By Patrick Fritz, Catoctin School of Music Each year, I try to re-read “Nurtured by Love” by Dr. Shin'ichi Suzuki. Over a decade ago, his short book helped shape the direction of my teaching career… “When love is deep, much can be accomplished.” “Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and...
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There is more than just learning how to play an instrument, sometimes you can see musicians tune their instruments very easily or improvise like it's a walk in the park, well this has a lot to do with having a good ear, which can go as far as having perfect pitch which we will talk about later in the article. Many people would say that a...
Read MoreBy Jamey Mann A commonly over looked aspect of learning an instrument is performing. Often new students will feel insecure about their playing, feel like they are never ready, may be prone to stage fright, or some teachers may not offer their students performance opportunities. Lack of performing can be detrimental to learning an instrument because it takes away one of the main goals of making...
Read MoreThe next webinar is January 17th titled "Using Teacher/Staff Payroll". Please go to the help file in the upper left corner and click on the blue link for "browse webinars" and get scheduled to attend. We will talk about the new feature of teacher and staff payroll. Please contact support@studiohelper.com if you have any questions....
Read MoreNEW FEATURE Studio Helper now will offer Webinars. You will see a tab that says Webinars on your toolbar. You can register through that tab. The first webinar will be held July 19th at 10 am CST. This first webinar will be about Setting Up Your Studio. If interested, please register. You will receive a confirmation email and Cathy Conrad will send you separate details via...
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