By John Gardner For a short while during my earliest teen years, without concern about walking to and into his home, I studied piano with a single guy who lived a few blocks away. During high school freshman year, I took…
Tag: private lessons
Safety, Transparency and Reputation when Coaching Students
Posted in Classroom Teacher, College Prep, Communication, Consulting, High Schools, Parenting, School Security, Teaching Music Tagged with: music lessons, private lessons, reputation, safety, teacher student relationships, Teaching, transparency, tutoring
Solo contest judge’s #1 recommendation
By John Gardner Most participants in high school solo competitions are only in the performance room long enough for his/her performance and maybe for a couple friends’. They could learn so much by sitting and listening/observing for a while. During…
Posted in College Prep, High Schools, Music Department, Music Performance, Parenting, Solo Prep, Teaching Music Tagged with: expert coaching, judges, music lessons, private lessons, solo contest, Teaching Music
Avoid mistakes choosing a contest solo
By John Gardner Sometimes I sit in the clarinet room during the upper level solos at Solo and Ensemble festival. There is a painful pattern of poor choices in music selection and interpretation, including the selection and performances of Sonata…
Posted in College Prep, Consulting, High Schools, Music Department, Teaching, Teaching Music Tagged with: Band Directing, private lessons, Succeeding in high school, Teaching Music
Dream, Focus, Follow and Never Give Up
By John Gardner Anyone with a Facebook or Twitter account can find entries like, “Ugh, have to work today” or “only 2 more hours ’til I get off”. And many of these posts are from teens that have just entered…
Posted in College Prep, High Schools, How May I Serve YOU?, Job Search, Teaching Tagged with: College Prep, high school, music education, music lessons, private lessons
Three questions about private music studios
By John Gardner In preparation for a Skype interview by Andrew Ingkavet, a music teacher in the Greater New York area, I asked if he had any questions he wanted to share in advance — so that I could be especially prepared…
Posted in Classroom Teacher, Personal experience, Teaching Music, Virtual/Local Services Tagged with: music lessons, piano lessons, private lessons, Teaching Music
Example: Colleges Pay for those who Play WELL
“I’m paying for your college education one week at a time. By the time you graduate you should be good enough that someone will pay you to come to their school.”
Private lessons can be like paying for college…1 week at a time
By John Gardner A few years ago I was sitting in the driveway of my son’s trumpet teacher writing out a check. The teacher had requested going from a half hour lesson to an hour. I recall the teacher’s response…
Posted in College Prep, High Schools, Solo Prep, Teaching, Teaching Music Tagged with: coaching, College Prep, mentoring, private lessons, scholarships
Remote Instrumental Music Coach
By John Gardner I’ve worked with this particular band director before. He teaches in a small school in a rural part of Indiana not blessed with an abundance of instrumental specialists to help his students with private lessons. A few…
Posted in College Prep, Consulting, High Schools, Solo Prep, Teaching, Teaching Music Tagged with: coaching, music lessons, private lessons, remote instruction, skype
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