Studio Management

When you have students unfold the patterns on their (printed) keyboards, do you also have them put both hands together first on their keyboard? I have tried this but found that I can’t watch them all and so don’t know if they are doing it…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• both hands, controlling the events, group lessons, hands together, observatory learning, patterns, practice pads, private lessons, shared lessons

Anyone ever run into this problem of an experienced player who doesn’t fit into a group because of how much more quickly he’s going through curriculum. He’s had 5 lessons, he’s at the middle of level 3, through the accomp. book, processed most of accompaniment…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, advanced players, arrangements, comp and improv, lesson scheduling, rates, teacher responsibility, trust the method

During my first day of classes yesterday, one six and a half year old girl refused to participate. She cried, lay on the floor, and was quietly disagreeable! During the lesson, I was so busy working with six other young children that I let Annika…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• behavior, claiming territory, Kevin Meyer, young children

I just finished a lesson. It was traumatic! While it’s soooo fresh in my mind: I have a mum and her 2 daughters – 14 and 10.They all started as a group of 3 a year ago – the 14 year was leaving the others…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• behavior, claiming territory, composition, homeschool, improvisation, private lessons, requirements, shared lessons, teenagers

I’ve started teaching groups of 3 and 4 lately and I’m enjoying it for the most part. One group of 4 however always seems to be out of control. The parents are helpful in keeping them in control, but I feel like I’m often telling…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• behavior, claiming territory, group lessons, shared lessons

How do you go about teaching arrangements to a group of 5? They don’t have SHMs, so do you mostly have them learn through watching. But how do you process it into their fingers at the lesson? Do you have them each take a turn…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• arrangements, Dreams Come True, group lessons, key pads, practice pads, shared lessons, speaking instructions out loud

How does one handle choice of accompaniments in a group? Do they all learn the same ones at the same time or can you have a few going at the same time? How much choice do you give the students over which accompaniment to learn…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, eye of the needle, flexibility, group lessons, Neil Moore, quantity vs. quality, shared lessons

Okay, so I finally quoted $150/month for private lessons. This is a girl who I have moved three times and seems not to fit with any other students. By default she has been in private but I told the mom today, that after August she…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• claiming territory, private students, request vs requirement, weeks off

I’m looking to make changes in my studio. I haven’t been consistent and lacked the courage or commitment in the areas of enforcing parents to stay in the lessons, practice time and watching the videos and paying by the 1st. I can see the difference…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• changes, payments, PayPal, requirements, studio management, studio policies

I’ve been teaching Simply Music for almost a year, and I now have students entering level 4.  My studio space is small so my class size ranges from one to three students. Throughout the past year I have been having increasing difficultly with time management…

• Last updated 12 years ago
• accompaniment, arrangements, curriculum order list, Laurie Richards, lessons, life coach, method coach, Playlist, time management