nervousness
Adult Student Recital
I’ve appreciated the recent comments and ideas regarding a SM piano party. I’m wondering if any of you have some ideas specifically for older beginning students. I mentioned my plans for a piano “sharing afternoon” to my oldest student last night, and her smile morphed…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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General Open Stage Questions
In response to some questions I have read, here are my replies. “…I’m assuming that I should do a brief description of the program at the beginning to introduce Simply Music..not sure how long, how much?…” I think it’s valuable to talk about SM, at…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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Fear of Recital
Any advice on how to talk to kids who don’t want to play at a recital? I have a 7 year old who plays very well. As soon as he heard the word recital he went into a tizzy. It took 10 minutes to refocus…
- Last updated 3 years ago
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My First Newspaper Article and FIS
I am still waiting for an article to appear online, but I have some initial results to share with all of you. The Mom who attended the interview with the journalist has since signed up for lessons herself. The article was in the newspaper this…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Anxiety About Teaching
Does anyone get nervous or anxious giving a piano lesson? If so, has it been worse or better online vs in-person? My experiences… Fear of Playing in Front of People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifNDugEc1Iw&list=PL3o0aF_9qHn4F2sy8QRuPb_jf_r4D9823&index=16 I definitely get nervous playing for people at the FIS. Sometimes I do when…
- Last updated 2 years ago
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Nervous at Lesson, Perfect at Home
I’m sensing my own impatience lately with some of my adult students! I also feel like I’ve been getting lots of “I’m nervous” and “it was perfect at home” from them. Maybe it’s just me… I’m not quite sure what’s going on. I’m just feeling…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Performance Anxiety
Can anyone point me towards resources to help a student with performance anxiety? She’s 13 and used to willingly play and sing for anyone who’d ask, but now she’s extremely resistant even as she’s a fabulous and sensitive musician. I’ve never felt like much of…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Students Struggling in Performance
So how do you encourage or console a student who really struggled in performance? He did many things beautifully, but a few errors started to throw him off and it deteriorated rapidly with him visibly upset by the end. I feel for him! He left…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Stage fright help
Looking for some advice re: stage fright. I had a student that performed for a talent show at school. Forgot where to put her hands and just couldn’t get started. I was there and ran up after she tried a few times to start to…
- Last updated 6 years ago
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