For those of you who are starting a new school year, we wanted to share 3 great tips to help you gain some momentum that will help carry you and your studio through the school term. 1. Develop A Practice Habit Want your students to practice every day? Studies show that it takes 21+ days to form a h… Read More

"I think I can, I think I can," these are the words from the 1930's children's book The Little Train That Could, and they are also the thoughts of your achievement-oriented music students. In this post, Part 3 of the Motivating Music Students multi-part series, we will explore achievement motivation… Read More

In Part 1 of our multipart series on Motivation, we discussed how to identify motivation types in each of your students. In this post, we'll dive deeper into the use of incentives and rewards or extrinsic motivation. In the world of music education, extrinsic motivation has always been a touchy subj… Read More

Why do we as humans spend so much time listening to music? A recent study by Edison revealed that Americans spend an average of 13 years of their life listening to music. Music is everywhere - you’ll hear it in every store, car, event, or elevator. You’ll hear music in the commercials that segue int… Read More