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Practice Makes Progress

by Georgina Wilson

Practice. This can be the biggest elephant in the room in your piano lessons. You want your students to practice. They know they should practice. But…they don’t. How can you change this? Table of Contents: Teach Your Students How To Practice Your students aren’t ignoring you. Most of the time, they’re just confused.

08/05/2025 Read more

Creative Repertoire: Musical Mashup

by Georgina Wilson

If you want a quick and easy way to get creative with repertoire, a musical mashup is your answer. But before we dive right into this Level 2 creativity activity, here’s a Level 1 to ease you in. Table of Contents: Keep the pitch, change the rest Make changes to a piece using non-pitch elements.

08/01/2025 Read more

Repertoire Remix

by Georgina Wilson

Repertoire is the backbone of everything in music lessons. Your students chose to learn an instrument because they want to be able to play pieces. But finding the right piece for the right student at the right time can be challenging. “My students are bored with the pieces in their method books.

07/22/2025 Read more

Looking To the Future: The Music Teacher in 2050

by Tim Topham

We’re looking to the future courtesy of David Cutler for this article. We live in a time of dramatic, exponential change.  For better or worse, quickly evolving realities inevitably reshape every industry.  Early adopters who embrace the new rules of tomorrow are rewarded handsomely, while those who lag behind often find themselves at a disadvantage.

06/26/2025 Read more

5 Ways to Market Lessons to Gen Z

by Georgina Wilson

“How do you market to Gen Z?” This question may not have crossed your mind. But it should. Gen Z was born between 1997 and 2012. Elder Gen Z are now the age where they’re starting to book lessons for their own children (which is a scary thought – where have those years gone?

06/19/2025 Read more

3 Ways to Future Proof Your Studio

by Georgina Wilson

The future of music education requires us to make changes to our studios. Not big, scary changes. Little tweaks here and there that’ll ensure our students want to carry on learning with us. The students of 2030 won’t take lessons just for exam results, certificates, or competition credentials. They’ll turn to music to express themselves.

06/12/2025 Read more
 

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The Future of Music Education

by Georgina Wilson

The future of music education is scary. But exciting. Music education is forever evolving. But how can you make sure you don’t get left behind? Table of Contents: Technology Love it or hate it, technology is at the forefront of the future of music education.

06/02/2025 Read more

Authentic Marketing Is Advertising Without Feeling Awkward

by Georgina Wilson

Marketing my studio makes me feel icky. I didn’t become a music teacher because I was excited to advertise myself and my lessons. In fact, marketing feels like an annoying but necessary byproduct of being a private instrumental teacher. But I need to fill those empty lesson slots and grow my studio.

05/26/2025 Read more

32 Ways to Market Your Studio

by Tim Topham

If you dream of a busy studio buzzing with happy students, there’s one thing you must do. Market your studio. Students are the foundation of your profession. Without students, there’s no piano teacher. But figuring out how to find students can be tricky…Until now!

05/19/2025 Read more

Why I Love And Hate Social Media

by Georgina Wilson

I love and hate social media. It’s time-consuming. It’s a confusing mix of people telling me to do this, not that.

05/13/2025 Read more

Studio Growth Secrets

by Georgina Wilson

Studio growth is vital to running a successful music studio. You don’t want a stagnant studio that only attracts a new student every few months. You want a place that’s full, vibrant, and that matches your teaching vision. But how do you get there?

05/05/2025 Read more

Build Your Brand with a Party Pitch

by Georgina Wilson

“Tell me about your brand.” If someone said that to you, you’d probably look at them blankly. To a lot of people, “branding” means creating a logo you put on coffee mugs or pens. But it’s more than that. It’s a brand identity. Who you are as a business or a person.

04/14/2025 Read more