What if the most powerful teaching tool available to you… is the one almost no one knows about?

It’s not an app. 

It’s something master teachers have quietly relied on for decades - yet many teachers forget about, underuse, or even feel strangely guilty about.

And it’s simple.

It’s using music t...

Beat comes before rhythm — yet many piano lessons skip it entirely.

Think about this for a moment.

How many times have you heard a student play all the right notes… but something still feels off?

They’re counting.
They’re concentrating.
They’re trying really hard.

And yet — it doesn’t gel.

More o...

Have you ever had this moment?

A student sits down at the piano.
You worked carefully on something last week.
You ask them to play…
And it’s as if none of it ever happened.

No memory.
No connection.
Just a slightly apologetic, “I only practised last night…”

If you’ve ever sighed internally when this h...

How many times do you see this?

A student is sitting at the piano.
You’re explaining a really cool concept or something new.
Eyes glaze over.
(And you feel like you’re talking to the wall!)

They’re technically “going through the motions”… but their brain has quietly checked out.

Maybe you’ve experie...

The Big Change with Today’s Piano Students

If you’ve been teaching for even a few years, you’ve likely noticed a colossal change in today's kids with many: 

• struggling to focus

• giving up quickly

• melting down when things feel difficult

• battling perfectionism and anxiety

• and

  ...

Many piano teachers found it challenging to transition to teaching piano online. However, with the right tools and techniques, we can all do it and can still provide quality piano lessons to your students online. Here are some tips on how to combat technical problems when teaching piano online.

Show Notes

Episode 42: Part 2 Whole Body Learning Revolution

00:06 Welcome
01:00 Meet Katrina Panitz
02:12 How using Whole Body Learning helped Katrina make teaching piano lessons fun and exciting for students
02:45 Teaching a piece using Whole Body Learning
05:29 How Whole Body Learning helped mak...

Show Notes

Episode 41: Partnering with Parents

00:14 Welcome
00:45 Heather Revel
01:20 Heather shares starting to teaching music lessons
02:30 What prompted Heather to develop her Parent Program
04:35 The Parents as are “actually the Client”
10:05 Differences Heather noticed since implementing the p...

Show Notes

Episode 40: Part 1 Whole Body Learning Revolution

Piano teachers who have tried out Whole Body Learning share their experiences with Gillian Erskine. Paul Myatt fills in for Gillian as host and interviews podcaster and piano teacher, Leila Viss.

Meet teachers who are using Whole ...

Show Notes

Episode 39: Teaching Kids with Dyslexia

Download the 37 Common Traits & 7 Top Piano Teaching Resources for students with Dyslexia.

Anastasia Cunningham is a piano teacher and mum of two grown-up girls. All three have Dyslexia. Anastasia shares her story of being a parent as ...