TC191: Jennifer Foxx on Online Summer Camp Programs
By Tim Topham | Podcast
In some parts of the world, seasonal camps season is upon us, but what does it look like running online summer music camps?
Jennifer Foxx, a Top Music Pro expert teacher and owner of Music Educator Resources, talks to us about running great online summer camps for your piano students. If you’ve never thought about having one, I’m pretty confident that after you listen to this episode, you’ll be looking at the concept in a different light.
Jennifer shares heaps of information on how she conducts her camps, where she gets resources, how you can make it work with templated kits ready-made, and so much more. Particularly, in this time of COVID-19, Jennifer shows us how you can still continue your students’ learning and practice through fun and engaging online summer music camps.
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Jennifer Foxx is one of our TopMusicPro expert teachers. She has been teaching piano for over 30 years and running summer camps for 25 years. She creates helpful resources and tips for fellow piano teachers through her business, Music Educator Resources.
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Tim Topham is the founder and director of TopMusic. Tim hosts the popular TopCast show, blogs regularly at topmusic.co and speaks at local and international conferences on topics such as pedagogy, 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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