The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers

Learn how habit stacking can help your beginner students to become steady practisers.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

What do adult students need to know about practice? Here are 6 things I think are essential for them to learn.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

I've got 13 random pieces of advice for music teachers today. One of these could make your week!Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

If you were your own teacher...would you approve of how you teach yourself? Confused? Listen in to find out what I'm on about.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

What do you do when your student injures an arm/wrist/hand? We've got the answers for you today!Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Mnemonics can be a contentious issue. Here's how I handle it when parents use mnemonics at home.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Practice notes are one of the main tools we have to communicate with students in between lessons. So how can you make them better?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

What are the most common practice mistakes students make? And how can we help them avoid those mistakes?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Do the practice habits in your studio need a refresh button? I've got some tips to help.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Do you feel like you have a good balance in your life? Let's talk about strategies to improve it in this episode.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

We often suffer from a lack of time in lessons...but what about when we have a few minutes left in a lesson? What can we do that is beneficial, but also wraps up the lesson in a nice way?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Let's solve that overwhelm. Learn about JDOT in this episode and what it can do for your mental space.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Take a tour of all the notes I take in my piano teaching business, both analogue and digital.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

These two time-saving tips might be just the ticket to saving you some breathing room.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

We have so much to do in our studios...but how do we find time to keep learning?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Have you ever been annoyed when students ask if their piano lesson is nearly over? We'll unpack that question on the show today.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Today is a very short episode with the top 3 mistakes many teachers make when it comes to lesson planning.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

How do you organise your tasks and to-dos? Bullet journalling might be the answer if you're looking for a new system. Let's discuss how this journaling method works and what you need to get started.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Mindfulness techniques can be great tools to give your students to help them deal with performance nerves. Listen in for 5 simple things to try in your lessons.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Have you heard of interleaved practice? In this episode, I'll explain what it is and how to develop it into interleaved teaching.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Not sure where to start when it comes to memorising piano music? This is a great place to start.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

How can we make memorisation not just accessible but FUN and maybe even easy for our students?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

When we teach our students to improvise and compose, they get so much out of it beyond the creative activity.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Teaching your music students about form doesn’t have to be as dull as just labelling the sections ABA. In this episode, we discuss fun and engaging ways to teach form.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Can creative exercises help our students become better memorisers and performers? Let's find out.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Printing tips and tricks for music teachers. Let me solve your printing woes and help the whole thing go smoothly!Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

What do you do when a transfer student memorises music beautifully, but can't read?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Tune in for an overview of types of neurodivergence you might encounter in your studio and some simple advice for how to make your studio more inclusive.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

I've been working with my students recently to increase the emotion in their playing. Try my experiments yourself and see how it works for you!Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Are your piano students confusing left and right hands? It’s a common issue and there are lots of fun ways to work on it, which we’ll share in this episode.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Where do you believe memorisation sits in your studio priorities? I'm sharing my thoughts in today's show.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

In this episode, we work through 8 questions to help you decide whether it’s time to raise your piano teaching rates.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

If you need a step-by-step way to memorise music – either for yourself or a student – this is worth a try.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

How can you guess what a student or group of students will know and be able to do next week? Next month? Next year? Predicting any music student's progress can be a sticky wicket.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

If you want to be able to serve your studio families, you have to look after yourself as a piano teacher and avoid burnout. Here's how.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Do you use the metronome in your music lessons? Sometimes it's the perfect tool...and other times we want the benefit of metronome work without actually using a metronome.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

If you're a non-perfectionist (like me and my guest, Carmen) what can we learn from all the perfectionists out there?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Join us for this very special episode with guest host, Tim Topham! Tim will be sharing the 3 changes to consider in your studio right now.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

If you're a recovering perfectionist, this is the episode for you. Joanna and I are talking about a healthier relationship to high standards.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

When it comes to creating a piano studio schedule there are many ways to go about it. Learn how I create our timetable each year in today's episode.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Some students find it challenging to hear about their mistakes. Listen as we discuss how to deal with seemingly defiant students this week.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Repetition might seem an obvious element of practice to us but it's not always so to our students. Find out how to train them to repeat in this episode.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

When we spend all our teaching time reacting to students mistakes, something as gone wrong. Let's be proactive instead in how we plan for the learning process.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Some students are just naturally un-gritty. They give up quickly when something feels hard and music involves learning hard things. How can we help them get comfortable with the struggle?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Evaluations, progress reports or updates – whatever you call them – they're really beneficial for students, teachers and parents. So where might a video evaluation fit into your teaching plans?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

It seems like a simple question but it actually has many more layers. What does it mean for a student to complete a piece? Should everything be up to performance standard?Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Teaching in schools or preschools can seem like a dream come true for many teachers. Filling those daytime hours and being more free in the evenings? Yes, please! Learn how to do it in today’s show.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Digital piano books and piano methods have many advantages. In this episode, we’ll discuss what makes a method digital and some of the best ones out there.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

This is episode features a wonderful interview I had with Stacy Fahrion about polyrhythms and how to teach them in your studio.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

If you’ve heard the phrase, “I just want him to try it out and see” from a prospective piano parent and had your heart drop, you’re not alone. Let’s talk about those students who are just testing the waters.Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.