Archive for the 'Life as a Music Teacher' Category

My students and I had a great time this past week during our summer Piano Camps! One of our local music teachers associations is sponsoring a Music Olympics festival in a couple of weeks, so we spent a lot of our time at Piano Camp training and preparing for this event. It was a ton […]

Just read this anecdote and couldn’t help but smile… There was this man who, many years ago, worked for a large business. That was his lifetime employment, but he wasn’t happy there. He wanted to go into business for himself. He saved his money and finally had enough that he could quit and start his […]

This past week, six students and I spent a couple of hours a day together for a summer piano camp at my studio. I decided to try something new this year and purchased the equipment and software so they could produce a documentary on the life of Isaac Watts, the “father of English hymnody.” I […]

It is surprising how frequently I get e-mails from people, specifically other teachers, who question how I can be so “Christian” in the way I present myself and my studio, primarily through my website. Probably because the music teaching business isn’t suppose to be “Christian” in nature. Churches are suppose to be Christian. Christian schools […]

Trip to the Lonestar State

Texas is definitely obsessed with her star! Every direction you turn, you will find it engraved, plastered, embossed, embroidered, stuck or painted onto something. I have traveled through Texas several times before, but this is the first time I really observed the extensive use of the star. In addition to this observation, throughout my recent […]

It’s Official

My Dad called me in Texas last Saturday, only hours before the conference was scheduled to begin, to convey the exciting, and long-awaited, news. The letter had arrived in the mail that day – MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) had approved my portfolio and granted me certification as a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music! Several […]

Music to My Ears

Literally. My wonderful symphony-going companions, Jynae and Lisa, joined me for an incredible evening of music provided by the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. The program tonight was spectacular! (Of course it didn’t hurt that we amazingly ended up with seats in the third row, almost at center stage.) In honor of Veteran’s Day, the evening began […]

Revealed!

Drum roll please… The project I’ve been working on for quite some time now has been officially launched. Hooray! Music Matters Blog is a new site I’ve developed that is especially geared toward Independent Music Teachers. I have listed in my first post on Music Matters Blog in more detail my purposes in developing the […]

Mission Accomplished!

It didn’t look at all impressive from the outside, but the moment we stepped through the front door, my eyes grew wide. I couldn’t believe the sight before my eyes! A beautiful grand piano directly in front of me, a massive mixing board and numerous monitors and speakers right around one corner, a sound-proof room […]