317.
Lessons after breaks and studio names
316.
Paperless or paper planning and personal practice
315.
Starts and stops and starting studios
314.
Am I the right kind of teacher for my different students
313.
How do I organise lessons at students' homes?
312.
Public speaking, marketing and preschool students
311.
Questions, podcasts and going from zero to studio
310.
Conference lowdown and general catchup
309.
Creative Repurposing and Recyling with Leila Viss
308.
Practice and Ownership with Nicole Douglas
307.
Uncommon Sense Truths with Christina Whitlock
306.
Crafting compositions with Jenny Walker
305.
Developing a violin method with Crystal Boyak
304.
Preparing Piano Teens for the Next Level with Kate Boyd
303.
Community, Not Competition with Paul Myatt
302.
Creative movement and ensemble recitals with Juliet Robinson
301.
Presenting Tips with Amy Chaplin
299.
Questions for all teachers to ponder
298.
How to Get The Most Out of Piano Teaching Conferences
297.
My experience with MTB exams
296.
Answers for parents who question games in piano lessons
295.
Fun ways to prep for recital
294.
Alternatives for Piano Recitals
293.
My top 7 takeaways from MTNA 2024
292.
What to say at the start of your recital
291.
How to stay CALM during recital season
290.
Behind-the-Scenes at Our Silent Film Piano Festival
289.
If This Were EASY What Would That Look Like?
288.
Music Neutrality in Music lessons
287.
Alternatives to Zoom for Online Lessons
286.
Teaching parents habit stacking for practice
285.
6 Things to Teach Adult Music Students About Home Practice
284.
13 (Random) Tips for Teachers
283.
Being Your Own Kind Teacher
282.
Practice for One Hand Only
281.
Mnemonics and Parent Education
280.
Practice Notes Ideas and Tips
279.
Top Music Practice Mistakes to Avoid
278.
How to Improve Practice Habits in Your Studio
277.
Finding work-life balance
276.
Piano Teaching Activities for When You Have 3-5 Minutes to Spare
275.
Just. Do. One. Thing.
274.
Piano teacher notes and notepapers
273.
Time-saving tips for music teachers
272.
Finding time for professional development
271.
How long is left in my piano lesson?
270.
Top 3 piano lesson planning mistakes
269.
Bullet Journaling for Piano Teachers
268.
Mindfulness in Piano Performing
267.
Interleaved Music Teaching and Spaced Repetition Practice
266.
Piano music memorisation tips
265.
5 Ways to Make Memorising Music Fun
264.
The Hidden Benefits of Teaching Improvisation and Composition
263.
5 Fun Ways to Teach Form
262.
How Improvisation and Arranging Improves Music Memorisation
261.
Printing tips and tricks
260.
Breaking the Piano Memorisation Crutch in Transfer Students
259.
Neurodiversity in the Piano Teaching Studio
258.
4 Emotional experiments for piano students
257.
10 Ways to Teach Piano Students Right vs Left
256.
A personal memorisation manifesto
255.
Should you increase your piano teaching rates?
254.
The 5|7|22 Music Memorisation Method
253.
Predicting piano student progress
252.
How to avoid burnout as a music teacher
251.
Reimagining the metronome in music lessons
250.
What can a non-perfectionist teacher learn from a perfectionist?
249.
3 changes to consider right now
248.
Perfecting the Art of Being a "Good Enough" Piano Teacher
247.
How to Create a Piano Studio Schedule
246.
What to do when students can't take corrections
245.
The foundation of good practice
244.
Retire from your role as "Mistake Police"
243.
Helping students get comfortable with struggle
242.
Beat Perfectionism With Video Piano Student Evaluations
241.
How to Know When Your Student Has "Finished" a Piece
240.
How to Start Teaching Piano in Schools or Preschools
239.
The Best Digital Piano Method Books
238.
Piano Polyrhythms with Stacy Fahrion
237.
Tommy the Piano Toe-Dipper
236.
Five Foundations of Successful Preschool Piano Teaching
235.
What we can learn from self-taught musicians
234.
