Podcasts about teach piano today

Today we're kicking off our Teach Piano Today Helpline podcast with a fabulous episode featuring everything you've always wanted to know about teaching group piano classes. And if you just thought “Oh… this is not for me, I only have one piano so I can't teach groups…” you'll want to hang around and have a […]

Today we’re kicking off our Teach Piano Today Helpline podcast with a fabulous episode featuring everything you’ve always wanted to know about teaching group piano classes. And if you just thought “Oh… this is not for me, I only have one piano so I can’t teach groups…” you’ll want to hang around and have a […]

Piano teachers everywhere have students in their studio with complex needs.  Be it visual impairment, Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia… the spectrum of differences is wide. And piano teachers everywhere have questions about how to effectively meet the needs of these students. Advice From A True Expert In today's Teach Piano Today podcast, we're interviewing Dr. Adam Ockelford […]

Piano teachers everywhere have students in their studio with complex needs.  Be it visual impairment, Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia… the spectrum of differences is wide. And piano teachers everywhere have questions about how to effectively meet the needs of these students. Advice From A True Expert In today’s Teach Piano Today podcast, we’re interviewing Dr. Adam Ockelford […]

I’m always interested in ways to make piano practice more efficient and more effective for my students. I believe that the more we understand about how humans learn, the better adjustments we can make to how we teach. In a past Teach Piano Today podcast we interviewed Dr. Christine Carter who opened our eyes to […]

Although we recorded this episode in July, our summer programming at Spectrum Creative Arts hit us like a storm! Now back in the swing of Fall, we finally had time to dig through our old recordings of the episode and piece it altogether. JamTrack: Wade shares his summer mode ideas and our duo creates a beautiful improvisation on organ, guitar, and bells. See what changes are made to the pentatonic mode to give a more "summery" feel. In Session: Megan shares her "Slow It Down" song inspired by Jason Mraz's song "I Won't Give Up". Wade shares an original camping song, We're Camping" to work on expressive language skills. Download the PDF slideshow here: We're Camping. Former intern Alison Yanda adds her vocals. Resource Booth: Featured resources include "Lucy Ladybird" an interactive storybook app, "Constantly Speaking" website and blog for speech therapy ideas, "Teach Piano Today" a website with a ton of free resources, games, and visuals for piano, "Compose Create" a website with great piano resources and rhythmic challenge games, "Conversation Therappy Lite" an app to sequencially work on expressive language skills centered around a picture, and "Naming Therappy" an app designed to walk you through cues when trying to names specific items in a picture.

Andrea Dow of Teach Piano Today talks with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada about ways in which the Technique can help piano students play with greater ease and less harmful tension. Rober't website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Teach Piano Today's website: TeachPianoToday.com More information about the Alexander Technique and musicians: AlexanderTechnique.com/musicians.htm More general information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

If there was ever a TeachPianoToday podcast that you should share… it’s this one.  Today we’re speaking with the brilliant Dr. Christopher Fisher, Associate Professor of piano at Ohio University, and we’re talking about effective parental involvement in piano education. Scroll to the bottom of this post to listen now. Listen in as Dr. Fisher […]

We’re back at it again with our weekly addition of the Teach Piano Today podcast. If you enjoyed Episode 1, you’ll love Episode 2. If you just can’t wait, scroll to the bottom of the post and hit “Play”! Today’s podcast will be of particular interest to any piano teachers who are struggling to find […]