Archive for August 2019

Quick Study in the Piano Diploma Teaching Exam   In my years of preparing and mentoring young piano teachers for the Dipabrsm Piano Teaching Diploma, I find the most common cause of failure among exam candidates is the Quick Study section of the exam. While piano teachers can prepare for the viva voce component by…

The Rise of Music Illiteracy On one hand, there are more parents today sending their kids to Music Lessons than 10 years ago. But, there is also an upward trend of piano students who are not able to READ MUSIC. Ironically, that piano student who cannot read music might have even completed grade 8, and…