shared lesson

I meant to mention this when I first wrote last week about the advantages of shared lessons, in case anyone was wondering: there were a few items from that video brainstorming session that I purposely left out. Here’s why: Wider possibility of teaching venues More…

• Last updated 5 years ago
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For anyone out there teaching groups, where do you teach? I’ve checked with music stores and a few other places, with no luck as of yet. I got a quote from a church for $20/hour to use their room. I thought it sounded a little…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I will be teaching group lessons through the local Parks and Recreation Department. Since I have to have “sections” I have arranged them by levels running 10 weeks. The students also pay a lump sum for the 10 week session. To figure out the price…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I’m giving my first FIS this evening to a group of homeschoolers that live 75 miles north of me (Grand Forks, ND). They want me to come up once a week to give lessons. They’re willing to pay my regular monthly fee, plus split the…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I committed this week to paying for phone book advertising and have been having second thoughts. I don’t want to waste money on advertising, yet want to do what I need to do to get students. I really want to teach shared lessons. My perception…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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A teacher asks about the ideal size and age for groups. Here is Neil Moore’s response. The Ideal Size and Age of Groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0uZulD7Ekk&list=PL3o0aF_9qHn4F2sy8QRuPb_jf_r4D9823&index=22 Original video posted March 27, 2017

• Last updated 4 years ago
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Any great ice-breaker ideas for piano lessons?!?!? I’ve been recommitting to group lessons this year and so I have several returning students who are coming together in new groups. While they all know me, they’ll be new to each other and I’d love to find…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I have a very quiet, shy 15 year old (boy) and an extremely shy and quiet 11 year old girl who have private lessons back to back and am thinking of letting them have share lessons instead because they are at roughly the same song…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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One of my students hit a valley this week and I am struggling to know how to navigate it with him. It is a very personal connection as my student is also my husband! He has been taking for about five years from me, and…

• Last updated 9 years ago
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I have a shared lesson of a boy and a girl. The girl practices religiously but the boy doesn’t like attempting anything unless he knows it will be perfect, he was losing heart and practicing less. The mothers of these 2 children had always attended…

• Last updated 12 years ago
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