Renewing Scales and Deepening Understanding with Improvisation
233.
How much should we standardise our piano curriculum?
232.
8 Checkpoints for Transfer Music Students
231.
Cute Valentine's Day Idea for Piano Lessons
230.
What Should a Beginner Piano Student Learn in Year 1?
229.
How to Choose Inspiring Piano Exam Pieces
228.
The Power of Preemptive Theory
227.
How to Keep Track of a Lending Library
226.
Keeping track of your music students' progress
225.
Pros and cons of exams for music students
224.
Tips to Settle Piano Performance and Exam Anxiety
223.
How to Prepare for a Piano Exam
222.
What's the point of piano exams?
221.
How to Teach the 12 Bar Blues
220.
Singing Tips for Instrumental Teachers
218.
Maintaining a Positive Attitude to Teaching
217.
What's the point of piano swag?
216.
Favourite Apps for Teaching Teen Piano Students
215.
No-Practice Piano Lessons For Teens
214.
Improve Teen Retention by Saying It Straight
213.
4 Types of Teen Piano Students
212.
Different Ways to Introduce a Piece to Your Student
bonus
New Teaching Resources for a New School Year
211.
7 Types of Pieces for Every Piano Student's Repertoire
210.
How to Choose Student Piano Recital Repertoire
209.
How to Stretch Your Music Book Budget
208.
How to Pick Pieces for Your Piano Students
207.
5 Ways to Prepare for a Piece with Movement
206.
How to teach online group lessons
205.
Dos and Don’ts of Quality Group Workshops
204.
3 Common Group Piano Teaching Mistakes
203.
Special Piano Parents
202.
Student first, diagnosis second
201.
What’s the diagnosis?
200.
How I became a full-time piano teacher
199.
Trim your studio expenses
198.
Glue yourself to your policies
197.
Are you charging enough?
196.
Set Your Piano Teaching Salary
195.
Make Money Your Buddy as a Music Teacher
194.
Everybody sit down on the floor
193.
iPad apps and YouTube - friend or foe to piano teachers?
192.
How to find flexibility in your teaching schedule
191.
iPad Piano Studio Mistakes to Avoid
190.
Preparatory Steps for Piano Sight Reading
189.
Hit the Rote Piece Accelerator
188.
Invest in these sight-reading skills in your studio
187.
The Stubborn Duet Secret to Teaching Sight Reading Skills
186.
Improvise your way around the world
185.
How to Seek Out Different Music
184.
5 Ways to Motivate Fatigued Music Students
183.
Lessons for Music Teachers from Folk Dancing
182.
Branding for Music Studios and Teachers
181.
Growing Your Music Teaching Business
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A teaching studio story taster
180.
Mentoring Our Way to Progress in the Music Teaching Industry
179.
How to Hire Your Right-Fit Teacher
178.
7 Reasons NOT to Expand Your Music Teaching Business
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The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast Trailer
177.
Debug Your Piano Teacher Life Balance for a New Season
176.
Meditation in the Music Teaching Studio
175.
Best Method for Teaching Piano Scales: Notation, Rote or Writing?
174.
What Order Should I Teach Piano Scales In?
173.
When Should Piano Students Start Scales
172.
How to Teach Piano Modes, for the Uninitiated
171.
7 Tips to Level-Up the Fun Factor in Solo Lessons
170.
How to Set Up a Piano Studio Lending Library
169.
Adapting Piano Teaching Games in an Instant
168.
Help! My Piano Parents Don't Want Us to Play Games!
167.
4 Fun DIY Christmas Party Games
166.
7 Awesome Tools to Assess and Address Transfer Piano Student Gaps
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How to talk to parents about practice
165.
How to Teach Old Piano Parents New Tricks
164.
How to Smoothly Switch Piano Methods Midstream
163.
Piano Transfer Students: Looking at the Sunny Side
162.
8 of the Best Piano Technique Books to Transform Your Teaching
161.
Teaching Piano Articulation: How, When and Where
160.
How Yoga Could Unlock Success in Your Piano Lessons
159.
