Adult Students

Hi all, One of my students has mentioned that she, and her class mate, have talked together about how their classes have been going. She mentioned that not to take over class time she will send me an email and if I can respond. Before…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• accompaniment, adult students, claiming territory, curriculum overview, learning a new way of learning, learning tools and strategies, other music, reading, self generating, set up conversation, shared lesson, trusting the program

I love teaching seniors – half of my students are age 50 and above with the eldest being 82. Just as with children, adults vary tremendously in the rate and progress at which they proceed through the simply music curricula. I have successfully taught groups…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• adults, advertising

I have an issue with an adult student in her sixties who is objecting more and more to playing the Blues. We are up to Billy at the Footy and she tells me she is just not going to learn it because it sounds horrible.…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• adults, bad memory, claiming territory, don’t like blues, forgetting, learning tools and strategies, refusing to learn songs, students writing notes

I apologize if this has already been covered on the Forum before but I have a difficult situation with a new adult student I need to resolve. This new student is in a group of four and has 6 years previous experience as a child/teen.…

• Last updated 3 years ago
• adult lessons, breakthrough, claiming territory, competing with teacher, Gordon Harvey, learning a new way of learning, previous experience, redirecting

I have a student, age 62 but physically and mentally more like 82.  I met her at a church women’s retreat in January. She found out I teach piano and was very excited. She’s always wanted to play piano and had recently purchased a piano…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• adult, adult students, asking why, bad memory, claiming territory, letting students go, not following instructions

I have a very challenging student and would like some ideas. This student is an adult. I guess partly why she is hard for me is that I am very new teacher. I have only been licensed since like September.  She is definitely a challenge. She has…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• adults, arrangements, improv, moving quickly, previous experience, using the SHMs, variations

A couple weeks ago I wrote an email about the value of accompaniment. I am writing again concerning the same student. This adult student is a very quick learner. She has not had piano “lessons” before, but she did have violin lessons, and her sister…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• adult, adult students, claiming territory, playing by ear, referring to the music, Robin Keehn, tough conversations, trusting the method

I had an interesting conversation with a student today and I wonder if anyone has any thoughts… It started because I had a comment on an evaluation form that Simply Music lessons are overpriced. I realized that the student hadn’t attended an FIS and thus…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• adult students, claiming territory, Laurie Richards, teaching experience

Can I get suggestions for how much other teachers charge for both parents and their five year old son taking lessons as a group? There have been some responses to this question that indicate some teachers would discount on the basis of a family. As…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• fees, lesson fees, parent and student in the same lesson, shared family lesson

I am wondering if any of you have created a flyer geared specifically towards senior citizens, and if you would be willing to share it. I would like to offer Simply Music to residents of a nearby assisted living apartment complex. I will create one,…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• ads, adult students, advertising, assisted living, flyers, marketing, seniors