Professional Development

TEACHING TIPS

SELF CARE

MASTER EDUCATOR COLLECTIVE

CONFERENCES

The “No-Shortcuts” Approach

Putting in the work is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but it’ll give you a leg up as you progress in your career.

Self-Care

Healthy Tips for Educators

Try these five tips to keep your health in check — you’ll be taking better care of yourself and your students!

Self-Care

Sustainable Excellence

Adapt your educational visions for community needs without compromising standards. Emphasize long-term commitment and realistic goal setting.

FOOTBALL AND BAND: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN?

Build teamwork and collaboration within your music program and throughout your campus community by working with athletic coaches and spirit team directors.

REDUCING PERFORMANCE ANXIETY

How can we help our students deal with nerves and anxiety before a concert, competition or performance?

Teaching Tips

Looking for new – or new to you – ideas? Check out these teaching tips.

CHECK OUT TIPS

The ABCs of Classroom Management

These 26 tips will help you connect with your students and make your music class run smoother.

Try this Creative Composition Activity

Ignite creativity with this lesson, which teaches composing and arranging as well as sight reading.

Teacher showing student how to play trombone.

Practice Effectively: Go Slow to Go Fast

Help students play music at a high level with slow practice and gradual increases in music difficulty.

Mirian Conti is a concert pianist and a faculty member of of the Evening Division of The Juilliard School in New York City. Her passion for helping young pianists across the world inspired her involvement in education, and she integrates new technology including the Disklavier in her teaching. Conti approaches keyboard pedagogy by teaching how […]

Meet Yamaha Master Educator Frederic Chiu

Frederic Chiu is an Assistant Professor of Piano at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He believes that piano playing embodies the best of humanity and sees the world of keyboard pedagogy through a lens of “Body/Mind/Heart.” Chiu embraces what at first glance may appear to be nontraditional techniques, including cooking and meditation, but these […]

Meet Yamaha Master Educator Andrea McAlister

Andrea McAlister is Professor of Piano Pedagogy at Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio and embraces the magic of communicating through music and cherishes the opportunity to help students learn to play piano. She engages her students’ curiosity and guides them through the learning process by drawing them into the music and giving them the […]

Conferences

ASTA, MEAs, MTNA and PASIC – find out about these and other conferences for music educators here.

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Professional Development

The “No-Shortcuts” Approach

Healthy Tips for Educators

Sustainable Excellence

FOOTBALL AND BAND: A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN?

REDUCING PERFORMANCE ANXIETY

Teaching Tips

You Will Never Feel “Ready,” But You Can Be Prepared

The Daily Grind: Find Joy in the Routine

Teaching is Planting Seeds

The ABCs of Classroom Management

Try this Creative Composition Activity

Practice Effectively: Go Slow to Go Fast

Self-Care

Sustainable Excellence

Don’t Get Trapped by “The Checklist”

What Makes a Teacher an Expert?

Refueling for the Educator’s Soul

Master Educator Collective

Meet Yamaha Master Educator Mirian Conti

Meet Yamaha Master Educator Frederic Chiu

Meet Yamaha Master Educator Andrea McAlister

Conferences