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How to create a successful piano teaching studio, one step at a time

introducing topmusic pro's Roadmap course

The purpose of this roadmap is to guide you through the complete process of creating a successful piano teaching studio, one step at a time. No matter which stage of the journey you’re at, simply follow these steps to plan, build, teach amazing lessons, adapt, grow or even pivot your piano studio business with ease using resources from all my courses, podcasts, blog posts, PDFs and lesson plans.

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A comprehensive learning path of 6 lessons

Planning
Building
Teaching
Adapting
Growing
Pivoting

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Tim Topham

Founder of TopMusic and Host of the TopCast

Tim Topham is the founder and director of TopMusic. Tim hosts the popular TopCast, blogs regularly at topmusic.co and speaks at local and international conferences on topics such as integrated teaching, creativity, business, marketing and entrepreneurship. Tim has been featured in American Music Teacher, The Piano Teacher Magazine, California Music Teacher and EPTA Piano Professional. Tim holds an MBA in Educational Leadership, BMus, DipEd and AMusA.

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