Creative Piano Teaching Podcast

Thanks for reading 313: Replay – Jacob Collier Talks Music and Education from TopMusic.co. Today’s episode is another special and favourite episode from the archives with the 4-time Grammy award-winning young music legend from London, Jacob Collier. Hailing from North London and playing seven different instruments, including distinctive vocals, Jacob’s sense of harmony and tonality is evident in his signature style. He records all of his albums from his ... 313: Replay – Jacob Collier Talks Music and Education The post 313: Replay – Jacob Collier Talks Music and Education appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 312: Replay – How Teaching Beginners with No Books has Revolutionised Georgina’s Studio from TopMusic.co. Will teaching beginner with no books really click with your piano students? In this replay episode of the Integrated Music Teaching Podcast, our guest is Georgina Jordan who’s a piano teacher in the UK who’ve had a very traditional music education and was struggling to add creativity into her lessons. She shares her story with ... 312: Replay – How Teaching Beginners with No Books has Revolutionised Georgina’s Studio The post 312: Replay – How Teaching Beginners with No Books has Revolutionised Georgina’s Studio appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 311: Replay – Jon Schmidt from The Piano Guys from TopMusic.co. Our episode today is actually a favourite episode from the archives where we’re going to be sharing with you one of our earlier episodes way back in 2018 with none other than the piano guy from The Piano Guys, Jon Schmidt. In this interview, Jon gives us the inside scoop of his awesome YouTube videos, ... 311: Replay – Jon Schmidt from The Piano Guys The post 311: Replay – Jon Schmidt from The Piano Guys appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 310: The Narrow Key Piano Crusade with Linda Gould and Rhonda Boyle from TopMusic.co. The movement of pianos with narrow keys has been around for years, but many are not knowledgeable about it. So in this episode today, I’ve invited Rhonda Boyle and Linda Gould to talk more about the narrow key piano movement, how it works, how it started, and where it is now in the process. Guest ... 310: The Narrow Key Piano Crusade with Linda Gould and Rhonda Boyle The post 310: The Narrow Key Piano Crusade with Linda Gould and Rhonda Boyle appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 309: Building a Brand New Primer Method with Daniel McFarlane from TopMusic.co. What is it like to build a brand new primer method? In this episode, I have a very special guest, Daniel McFarlane, who was my first ever guest when I started the podcast way back in 2015. Daniel is known for the Supersonics Piano Method, which he has grown over the years. He’s going to ... 309: Building a Brand New Primer Method with Daniel McFarlane The post 309: Building a Brand New Primer Method with Daniel McFarlane appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 308: From Exhausted to Excited – How Group Teaching has Given Christina Whitlock Her Time Back from TopMusic.co. We are talking all about transitioning to group teaching today with Christina Whitlock, the Beyond Measure Podcast host and TopMusicPro member. Christina just recently started her move to this new way of teaching and we’re going to hear all about her fresh and raw excitement on how she’s going with this change. If you’re thinking ... 308: From Exhausted to Excited – How Group Teaching has Given Christina Whitlock Her Time Back The post 308: From Exhausted to Excited – How Group Teaching has Given Christina Whitlock Her Time Back appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 307: TopMusicPro Member Spotlight – How We Saved Rachel from Quitting Teaching Forever from TopMusic.co. In today’s episode, we’re having another TopMusicPro member spotlight. And our guest for today’s podcast is Rachel Davis, owner of Three Sisters Music Studio. It’s been a long road for Rachel, who is now running a very successful studio. The journey has not been easy. In fact, she almost quit teaching altogether six months ago. ... 307: TopMusicPro Member Spotlight – How We Saved Rachel from Quitting Teaching Forever The post 307: TopMusicPro Member Spotlight – How We Saved Rachel from Quitting Teaching Forever appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 306: What YOU think about Integrated Music Teaching Model from TopMusic.co. In today’s episode, I’m going share some of the feedback that we’ve been getting from all of you about the Integrated Music Teaching model that we’ve been sharing from episode number 300. I am also going to share integrated music teaching ideas from Mike Grande on rhythm and Dr. Anita Collins on Just in Time ... 306: What YOU think about Integrated Music Teaching Model The post 306: What YOU think about Integrated Music Teaching Model appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 305: How to Teach Songwriting to Music Students with Simon Rushby from TopMusic.co. Today, we’re going to unpack our brand new, 9-module course, The Complete Guide to Songwriting, and meet the creator and instructor, Simon Rushby. He has written songs that have charted for artists in Europe and Asia. His compositions have been used worldwide for TV shows and commercials. As a performer, Simon remains busy as a ... 305: How to Teach Songwriting to Music Students with Simon Rushby The post 305: How to Teach Songwriting to Music Students with Simon Rushby appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 304: Building the Certificate of Integrated Music Teaching with Kimberly Swanson from TopMusic.co. In today’s episode, Kimberly Swanson will join us to discuss all about how we’ve been building the Certificate of Integrated Music Teaching over the last six to nine months. We’ll be going over the big picture view of why we’ve created this certification and how it fits into a larger educational framework. And  finally, we’re ... 