Goal Setting

For Teachers

Over the last week I have been planning. Goal setting for my family, studio, students and also for here at Creative.Piano.Professional. It has been exciting to think about that I would like to achieve and put things out there as inspiration for the year. Each year our...

40 Piece Challenge – How it Works For Us!

Teaching Resources

For quite some time my studio has run a certificate system for students completing songs. For completing 10 pieces, they received a green certificate, orange for 20, silver for 30 and gold for 40. This was quite an easy achievement for the beginner students with lots...

5 Things to Consider at the End of the Teaching Year.

For Teachers, Studio Matters

Contact your students/parents in regards to any changes of timetable for yourself or the student for next year. It is much better to know now than just before school goes back that you suddenly have several spaces to fill. Where are your students at? Write down what...

Radio silence- How we use music in times of trouble……

For Teachers

  In the last few weeks life has gotten in the way of planned blogging.  With family on-goings and hopsitals to be in, it has got me thinking about how we use music in our lives for rituals. Three weeks ago my dear Nanna passed away. Early on her last morning,...

6 Tips for Protecting Your Voice!

For Teachers

Lets talk about vocal hygiene. No, not the “brush your teeth” kind of hygiene, more the “how to look after your voice hygiene”. At my recent visit to the speech pathologist in an attempt to restore my vocal function (read more about it in this...

Who tunes your piano?

For Parents, For Teachers

Until recently I have never questioned who tuned my piano. Since I was a little girl the same gentleman has been our tuner. He knew me from the age of 8 and each year or so he would be over to tune the piano. This gentleman was a part of our lives. He had been to each...