3 Positive Piano Posture Tips for Teaching Wiggly Kids
158.
How to Teach Piano Technique (without Hanon and the Lads)
157.
How to Teach Beginner Piano Students
156.
Teaching Piano from Home with Healthy Habits
155.
Shimmy into Your Symbolic Work-Shirt
154.
The Successful Music Teacher Map: 3 Horizons and a Shortcut
153.
14 Lyric Writing Prompts for Piano Students
152.
Help Students with Complex Rhythm Dictation
151.
Teaching Songwriting (When You're Not a Pro)
150.
Your Music Teacher Vision Statement
149.
How to Make a Steady Income as a Piano Teacher
148.
Best Project Management Software for Music Schools
147.
Creating a Model Music Studio System
146.
Paid Time Off for Piano Teachers
145.
Overcoming the Disadvantage of Friday Piano Lessons
144.
Growing Grit and Sharpening Piano Students’ Stick-to-it-ive-ness
143.
The 5 Masts of Music Student Motivation
142.
Gateway to Growth Mindset for Piano Students
141.
Incentives, Awards and Rewards in the Piano Studio
140.
What I Learnt About Listening in Online Lessons
139.
Improve Aural Memory with these Music Games
138.
Five Steps to Create a Sensational Piano Mashup
137.
A Three-Minute Ear Training Exercise for Piano Students
136.
The Clear and Concise Guide to Curwen Hand Signs
135.
Tips for Teaching Piano Technique to Adults
134.
Six Things Adult Beginner Piano Students Need to Hear
133.
Refined Repertoire Adult Piano Students Will Adore
132.
How to Attract More Adult Piano Students
131.
Three Heroic Habits for Music Teachers
130.
Save Time by Outsourcing Your Music Studio Admin
129.
Doing "All the Things" in Your Piano Studio
128.
Power Up Your Piano Teacher Productivity
127.
Top Findings from the 2020 Vibrant Music Teaching Industry Report
126.
Five Questions to Ask Yourself at Least Once a Year
125.
Getting Strategic About How You Teach Reading
124.
Lead Sheet Basics: Where to Find Them and How to Use Them
123.
How to Teach Pop Music to Piano Students
122.
Why You Should Teach Pop Music in Your Studio
121.
How to make your data TALK
120.
Teaching Beginner Reading in Online Piano Lessons
119.
Teaching Rote Pieces in Online Piano Lessons
118.
Teaching Technique in Online Piano Lessons
117.
Backup Plans for Online Music Teachers
116.
Teaching Strategies for Online Music Teaching
115.
How to Make Your Online Music Lessons FUN
114.
Planning and Systems for Online Music Lessons
113.
Tools and Software for Teaching Piano Online
112.
The Best Equipment for Online Piano Lessons
Suggestions for Safe and Socially-Distant Piano Studios
111.
How to Get Ready for a New School Year
110.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Purposeful
109.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Relevant
108.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Open
107.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Fun
106.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Cool
105.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Professional
104.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Welcoming
103.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Profitable
102.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Consistent
101.
Vibrant Music Studio 101 – Deliberate
100.
Teacher Lessons Learned in the Past Year
99.
Listen. No Really, Listen. No, REALLY Listen.
98.
Prevent Summer Stress with a Studio Budget
97.
5 Ways to Decompress in 5 Minutes
96.
How to Show You’re on Their Side
95.
Good, and Again. Good, and Again.
94.
The Patience of Understanding and Understanding Patience
93.
Studio Review 2019 and Plans for 2020
92.
Strictness vs. Authority
91.
I Bought a New Toy – How Should I Use It?
90.
An Argument for Alternating Exam Years
89.
How to Make Private Lesson Games Less Lame
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BONUS EPISODE – A quick COVID-I9 update
88.
3 Ways to Invent Time in Your Music Lessons
87.
Building (Friendly) Boundaries
86.
A Recital Mantra for This Headless Season
85.
I Just Want Him to Have Fun
84.
Who is Your Studio Website For?
83.
Feel the Beat in Your Feet
82.
One of my Least Favourite Words
80.