304: Building the Certificate of Integrated Music Teaching with Kimberly Swanson The post 304: Building the Certificate of Integrated Music Teaching with Kimberly Swanson appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 303: Integrated Music Teaching in Action from TopMusic.co. In today’s episode, we continue to talk about the Integrated Music Teaching method. We are going to let you hear some integrations in actual lessons that I’ve taught. I thought this would be really instructive for those of you who are still wondering how this actually looks and sounds in a lesson.  How to teach ... 303: Integrated Music Teaching in Action The post 303: Integrated Music Teaching in Action appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 302: 3 Steps to Teaching an Integrated Music Lesson from TopMusic.co. In today’s episode, we’re going to unpack the 3-step process on how to teach an integrated music lesson in your studio. Integrated music teaching is based on expanding and deepening your students’ connection to repertoire, so this 3-step process is all based around the repertoire that the student is already learning. Have a listen as ... 302: 3 Steps to Teaching an Integrated Music Lesson The post 302: 3 Steps to Teaching an Integrated Music Lesson appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 301: The 3 Pillars of Integrated Music Teaching from TopMusic.co. Our exploration on integrated music teaching starts with an overview of the three pillars, which will provide the foundation for you to successfully use this approach in your own teaching. We will explore student first or student-centered teaching, multimodal assessment and questions that build curiosity. And we will look at ways that you can implement ... 301: The 3 Pillars of Integrated Music Teaching The post 301: The 3 Pillars of Integrated Music Teaching appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading 300: Integrated Music Teaching from TopMusic.co. I can’t believe it’s been 300 episodes since I started this podcast! Looking back at the first episode until this one, so much has changed for the better. I’m thrilled to be sharing two announcements on today’s podcast, which is a culmination of all these years of learning and growing as a music educator, and ... 300: Integrated Music Teaching The post 300: Integrated Music Teaching appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading TC299: Ever Thought of Selling Your Studio? A Chat with Jeff Homer from Ensemble Music Schools from TopMusic.co. Have you ever thought of selling your studio in the future? In today’s episode, we’re having a chat with Jeff Homer, the founder of Ensemble Music Schools. Jeff shares with us what Ensemble Music Schools is all about, his background and how he got into this type of niche. He also shares his thoughts on ... TC299: Ever Thought of Selling Your Studio? A Chat with Jeff Homer from Ensemble Music Schools The post TC299: Ever Thought of Selling Your Studio? A Chat with Jeff Homer from Ensemble Music Schools appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading TC298: How Multi-Level Group Teaching Works with Dorla Aparicio from TopMusic.co. In this episode, my guest Dorla Aparicio discusses the benefits of multi-level group teaching. She shares with us how she introduced it into her piano studio and what steps were involved. She talks about how to approach it with students and her methods for keeping students engaged despite their age and skill level. Dorla also ... TC298: How Multi-Level Group Teaching Works with Dorla Aparicio The post TC298: How Multi-Level Group Teaching Works with Dorla Aparicio appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading TC297: Embracing Special Needs Teaching with Selena Pistoresi (August 2020) from TopMusic.co. Today’s special episode is a rebroadcast of TopCast Episode 204. Listen in as Selena Pistoresi joins us and we unpack an often misunderstood area of teaching – special needs teaching from the viewpoint of respecting neurodiversity and presuming the competence of students. Selena is going to share practical, ready-to-implement strategies that you can adopt to ... TC297: Embracing Special Needs Teaching with Selena Pistoresi (August 2020) The post TC297: Embracing Special Needs Teaching with Selena Pistoresi (August 2020) appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading TC296: How to Find Music Instructors During this Employment Shortage with Dave Simon from TopMusic.co. Teacher recruitment is one of the most challenging aspects of running a music school. And with the current employment shortage, music school owners are really finding it hard to look for quality teachers. In this episode, Dave Simon presents a revolutionary idea that can potentially solve this problem for your studio. His in-depth discussion on ... TC296: How to Find Music Instructors During this Employment Shortage with Dave Simon The post TC296: How to Find Music Instructors During this Employment Shortage with Dave Simon appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading TC295: All About Synesthesia with TopMusicPro Member Kelly Jenkins from TopMusic.co. My guest, TopMusicPro member Kelly Jenkins, is a music educator, stage musical writer and arranger, owner of a hybrid studio just outside Boston, and a synesthete. In this episode, were going to talk about the wonders of synesthesia. We’ll unpack what it really is, how to spot it in our students if they have it ... TC295: All About Synesthesia with TopMusicPro Member Kelly Jenkins The post TC295: All About Synesthesia with TopMusicPro Member Kelly Jenkins appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

Thanks for reading TC294: Group Teaching QnA with Marie Lee, Melanie Bowes and Dorla Aparicio from TopMusic.co. For teachers looking for an alternative way to teach piano to students such as group teaching, this episode is for you! We are joined by three amazing guests, Marie Lee, Melanie Bowes, and Dorla Aparicio, who will be sharing their experiences on running group piano classes. Have a listen to our three guests as they ... TC294: Group Teaching QnA with Marie Lee, Melanie Bowes and Dorla Aparicio The post TC294: Group Teaching QnA with Marie Lee, Melanie Bowes and Dorla Aparicio appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.