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The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers

Practical and proven tips, ideas and advice for private music teachers. Listen in to improve your instrumental or vocal music studio business and find that oh-so-elusive feeling of balance in your life.

Welcome to The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast! This is the show for you if you’re an instrumental or vocal music teacher that wants friendly, creative and accessible advice.
I’m your host Nicola Cantan. My membership site, Vibrant Music Teaching, helps teachers all over the world to include more games and creativity in their lessons, so that their students giggle their way through music theory and make faster progress. I also run a popular blog, Colourful Keys, where we write about creative ideas and teaching strategies and an interview show, Teaching Studio Stories.

Every Monday I provide bite-sized bursts of inspiration and ideas for instrumental and vocal music teachers. The episodes are usually between 10 and 20 minutes – the perfect length of time to put away some of the music books scattered all over your studio and hide the rest of them in the piano bench.

Listen to a few episodes and hit the subscribe button. When you come across an episode you love, make sure to tell your teacher-friends they can get it for free in any audio app that supports podcasts.

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Latest Episodes:

3 Common Group Piano Teaching Mistakes Jul 04, 2022

Show notes

Whether you're teaching preschoolers or teens in a group format, there

are a few big mistakes you might come across. Avoid them by listening to

this episode!

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Special Piano Parents Jun 27, 2022

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Parents of neurodiverse students sometimes need more assurances and

support in your studio. Here are some tips for making them feel welcome

and valued.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Student first, diagnosis second Jun 20, 2022

Show notes

Children do not fit in little boxes. But when you understand the most

useful tools for different types of neurodiverse piano students, you can

prepare your teaching toolkit appropriately.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

What’s the diagnosis? Jun 13, 2022

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It can be hard to get your head around all the different diagnoses but

understanding ADHD, ASD and dyslexia can help you prepare properly for

your students. In this epsiode, we'll go through what these mean to

piano teachers.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

How I became a full-time piano teacher Jun 06, 2022

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Everyone’s journey to becoming a full-time piano teacher is different.

Some of us had a smooth pathway from college to studio and others (me

included) took many more twists and turns on the way to full-time piano

teaching.

In this episode, I’m sharing my personal journey to

becoming a full-time piano teacher. This is not a prescription or a

recommendation. It’s just my story of how I went from a teenager handing

out flyers to running a studio of around 70 students.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Trim your studio expenses May 30, 2022

Show notes

Most studios do not have tons of wiggle room in their bank accounts.

That's why it's important to assess your expenses and run a tight ship

so you can stay profitable and stay in business.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Glue yourself to your policies May 23, 2022

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So you have piano teaching policies...great. But do you follow them? If not, what good will they do?

Let's find a way to say what we mean and mean what we say.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Are you charging enough? May 16, 2022

Show notes

Undercutting the competition is not the route to a profitable studio.

Let's look at what your music teaching rates should be and how to change

them.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Set Your Piano Teaching Salary May 09, 2022

Show notes

Take a moment to decide what you want your piano teaching salary to be

and how you're going to achieve it. Your bank balance will thank you and

so will your mental space.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

Make Money Your Buddy as a Music Teacher May 02, 2022

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Do you struggle with your mindset around money? Do you feel like you don’t have a good grasp over your finances or never quite seem to make enough as a music teacher?

It’s not surprising many music teachers struggle to make enough money and end up taking on day jobs to pay the bills. And that’s not because teaching music is inherently unprofitable.

It’s because we don’t talk about money.

We don’t face it head-on and say, “Hey, money, wanna be my friend?” 😍

So. Why not? Why do so many of us avoid even thinking about our finances?

I believe there are three biases that might be making you think of money as your enemy.

You’re an artist.
You’re on a mission.
You’re female.

Even just one of those things means that society has taught you that money should be neither seen nor heard. And if you’re three for three? Well, that’s a tough one and I’ve been there.

But none of those things should mean that you can’t make a good income, if we stop and think about it.

The gender pay gap is very real, but I don’t think any of us think it’s how things should be. (If you do think women should be paid less for the same work or that the jobs women tend to do have a lower value, please just go away. Thanks!)

Having a greater purpose behind our work shouldn’t mean that we don’t get paid properly, either.

We need good people to do good work. In order for those people to have the mental space to do that work, they need to not be worrying about money.

And, finally, we need artists. At the risk of making you blush, humanity needs you to create beautiful things and teach other people to create beautiful things.

Otherwise, honestly, what is the point of it all anyway? The folks trading on wall street and investing in silicon valley have nothing to play with if artists don’t create.

Find out more about membership at vibrantmusicteaching.com.

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