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Teach Principles First [Chat with Paul Harris Part 3]

by Sean Wales

Wrapping up our mini-chat series with Tim Topham and expert UK educationalist Paul Harris is today’s video all about teaching piano principles first.  In the previous two videos, Tim and Paul have chatted about the best ways to motivate your students and how to keep your piano lessons relevant. In case you missed them, click on ... Teach Principles First [Chat with Paul Harris Part 3]

04/08/2017 Read more

Are You Keeping Lessons Relevant? [Chat with Paul Harris Part 2]

by Sean Wales

Welcome to Part 2 of our mini-series video chats with UK educationalist Paul Harris. Today we are exploring how you can keep lessons relevant and use your student’s imagination to creatively teach musical concepts. A couple weeks back we saw Tim and Paul talk about how to motivate your piano students. To recap, Paul Harris ... Are You Keeping Lessons Relevant? [Chat with Paul Harris Part 2]

03/27/2017 Read more

Motivate Your Piano Students [Chat with Paul Harris Part 1]

by Sean Wales

Once a piano student conquers a piece of music, teachers will often give them a new piece that is a little bit harder. The same process occurs after a student scrapes through an exam. They go onto the next level, and the next level and the next. But is there a better way to motivate ... Motivate Your Piano Students [Chat with Paul Harris Part 1]

03/13/2017 Read more

Is 30 minutes enough?

by Tim Topham

“Enough for what?” you might ask. If I asked how many of you find it hard to find the time to incorporate aural, theory, sight-reading, general knowledge, composition, harmony and improvisation studies into your students’ 30 minute lessons, would you put up your hand? In order to provide our students with a holistic musical education ... Is 30 minutes enough?

09/04/2012 Read more

The Virtuoso Teacher – Paul Harris

by Tim Topham

I found this great article while reading the ABRSM’s tri-annual newsletter Libretto (free to download from their website) and found it a really encouraging article for teachers. It’s particularly encouraging for teachers like me who struggle to find enough practice time each day to become/remain virtuoso performers themselves, but who regularly spend six hours or ... The Virtuoso Teacher – Paul Harris

06/05/2012 Read more