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Selling Myself As A Piano Teacher
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Jun. 22nd, 2009 | 07:50 pm
I am officially the worst self-publicist in the history of the world. But nonethelesseaaf much thought, I did put an ad in the courier today for piano students. For, they say, do what you love and what you're good at. I wouldn't say I am good up to genius proportions but I am good enough to get people started on a beautiful journey.
I have spent five years thinking about music education and this is the approach I think will work. I also put it on FreeWebs but am putting it here as well.
MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
At the heart of my philosophy is the ideal of teaching the whole individual and creating a programme of study that is tailored to their needs. The material given below is by way of approximation as to use of the milieu of alternative methods I employ in my teaching.
I believe that anybody can learn to play the piano and sing. You don't need to be a concert pianist or an opera singer but just experience the pure pleasure of being able to play a tune and sing a long. Even to gain pleasure there is some work and commitment required so I expect my students to practice.
Using the Suzuki repertory as a basis, my studentness will learn to make good sound from the piano and build strong fingers to make this happen. Taking the view that music is a language and we learn to speak before we read, after 6-10 pieces have been mastered, my studentness will start to read music. This will initially be done through art and colour coding (the other universal language). My studentness will learn through creating their own scores of familiar pieces.
In short, my teaching method combines points from Suzuki, Kodaly, Rudolf Steiner and the recently invented colour-keys approach.
WHAT IS THE SUZUKI METHOD?
The Suzuki method is a classical based method which emphasises listening and playing first. Reading of music is delayed as music is viewed as a language that anybody can learn.
WHAT IS THE KODALY METHOD?
The Kodaly method is a vocal method (ie based on singing). It uses rhythm syllables and solfege as the bridge to musical literacy. If students like to sing I encourage this and unessence this as a learning tool before going to the piano.
WHAT IS THE RUDOLPH STEINER APPROACH?
The Steiner philosophy emphasises education of the whole person. Natural creativity and ability to imitate and learning through art are essential facets particularly in the early years.
I have spent five years thinking about music education and this is the approach I think will work. I also put it on FreeWebs but am putting it here as well.
MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
At the heart of my philosophy is the ideal of teaching the whole individual and creating a programme of study that is tailored to their needs. The material given below is by way of approximation as to use of the milieu of alternative methods I employ in my teaching.
I believe that anybody can learn to play the piano and sing. You don't need to be a concert pianist or an opera singer but just experience the pure pleasure of being able to play a tune and sing a long. Even to gain pleasure there is some work and commitment required so I expect my students to practice.
Using the Suzuki repertory as a basis, my studentness will learn to make good sound from the piano and build strong fingers to make this happen. Taking the view that music is a language and we learn to speak before we read, after 6-10 pieces have been mastered, my studentness will start to read music. This will initially be done through art and colour coding (the other universal language). My studentness will learn through creating their own scores of familiar pieces.
In short, my teaching method combines points from Suzuki, Kodaly, Rudolf Steiner and the recently invented colour-keys approach.
WHAT IS THE SUZUKI METHOD?
The Suzuki method is a classical based method which emphasises listening and playing first. Reading of music is delayed as music is viewed as a language that anybody can learn.
WHAT IS THE KODALY METHOD?
The Kodaly method is a vocal method (ie based on singing). It uses rhythm syllables and solfege as the bridge to musical literacy. If students like to sing I encourage this and unessence this as a learning tool before going to the piano.
WHAT IS THE RUDOLPH STEINER APPROACH?
The Steiner philosophy emphasises education of the whole person. Natural creativity and ability to imitate and learning through art are essential facets particularly in the early years.
