To this day, I will never forget my first audition experience. I was studying at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, a very fine institution with an outstanding reputation for classical music instruction. I had practiced for about
Student-centered pedagogy
The term student-centered pedagogy alludes to the student being the teacher’s main priority, rather than the music that is being taught. It’s main objective is for teachers to become increasingly dispensable to students by developing them as independent learners. So
Collegiate Leadership Academy at MENC’s Music Ed Week
MENC has been planning for it’s 2010 Music Education Weekin Washington, D.C. since last year’s event concluded. Music Ed Week is a week of advocacy, networknig, and professional development in the heart of the nation’s capital. I had the opportunity
Minute for Marketing: Review for Philip Johnston’s Promoting Your Teaching Studio
Republished with permission from the Piano Studio No series on marketing the independent teaching studio would be complete without a review of Philip Johnston’s book The PracticeSpot Guide To Promoting Your Teaching Studio. In general, I think this book’s a
More Licensing Opportunities for Children’s Music
It truly is the “best of times” for independent musicians right now. I’m reminded of this fact each week as new opportunities for licensing Debbie and Friends’ songs unfold. This week, “Three Pigs and a Wolf,” the same animated music