5 Ways to Motivate Fatigued Music Students
The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers
02/14/22
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As music teachers, we all want teaching studios that are dynamic, full
of life, and bursting with creativity. We want our students to arrive
for their weekly lessons feeling motivated and excited.
Yet, if we’re honest, there are times when this simply isn’t the case.
In this episode, I'll give you some strategies to try when things feel stagnant in your music lessons.
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Lessons for Music Teachers from Folk Dancing
February 7, 2022
•22m
Teachers can find lessons everywhere if they look carefully enough. In this article, I want to share with you the lessons I learnt from my years of folk dancing that show up today in my music studio.
I was that student growing up. You know the one that you complain to other teachers about because they’re too overscheduled to practice?
Yeah, that one.
The thing was, I wasn’t actually overscheduled. My parents weren’t the driving force behind my busy timetable. It was me.
I wouldn’t quit anything.
One of the many things I wouldn’t quit was Irish dancing. (Before you ask...Yeah, sure, kinda like Riverdance.)
I could’ve been a better pianist if I focussed entirely on piano. However, I believe it’s experiences outside music that made me the teacher I am today.
As you read through my lessons from folk dancing, I hope you’ll take some of them with you. But, more than that, I hope you’ll investigate some of your own experiences and think about how they’ve affected the teacher you’ve become.
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February 21, 2022
•17m
Most of us teach, perform and listen to Classical music. Many of us also
teach pop songs or jazz. But do you ever break outside of these walls?
And if you want to teach different types of music, how do you find it?
That's the question we'll unpack in today's show.
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