Teaching Preschooler Beginners Online
By Doreen Hall / December 10, 2020
Teaching Preschooler Beginners Online The good news is that they seem to have a vaccine for COVID. This means...
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Teaching Students to Read Music
By Doreen Hall / October 12, 2020
What is the number one reason students don’t practice? They can’t read music well. Having to figure out every note...
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24 Reasons I Love the Piano
By Doreen Hall / September 29, 2020
I admit it. I wrote a post called “19 Reasons I Hate the Piano”. I guess I was feeling...
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10 Tips for Teaching Transfer Piano Students
By Doreen Hall / September 11, 2020
“Hello...Ms. Hall?” “Yes, this is she” “My name is Sherry I am looking for a new piano teacher for my...
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The Arts…Who needs ‘em?
By Doreen Hall / August 20, 2020
“We live in this world in order always to learn, and to enlighten each other by means of...
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No More Labels Please – Tips for Working With Special Needs Piano Students.
By Doreen Hall / July 3, 2020
I wrote this post a while back and never published it. I was worried about being too…I don’t know…controversial. ...
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Making Online Piano Teaching Easier
By Doreen Hall / May 17, 2020
We have all been thrown into online lessons whether we wanted to be teaching online or not. I have been...
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Ideas for Keeping Online Piano Students Over the Summer
By Doreen Hall / May 17, 2020
Summer is coming, and it’s a tough time of year for piano teachers even when we are not going through...
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Free Piano Teaching Games You Can Use Online
By Doreen Hall / March 16, 2020
Online Piano Games I am so very heartened by people’s response to the pandemic. So many people are pitching...
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Favorite Piano Teaching Books and Resources
By Doreen Hall / March 15, 2020
I compiled a list of favorite piano teaching books and resources with the help of many colleagues. These are the...
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The Best Piano Teacher in Town Free – Preschool Webinar
By Doreen Hall / January 27, 2020
The Best Piano Teacher in Town Free Preschool Webinar Sign up for the webinar Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 12:00 pm...
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19 Reasons I Hate the Piano
By Doreen Hall / January 3, 2020
19 Reasons I Hate the Piano What!!! You ask. What do you mean you hate the piano? ...
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2020 Answers
By Doreen Hall / December 20, 2019
Celebrate 2019 and Look Forward to 2020 I promised I would post my answers to the questions. So here...
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Parents Why Your Child Must Practice the Piano
By Doreen Hall / November 15, 2019
I wrote this post "Parents Why Your Child Must Practice the Piano" for pianoparents.net I thought it would be a...
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Piano Studio Program Statement
By Doreen Hall / October 18, 2019
In my book “The Happiest Piano Teacher in Town” There is a chapter about the piano studio program statement....
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Words Have Power
By Doreen Hall / September 10, 2019
Warning I have to warn you that the content of this post may seem like a no brainer for those...
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Piano Students with Challenging Attitudes
By Doreen Hall / August 30, 2019
My second son Johnny is musically gifted and like his mom he loves music. He has always been a...
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Teaching Piano Lessons to Family and Friends
By Doreen Hall / August 20, 2019
It goes without saying that some of your students will come to you because of people you know or...
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Beginning Piano Improvisation Activities
By Doreen Hall / August 20, 2019
This post will explore beginning piano improvisation activities and why improvisation is so important. Objectives, For students to feel comfortable...
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Practice Makes Progress
By Doreen Hall / August 20, 2019
Chapter 18 - From "The Happiest Piano Teacher in Town-Empowering Teachers to Inspire Students" Practice makes progress. “Our aim needs...
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