Important Announcement:
After careful consideration and feedback from teachers, we’ve decided to postpone these workshops until Feb/Mar next year. We’ve realised that many teachers are busy in the deep-end of exam prep and teaching frantically in the evenings, so we are planning to postpone to a calmer timeframe when we can incorporate ideas into our year’s teaching programs. In the meantime, if you’re interested in being the first to get notified when the new dates are announced, please leave your name and email below. This is a free waitlist with no obligation to attend.
Introducing a brand new workshop series for music teachers
with Hilary Travers & Tim Topham
An innovative 4-part online training series for teachers focusing on
performance and exam preparation skills.
Set your students up for exam and performance success with these proven tips and strategies straight from an expert.
Workshop Discussions:
WORKSHOP 1:
Tips and tricks for the best outcome
Exam goals/purpose Student attitude/value An overview of performance and exams Common errors WORKSHOP 2:
In the performance/exam room
Preparing for the unexpected Before the day On the day – including how to warm up In the room, including deportment and demeanour When the examiner asks for something unprepared WORKSHOP 3:
Assessment
Grading descriptors Syllabus Objectives Realistic Expectations “Qualitative vs Quantitative” marking WORKSHOP 4:
Practise for success
Managing anxiety Practice shortcuts Practise – the last 5% The 4 dimensions of Expression Managing Parents Workshop Benefits:
Live Q&A with a piano teacher and examiner of 25 years who is eager to share her knowledge and answer your burning questions.
Certificate at the end of the workshop to establish your exam knowledge and credibility to students and their parents.
A better understanding of how to help your students become performance-ready (and what they should do if they go wrong)
A boost in confidence in taking students of all levels to sit exams successfully.
Do you want to feel more confident in preparing your students for exams?
Join Tim Topham and Hilary Travers as they share exam expertise, from understanding grading descriptions and syllabus objectives to managing anxiety and preparing for the unexpected.
Register your details below to join the waitlist:
Workshop Host
Tim Topham
Your webinar host and founder of TopMusicCo, the world’s biggest online community of independent music teachers. Tim worked with the AMEB to create the Piano for Leisure Series 4 examination repertoire books and has reviewed syllabi, repertoire and resources from exam boards across the world. Tim has 20+ years’ classroom and music teaching experience including 10 years of music entrepreneurship. He’s an internationally-recognised speaker, author, podcaster and blogger and holds degrees including an MBA, BMus and DipEd.
Workshop Specialist
Hilary Travers
Hilary Travers is a passionate and inspiring music educator, pianist and examiner. She has been sought after her ability to instill enthusiasm for joyful and sophisticated music-making in others for over 3 decades. Having been found behind the piano since the age of 6, her musical experiences have been many and varied. She has been teaching piano since 15 years of age, and her passion is to instill the love of music into her students, including incorporating creative elements including composition and improvisation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I just attend one session?
- When you book, you’ll have access to the live meetings and/or replays for all 4 meetings. You may choose how many you attend, but there is no discounted option for just attending one session.
Will you be discussing specific exam boards?
- All advise and strategies will be equally relevant no matter what exam board or syllabus you use in your studio. Most of the challenges we experience are generic to all students performing or undertaking exams so this workshop will be equally relevant to stage performing, recitals, auditions and exams. That said, we will be discussing grading descriptors and syllabus objectives to help teachers understand the outcomes better.
Can I ask questions?
- Absolutely! Join our live meetings to ask questions of our presenters live and you can also ask questions in the FB group we’ll be creating just for workshop participants.