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Crush Those Goals! How I Plan to Achieve My 2021 Music Goals

Here is my action plan for achieving my 2021 music goals: Write my goals down and keep it in a visible place. I have my music goals...

LOVE

Prior years, I have always started the year off with my visions, goals and intentions that I would want to work on, accomplish and...

My 2020 Lessons

Did you look at this title and immediately get turned off? If you did, I wouldn't blame you. Needless to say, this year has been...

Worth the Investment?

Recently, I had a conversation with someone and they asked me what I did for a living. I told them that I was a piano teacher. Their...

My Dream Role

I spent this past weekend in board meetings all day Saturday and all day Sunday for a dance organization that I'm a part of. I was...

How I Teach Piano to Young Children

Teaching piano to very young children can be a challenge. However, I actually enjoy it because it keeps me on my toes and I like the...

Change Up the Pace

Some of us have been conditioned to go, go go. We have a certain path and pace that we like to be on and we don't like to deviate from...

Practice Journal

I have been using 2 practice journals for about 2 months now and I would like to chronicle and write about the benefits. The first...

Motivating Factors

Let's talk motivation! In particular, motivating factors. These will vary from individual to individual. In this post, I'm...

Use Your Time Wisely

"Teacher, I just finished my work, what do I do now?" My response, "Use your time wisely. This means, finish unfinished work, read a book,...

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