Making Music and Enriching Lives: A Guide for All Music Teachers (Music for Life)

Making Music and Enriching Lives fills an important niche in the very large world of books about music. It's unlike any other instructional book in the way it addresses comprehensive, across-the-board issues that affect all teachers, students, and musicians. In this book, you will find specifics not only about how to teach music, but also about how to motivate and inspire students of any age. In this first volume of her Music for Life series, Bonnie Blanchard (with Cynthia Blanchard Acree) shares successful approaches with both students and teachers that have worked wonders in her own studio to produce successful students who are energized about their lessons and their music. These books touch on all aspects of music instruction from running a studio to student motivation and teaching technique to performing, while addressing not just the musician, but the whole person along the way. Miyazawa Newsletter Provides concrete solutions to difficult situations . . . helps teachers solve challenges, have lots more fun, and get even more fulfillment from their teaching. CONTENTS......Page 8 acknowledgments......Page 10 Part 1. Enriching Lives......Page 12 1. Transform Your Teaching Style: The Music for LifeMethod......Page 14 2. Focus on Relationships First......Page 27 3. Instill Pride and Respect......Page 37 4. Show Students Your Commitment to Excellence......Page 47 5. Promote a Love of Learning and Independence......Page 59 6. Create an Atmosphere of Achievement......Page 68 7. Attitude Is Everything......Page 76 8. Make Practice a Priority......Page 81 9. Increase Success with the Music for Life Notebook System......Page 89 10. Energize Students with Goals......Page 97 11. Recognize and Reward Results and Effort......Page 107 12. Foster Happy, Confident Students......Page 115 13. Host Fun Musical Events......Page 122 Part 2. Making Music......Page 132 14. Use Practice Tricks for Fast Results......Page 134 15. Musicality Makes the Difference......Page 148 16. Multiply the Fun in Chamber Music......Page 168 17. Take the Fear Out of Memorization......Page 181 18. Help Students Become Confident Sight Readers......Page 186 Part 3. Tackling Your Toughest Teaching Challenges......Page 194 19. In the Beginning......Page 196 20. Make Learning Fun (and Less Painful) for Adults......Page 203 21. Troubleshoot Problems and Turn around Complaints......Page 211 22. Prepare Students for Performance......Page 222 23. Conquer Stage Fright......Page 228 24. Ace the Audition......Page 242 25. When It’s Time to Say Goodbye......Page 252 26. Ask the Teacher......Page 259 Part 4. Running Your Private Music Studio......Page 280 27. Establish Your Private Studio and Develop a Business Plan......Page 282 28. Get Paid What You’re Worth......Page 294 29. A Life in the Arts: Is It for You?......Page 306 30. Make the Teacher’s Life Easier......Page 311 for further reading......Page 318 index......Page 322 Part 1. Enriching lives. Transform your teaching style : the music for life method ; Focus on relationships first ; Instill pride and respect ; Show students your commitment to excellence ; Promote a love of learning and independence ; Create an atmosphere of achievement ; Attitude is everything ; Make practice a priority ; Increase success with the music for life notebook system ; Energize students with goals ; Recognize and reward results and effort ; Foster happy, confident students ; Host fun musical events Part 2. Making music. Use practice tricks for fast results ; Musicality makes the difference ; Multiply the fun in chamber music ; Take the fear out of memorization ; Help students become confident sight readers Part 3. Tackling your toughest teaching challenges. In the beginning ; Make learning fun (and less painful) for adults ; Troubleshoot problems and turn around complaints ; Prepare students for performance ; Conquer stage fright ; Ace the audition ; When it's time to say goodbye ; Ask the teacher Part 4. Running your private music studio. Establish your private studio and develop a business plan ; Get paid what you're worth ; A life in the arts : is it for you? ; Make the teacher's life easier. "Making Music and Enriching Lives is unlike any other instructional book in the way it addresses comprehensive issues that affect all teachers, students, and musicians. In this book, you will also find specifics not only about how to teach music, but also about how to motivate and inspire students of any age. Blanchard shares successful approaches with both students and teachers that have worked wonders in her own studio to produce successful students who are energized about their lessons and their music."--Back cover This volume fills an important niche in the very large world of books about music. It's unlike any other instructional book in the way it addresses comprehensive, across-the-board issues that affect all teachers, students, and musicians. In this book, you will find specifics not only about how to teach music but also about how to motivate and inspire students of any age