Follow these picture instructions to set up your piano student on your Piano Maestro app! Download the Joytunes Piano Maestro app from the Apple App Store onto your iPad. (Sorry, iPad-compatible only.) Open the app and go to the Parent/Teacher Zone. Touch Add New. Enter the student’s name. Touch...
Updated Audio Settings for Zoom Lessons
July 2021: This post has been updated and moved to www.violinteachingresources.com/zoom-settings-for-online-music-lessons-desktop/ .
Music In Pictures and Words – May 2020
Students prepared art and written projects for the WSMTA Project Ribbon. Click a thumbnail to enjoy the full-size photo.
iPad Audio Settings for Zoom Lessons
July 2021: This post has been updated and moved to www.violinteachingresources.com/zoom-settings-for-online-music-lessons-ipad/ .
Kingston Studio Grand Re-Opening
On January 6, the completed studio in my new location welcomed its first students. After designing a custom studio space in my old house just 3 years ago, it was hard to have to start again from scratch, but the result is a studio that is substantially larger and...
Using the O’Connor Method – 10 Years On
I just returned from Teacher Training in Mark O’Connor’s Violin Method Books 3 and 4, at his String Camp in North Carolina. I got my Books 1 and 2 training in 2011, when the method was new (it was introduced in 2009) and I was also relatively new to...
My Teaching Synthesis for Piano Beginners
I think I have a unique perspective on teaching piano to beginners, because I taught myself to play as a child. (The fancy word for this is, I am an “autodidact.”) At age 9 I had already learned to read violin music in treble clef, so I used a...
Setup Solved!
In violin-ese, your “setup” is how you match your equipment to your physique. Your setup can be good, bad or mediocre. Setup includes the accessories attached to the violin so that you can hold it, and also your playing mechanics like where it sits on your shoulder, how you...
My Teaching Synthesis for Violin Beginners
Since most parents looking for a private violin teacher ask this question sooner or later, I usually begin by stating, “I’m not a Suzuki teacher.” My teaching approach prioritizes music literacy, musical variety, and unlimited learning. Major influences besides my own private teachers have been teacher training with Mimi Zweig...
Case: Closed
Last spring when I bought a new violin, I needed a new case to put it in too. I love the looks, protection and accessories provided by high-end cases (BAM, Musafia) but NOT the price tags! On the other hand, I have plenty of experience with cheap cases with...