I Don’t Teach Kids That Don’t Practice
79.
Investigate Everything
78.
Baking the Perfect Music Lesson Lasagna
77.
Essential Music Lesson Ingredient No. 6
76.
Essential Music Lesson Ingredient No. 5
75.
Essential Music Lesson Ingredient No. 4
74.
Essential Music Lesson Ingredient No. 3
73.
Essential Music Lesson Ingredient No. 2
72.
Essential Music Lesson Ingredient No. 1
71.
Lyndel Kennedy on Creative Exploration with Preschoolers
70.
Carina Busch on Involving Parents in Preschool Lessons
69.
Kris Skaletski on Teaching Preschoolers in Groups
68.
Starting to Teach Preschool Piano
67.
Play is the Work of the Child
66.
My Biggest Technique Teaching Mistakes
65.
The Importance of Finding Your Tribe
64.
5 Creative Music Lesson Openers
63.
What Does It Mean to Creativise Your Teaching
62.
The Five Foundations of Successful Preschool Piano Teaching
61.
Studio Business Cleanse -Day 5
60.
Studio Business Cleanse - Day 4
59.
Studio Business Cleanse - Day 3
58.
Studio Business Cleanse - Day 2
57.
Studio Business Cleanse - Day 1
56.
Finding the fun in your music teaching business
55.
How to organise your music studio calendar
54.
Exploring minor keys with early intermediate students
53.
What to do after method books
52.
Tips for keeping teens in music lessons
51.
Music teaching studio events that build community
50.
How to encourage reluctant or shy singers
49.
4 Fun vocal warmups for your music studio
48.
How to make any change in your music teaching studio
47.
Mistakes to avoid when starting group lessons
46.
What to include in group preschool music lessons
45.
Private VS group preschool music lessons - which is better?
44.
3 Benefits of teaching preschoolers in your music studio
43.
How to keep your music studio income steady in the summer
42.
How to craft the perfect recital welcome speech
41.
Make music history fun for music students
40.
My planning process for group workshops
39.
5 ways to use group workshops in your studio
38.
How to jam with the 12 bar blues in group workshops
37.
How to Improve Your Students’ Duet Skills
36.
3 Simple Improvisation Exercises for Music Teachers
35.
Improvisation as a tool for music teachers
34.
A super fun first lesson with a new piano student
33.
How to start lesson planning for your music lessons
32.
How to find YOUR music teaching curriculum
31.
What is a Music Teaching Curriculum?
30.
3 rhythm warmups for your music teaching studio
29.
How to help a student who struggles with rhythm
28.
Rhythm systems – which one is best?
27.
5 Ways to use solfa singing in your music lessons
26.
An introduction to Kodály and solfa
25.
Recharging your music teacher batteries
24.
Goal setting with students
23.
INTERVIEW - Practising Practice with Graham Fitch
22.
Your Biggest Teaching Frustration and How to Overcome it
21.
Wow touches for your next recital
20.
Planning your recital & coordinating
19.
Reframing Your Makeup Lesson Mindset
18.
3 emails you should send all new piano parents
17.
Group teaching and overlapping lessons case study with Lynnette Barney
16.
How to Make Your Marketing STAND OUT
15.
Marketing for music teachers...the how and the when
14.
How to reveal the magic of scales & chords with circle of fifths improv
13.
Vibrant Music Teacher Questions and Answers
12.
How to use monthly themes in your studio
11.
3 Stages of Gamifying Piano Scales
10.
How to teach keyboard geography to newbie piano students
9.
Finding and filling the transfer student gaps
8.
Vibrant Music Teacher Questions and Answers
7.
What to Do in Your First Lesson with a Transfer Student
6.
How to Include More Improvisation and Improve Your Communication
5.
Taking Action Against Music Teacher Overwhelm
4.
Lesson plans that make sense for music teachers
3.
Keeping Parents in the Loop All Year Long
2.
Practice, Practice, Practice...the ins and outs of forming a practice habit
1.
How to Get Ready (Really Ready!) for a New Teaching Term
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What to expect from the Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast
