older student

Those that also work with students 60+ might find something useful in a recent post to my students: Happy New Year! 🎉🎊 I hope you’re looking forward to an enjoyable year of music making in 2023! Here are a few tips that will support your…

• Last updated 1 year ago
• deliberate practice, glasses, hearing impairment, older student, older students, practice habits, tracking practice, vision impairment, visually impaired

I have a student in her 70’s who is working on Walk at Eleven. We have been over all the clues many times (C to A to D to G, focusing on the notes a half step above or a half step below, etc.); despite…

• Last updated 1 year ago
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I want to share a little about my recent substitute for a piano recital. Since I remember those occasions as being heart-thumping, hand-sweating occasions where many performers and parents experience stress in varying degrees, I wanted to do things a little differently and reinforce Simply…

• Last updated 3 years ago
• concert, ideas for open house, ideas for recitals, informal performance, informal recital, older student, older students, open house, performance, performance ideas, piano event, public performances, recital, recital ideas

Hi all, I, too, just had my first SM “recital”. It was a great experience! I switched over my traditional students and began teaching SM in January this year. (I’m expecting my 2nd baby any day now and wanted to give the students a chance…

• Last updated 3 years ago
• concert, older student, open stage, performance, recital

Vocalizing and singing adds a rich dimension to your lessons with students who have special needs. Karen talks about why that is, how to do incorporate it into your lessons, and answers teachers’ questions about students with various ability levels with regard to verbal communication.…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• autism spectrum, nonverbal, older student, parent role, singing, special needs, student shutting down, vocal, vocalizing