February, 2010

what are some good universites for learning how to teach music?

I’m a music teacher. I went for lessons at a studio and the teacher said I played better than her.How’d you like a job? go figure!!! As far as universities go, they have courses in theory and history of music etc but not really in teaching it. you can take music therapy and the only [...]

Guitar and Piano teaching?

I would like to start teaching guitar and piano. anny sugestions form teachers on how to get started of anny tips in general? Some thoughts: 1) Do some work to figure out your favorite methods/teaching books/repertoire. When you are interviewing potential students and parents, they’ll ask you what you like and what you use. Best [...]

What do they ask you in an interview to be a piano teacher?

I’m 15 and I want to teach piano to kids (obviously only as a part time job) and I was wondering if anyone who has already been to an interview for a music school could tell me what sort of questions they ask. As in, do they ask you to play a song for them [...]

How do you get a license to be able to teach piano lessons?

Yeah, but to teach privately and to add a little more credibility to my profile I think I would need some kind of an official piece of paper, right? It helps to have your degree in music – people don’t just want any hack to teach them or their kids. Check out rcmexaminations.org – they [...]