by Saleh Sabat Shopping online has become a huge part of our culture. You can, quite literally, but ANYTHING on the web. It’s pretty amazing. There are many pros to buying an instrument online. Some of the pros are: convenience, price, and wider market selection than what you would find locally. However, many prospective buyers are scared to purchase their instruments online. Over the last 10 years,...
Read MoreNew Features! Studio Helper has been busy! We have rolled out several new features this last week. They are: Add multiple teachers to a task. On the home page you can now assign more than one teacher to a task. Added an email address field to the Student Registration Report. You can now save and add another in the expenses, expenses categories and vendors. There is now an "email parent"...
Read MoreBy Julia Kossuth As the first month of lessons has passed, for this school year anyway, it’s been interesting to watch the interest, progress, and motivation for each student take shape. Here at the Studios of Sarah Strout, we use a point system in which each student can earn points for practicing, memorizing, performing for family, and more, all going towards getting as big a trophy...
Read MoreBy Meridith Johnson The days becoming noticeably shorter seems to ring in a new season with yellow school busses packed with children in every seat, excited to head back to school. Every fall seems to welcome new beginnings as students return to sports, school and activities with a blank page of possibilities ahead this year. Music lessons beginning again for our students this fall also carries with...
Read MoreBy Meridith Johnson Recently a friend of mine who also teaches piano lessons shared a story with me about a new student she began teaching for the summer. After her first lesson with the small wide-eyed five-year old boy, the parent immediately began to question her, “How is his musical talent? Does he have good rhythm? Can he understand how to read music? I just don’t...
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