Category Archives for "Creativity"

I'm so excited to be starting the Tim Topham TV Podcast by interviewing my good friend and Australian teacher/composer/presenter, Daniel

I'm super excited to share this guest post with you by Nicola Cantan. Nicola runs a thriving piano studio in Dublin, Ireland and blogs at

Ever wanted to learn more about jazz improvising? Here's a free 5-week online course that you can take from your own studio and featuring

Spin the wheel! I've recently been having fun with my students using a nifty little app called DecideNow. I posted about it a while ago

I've had a lot of people ask me about teaching basic improvising, especially for their teenage and adult beginner students, so I thought I'd

Most students find scale practice pretty dull. So do I. in fact, I find teaching scales pretty dull too! What's more, starting lessons

Looking for easy-to-use jazz and pop backing tracks? One of my Year 8 students recently had to play keyboard in a band for his music performance

Ever wondered how to approach teaching students basic non-jazz improvisation? We know that as teachers, in order to provide our students

OK, so I know that "fun" might be the wrong word to ever describe scales, but there are some great resources available to help make scale