I’m happy to break my long blog silence with some pictures of my newly renovated studio! The photography’s not great. I need a new camera, but I’m not going to wait until I get one to share the pictures since I’m greatly pleased with my new space! I don’t even want to post the before […]
Graphic by Marco Buonvino Labor Day seems like an appropriate time to take on a subject that creates additional labor for piano teachers: make-up lessons. There’s a wide continuum of policies among piano teachers about making up missed lessons. On one end is the teacher who will bend over backwards to make parents happy, even
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It’s that time of year again when I spend a few days pulling out my hair trying to juggle the needs of my own child and a studio full of others. I’ve written before about the woes of scheduling lessons. It’s my least favorite part of piano teaching because I want to please all of
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One of the most common topics on piano teacher forums or when piano teachers chat is “How do I get my parents to pay on time?” Piano teachers lament the late payments because they depend on their teaching income to be able to pay their own bills on time. Imagine if your monthly paycheck came
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Photo by smthng He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. ~Raymond Hull Some of us are pink flowers, some blue, some yellow, some orange or red, and some purple, and what a beautiful garden it is. The problem comes when we try to be rainbow flowers and encompass the whole
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If your child is as (ahem) excitable as mine was, you will probably have no trouble with the question of whether to engage child care while you teach piano. My daughter was about 3 when this picture was taken. I definitely needed some help! Before I hired a sitter, though, I went back and forth.
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With Christmas behind me, there’s more time in my life to get back to blogging! Additional responsibilities have required that I be more organized with my time and my stuff. In fact, January’s theme at my house is organization. I’m cleaning out closets, cabinets, and finding new ways to streamline my routines. So, what better
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I really love piano teaching. There’s very little about it that I don’t love, but one of the things I could do without is the headache of scheduling students every fall. There seems to be no way around doing it the hard way – starting anew each year to accommodate all of the changing after-school
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