and the act of letting go as we let our children take charge of their practice when the time is right and so much more.    Links in this week's episode: Blog post and transcript can be found Here This episode is brought to you by Positive Practice Alan's Suzuki Experience Blog Alan Duncan's Collaborative Pianist Website  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

On this week's episode of the Time to Practice podcast, we're speaking with music educator and speaker Barbie Wong. Barbie shares about the importance of community for young musicians (and their parents!), about supporting our children in music practice through the idea of love first, and about remembering the difference between practicing and playing.    Links in this week's episode: Blog post and transcript can be found HERE This episode is brought to you by my workbook: Positive Practice Barbie's Wong's Website Connect with Barbie on Instagram Find Barbie's online classes for Parents  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

On this week's episode of the podcast your host Christine Goodner is bringing you a mini-episode on one of the themes that keeps coming up this season: finding Joy in our musical lives.     Links in this week's episode: Past episode with Crystal Boyack and Susanna Klein  The Last Repair Shop on Youtube  The written version of this week's episode/transcript can be found HERE Connect with Christine on Instagram How are you finding joy this week? I'd love to hear from you!   

On this week's episode, we're speaking to Violinist and Practice expert Susanna Klein. Susanna shares her own experience with music practice, how her perspective changed about music practice after incorporating ideas from sports psychology, and thoughts on supporting our children in their music practice.  Links in this week's episode: Susanna's Website: practizma.com  Susanna's YouTube Channel: Youtube.com/practiceblitz Connect with Susanna on Instagram: instagram.com/practizma The transcript and blog post can be found HERE  Connect with Christine on Instagram  

On this week's episode of the podcast, your host, Christine Goodner, is bringing you our first mini-episodes for season 2, all about the practice it takes to flex our perseverance muscle in the practice room.  Links in this week's episode: Last week's episode with Crystal Boyack  The written version of this week's episode/transcript can be found HERE Connect with Christine on Instagram Questions to reflect on this week: What character qualities, or life skills, do I hope my child develops through learning their instrument? How can I support my child as a human developing these skills, while also helping them develop skills on their instrument?  Have a great week everyone! 

Welcome to season 2!  On this week's episode, we're speaking with Crystal Boyack: violinist, parent, and creator of Wee Violin (and Wee Cello & Wee Viola which are newly out this week!).  We talk about her own practice journey, what she learned from practicing with her own children, and what inspired her to create Wee Violin. Links in this episode: Crystal Boyack's Instagram Website: crystalboyackmusicstudio.com Connect with your host Christine Goodner on Instagram Support the podcast by purchasing or recommending one of Christine's books: Amazon or Bookshop.org Show notes and transcript of our conversation can be found at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode39

On this week's episode of the Time to Practice podcast we're speaking with violist Grazzia Rode-Sagastume about how she fell in love with the Viola right from the start of her music journey, the importance of community, and how she works to support parents and caregivers in her program. Links in this Episode:  Find Grazzia on Instagram Omaha Conservatory of Music  Music Practice Makeover Detailed show notes and Transcript at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode38/

Join the host of the Time to Practice podcast Christine E Goodner as she shares some of the behind-the-scenes process of how her new book Music Practice Makeover came into existence.  You can get your own copy  on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3L0PYd2 or find it on apple books, barnes & noble, KOBO and more here: https://books2read.com/u/b6M9ly You can find detailed show notes and a transcript of this episode at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode37/

This week on the podcast we're speaking with freelance artist and viola & violin teacher Ángel Falú-García. We talk about his start in music and how he ended up playing the viola, what he learned the hard way about practice and how that influences how he works with his students now and more.  Links in this episode Find Ángel M. Falú's Teaching Page on Facebook Find Ángel M. Falú-García on Instagram Pre-order Christine's New Book Music Practice Makeover, out next week HERE.   Find Christine on Instagram You can find a transcript and detailed show notes at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode36/

In my work conducting interviews, giving talks and workshops, and working with many families over the last two decades, I've realized there are many, many reasons we practice. In this episode I share four common reasons we practice.  Of course one reason is that we want to, or love to, practice. But there are other very valid experiences around practice too!   Links from this episode:  PreOrder the ebook of Music Practice Makeover HERE Find Christine on Instagram

In this episode, we are speaking with music educator and children's author  Courtney Woodward. In our conversation she shared with her students in the classroom about practice, how the process of writing and publishing a book is so related to music, and all about her new children's book out today!  Links from this episode:  Courtney's Instagram Courtney's Facebook Courtney's Website The New Book Family Dynamics on Amazon & on Barnes&Noble.com Detailed show notes and transcript at SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode34/

This week on the Time to Practice Podcast we're speaking with music educator Barbie Wong. We talk about her research into the lives of musicians, how we can create an environment that supports young musicians' growth, and some great tips for motivation and music practice. You won't want to miss this conversation! Links in this Episode: Find Barbie's Facebook Group Barbie's website: https://www.barbiewong.com/ Barbie Wong's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/barbiewong Find Barbie Wong on Instagram: www.instagram.com/barbiewongmusic Detailed Show Notes & Transcript can be found at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode33/ Support the podcast by attending our next Live, Online event all about practice personalities: https://bit.ly/3fS71Aa