Integrated Music Teaching Podcast

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TC216: Teaching Gamified Sight Reading with Percussionist Nathan Petitpas Nov 13, 2020

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In today’s episode, we unpack Nathan Petitpas’ sight-reading resource called Dots and Beams. Nathan is a percussionist, drummer, composer and music educator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Understand how this versatile resource works and how different it is from the rest. Nathan shows us how we can use this in our lessons by putting me ... TC216: Teaching Gamified Sight Reading with Percussionist Nathan Petitpas

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TC215: Research-backed insights on piano student retention with Karen Gerelus Nov 06, 2020

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Research-backed insights on piano student retention with Karen Gerelus 100 students will start piano lessons this year and 98 will quit before they reach proficiency. Learn the reasons why students quit piano and how to help! This episode features guest Karen Gerelus speaking on research-based insights about piano student retention. Transcript of the show about ... TC215: Research-backed insights on piano student retention with Karen Gerelus

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TC214: The 5 Myths of Improvisation with Bradley Sowash Oct 30, 2020

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This episode on improvisation myths features guest Bradley Sowash. It originally aired in 2017. If called on to improvise on the spot, do you feel out of your element? Learn about the five most common myths and roadblocks that hold musicians back from creative playing and improvising. Bradley helps us sort out the incorrect assumptions ... TC214: The 5 Myths of Improvisation with Bradley Sowash

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TC213: Becoming the CEO Teacher with Kayse Morris Oct 23, 2020

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Changing your mindset can increase your teaching income tenfold. This is the story that Kayse Morris of the CEO Teacher shares with us on the podcast. Kayse is a former classroom teacher turned entrepreneur who turned her life around by selling her teaching resources. Today, she is a passionate entrepreneur eager to help teachers sell ... TC213: Becoming the CEO Teacher with Kayse Morris

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TC212: Is Tonaly the Ultimate App for Chord Progressions? Oct 16, 2020

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With Tonaly app, our latest favourite theory/composition tool, we found a better way to teach and have fun using chord progressions in music lessons. (Ever had trouble explaining and using the circle of fifths easily with students? Us, too!) Christian Hengst, the Tonaly app developer and a bass player himself, joins us on the podcast ... TC212: Is Tonaly the Ultimate App for Chord Progressions?

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TC211: The 3-Step Strategy to Successful 30-Minute Piano Lessons with Julie Duda Oct 09, 2020

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Learn how to plan 30 minute piano lessons that are excellent but also seriously fun! Give your students the inspiration and motivation they need, which will also improve retention in your studio. In our conversation, Julie Duda unpacks her three-point strategy to keep students engaged in lessons both in-person and online. Julie also talks about ... TC211: The 3-Step Strategy to Successful 30-Minute Piano Lessons with Julie Duda

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TC210: Daniel Patterson on why studio marketing matters at any stage Oct 02, 2020

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In this episode, you’ll learn how studio marketing tips can help your studio quality at any stage, even if your spots are already all filled. Daniel Patterson, one of the top thinkers about music studio marketing, joins us talk about better marketing tips for music teachers. His focus is on understanding the mindset and needs ... TC210: Daniel Patterson on why studio marketing matters at any stage

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TC209: Christopher Oill Teaches Tim Composing *LIVE* Sep 25, 2020

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In this episode, you’ll learn a functional framework on how to teach composing with your students, including a free printable handout to walk you through the creative process. Our good friend Christopher Oill joins us to teach composing using his unique five-step compositional process. And, in this show, he runs me through the whole process ... TC209: Christopher Oill Teaches Tim Composing *LIVE*

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TC208: Amy Jorgensen’s Pivot to a Total Virtual Piano Academy Sep 18, 2020

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In true entrepreneurial form, when life handed Amy a change of plans with career, she catapulted forward to open a dream venture: a virtual piano academy. Amy Bastow Jorgensen joins us on the TopCast today to talk all about her new startup platform where she’s serving students online with remarkable results, all while freeing up ... TC208: Amy Jorgensen’s Pivot to a Total Virtual Piano Academy

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