For Parents, For Students, Performance
When you are preparing for performance, practising your pieces in a variety of ways can help! Here are seven different things you could give a try: Try it like a performance: walk to the stage, set yourself up, bow, perform the piece, bow, leave the stage. Rehearsing...
For Parents, Teaching Resources
So. A parent calls you about one of your students. They are struggling to get said-student to practice. Should they continue? Should they stop lessons all together? What is the magic solution? Here are a few of my tips for answering this often asked question: Is...
For Parents, For Students, For Teachers
Today I have been hosting an Australian Music Examination Board examination session in my home studio. Twenty two students are sitting exams here and it is something we do every year at this time. I grew up participating in AMEB examinations on a regular basis....
For Parents, For Teachers
For some time I have been grappling with the idea of ‘Music for Boys’. Each time I see a piece referred to as ‘For Boys’ or information published about how certain pieces would be great FOR BOYS I have an increasing sense that our industry is doing a great disservice...
For Parents, For Students
Sometimes in life you need to say goodbye to a teacher. There is no one, definitive right way to do so. However, there are a few things you can do and a few to avoid in order to make the process less confronting for everyone. Teachers understand that in life...
