This is not one of my standard piano/voice teacher posts. It’s been a really tough couple of weeks, and to be entirely honest… the tough part isn’t going to let up for a while. But that’s life. And that’s ok. (And...
Read moreTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat
How’s your week going? I bet that some of you are prepping for Halloween recitals this weekend! (Or maybe you’re starting to prep Christmas music.) Whatever you’re doing in your studio this week, I hope you’re all having...
Read moreHalloween VOCAL Warm-ups to Spook Up Your Studio!
Happy Wednesday, dear readers! As promised, today is ALL about spoooooooooky warm-ups that you can use with your students for the Halloween season. We’ll start with voice warm-ups. These were a hit yesterday during group lessons, and they...
Read moreGetting Organized: Music Game Folders
© 2016 SarasMusicStudio.com Today’s post is about organizing music games. (Some of you might have guessed that from the blog title, but just in case you needed further clarification… now you know for sure.) But Sara, aren’t...
Read moreBeing a Savvy Music Teacher
Ok… today I’m going to keep this post short. (More of a reminder for myself than a statement for you! No rambling today, Sara. You have a long to-do list!) This fall term, I’m making a concerted effort to define myself as a...
Read moreIt's the Little Things
Today starts a 5 day break before we kick off our fall term next Tuesday, and I thought I’d post about some of the little things that I’m doing for my students this year. These “little things” started as a big...
Read moreClap it? Nope – FROG it!
Teaching rhythmic awareness is a huge part of beginning and elementary piano lessons in my studio. Sure, it’s “easy” enough to teach the basic rules of “a quarter note gets 1 beat” and “a half note gets 2...
Read moreUpbeat Piano Teacher Book Club
I hope everyone’s fall plans are coming together! This morning I finalized the fall schedule and finished setting up one of the subscription services I’ll be using (more on this later in the week). It’s been a while since...
Read more5 Tips to Create Workshop Schedules
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how I create daily schedules for my workshops and camps. So I’m here today to “talk” to all my fellow camp-planning maniacs out there 😉 Creating and using a daily...
Read moreSchedule Fun Opportunities
Last week I spent a good bit of my mornings writing an epic blog post for Tim Topham. I’m pretty sure that most of my readers have heard of him before 😉 Tim Topham is a teacher, presenter, and blog/podcast extraordinaire. When he asked me...
Read morePiano Day was Yesterday!
Oops! I’m a day late and a dollar short. Yesterday marked the second annual Piano Day celebration. Being a piano & voice teacher, I was kind of shocked that I missed such a significant holiday! How did I not know about this date? And...
Read moreiReal Pro with Bradley Sowash and Leila Viss
TGIF!! Today I thought I’d share 3 things: 1) some cool videos of our Circle of 5ths warm-up, 2) how excited I am about attending a webinar by Bradley Sowash and Leila Viss and 3) a free PDF you can print out for your students! Item 1...
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