Student Management
Territory and Teaching Experience
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…
Summer Dropouts
I feel like it’s that dreaded time of year when students either take the summer off or stop entirely! It happens at the start of almost every summer, when it seems like I lose at least a quarter of my business! How do other teachers…
Student Home Materials For Non- English Speaking Students
Just as I am trying to grow my studio I am thinking of how it would work if I introduce Simply Music to non-English speaking students. I wonder if anyone has taught Simply Music to non-English speaking students (when they don’t speak nor understand English)…
Improvisation as a Calming Tool
Recently at a friend’s place my daughter Niluka, came crying to me holding one hand in the other. A young girl, about six years old, had dropped the piano lid on Niluka’s fingers while she was playing the piano for a few others in the…