7 Reasons Why There Is No Such Thing as ‘Music For Boys’!

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...

Music Teachers, Problogger and the Gold Coast

For Teachers

Yesterday I returned from a four day trip to the beautiful Gold Coast for Problogger 2014. Conferences are great fun to present at but this time I was going as an attendee to a non-musical conference. I knew several acquaintances who were going and was looking forward...

A Delivery of Trinity College Exam Materials!

Teaching Resources

Today I returned home to find a parcel on my doorstep. A parcel that is a part of my research. It is like Christmas in my house when new music arrives.     I ordered the entire range of Trinity exam books. Aural, technical, guides, the lot. I want to review...

My brain hurts! Challenging and changing the way you think.

For Teachers

I enjoy reading. I also enjoy learning new things. But sometimes my brain just gets fried by new information and it takes time to process ideas. Recently I have been researching several topics of interest; auditory processing and memory, learning and exploring with...

Live Music, Performance Opportunities and Your Students

For Teachers, Performance

  For the past few years I have concentrated on creating performance opportunities for students, crafting different events in our studio calendar to support the growth and diversity within our studio. We now have Performance Parties, Recitals, Concerts and Panel...

The Power of “Play it Again!” (please)

For Parents, For Teachers

  Last week my children were starting to push back when I asked them to do their piano practice. Each morning before school they both do 10-20 minutes practice. This has been the routine since they started learning piano last year. So when they started to go...