PPP 327: Teacher Chat: Hobbyist vs. Career Musicians with Joellyn Andrews and Janna Williamson

PPP 327: Teacher Chat: Hobbyist vs. Career Musicians with Joellyn Andrews and Janna Williamson

Your musical goals have a big impact on the teacher you select and how that teacher will go about teaching you to play the piano.Some of our piano kids are doing lessons for a season, without the intention of pursuing music in college or as a profession while others have different long-term plans.To join me in this chat, I invited two well-respected teachers - Joellyn Andrews and Janna Williamson - with vastly different teaching styles to offer parents a teacher's perspective on how to help students meet their musical goals.Click here to find other teacher chats. Listen to the full…
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PPP274: Janna Williamson talks about our historic heritage of piano music

PPP274: Janna Williamson talks about our historic heritage of piano music

Janna Williamson, NCTM, is a pianist, educator, and collaborator. Janna enjoys high retention in her independent piano studio in the suburbs of Chicago as well as the rewards of students who have gone on to enjoy a lifetime of music.Janna joins us on the show today to discuss our rich heritage of piano music. Listen to the full episode here Connect with Janna Williamson Janna's website: JannaWilliamson.comJanna's YouTube ChannelAs a special gift for our piano parent listeners, Janna has compiled a list of Piano Pieces Every Piano Student Should Know. (Click here to see the list. Use the code: pianoparent.)Piano…
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PPP247: Teacher Chat – YouTube Videos with Clinton Pratt and Janna Williamson

PPP247: Teacher Chat – YouTube Videos with Clinton Pratt and Janna Williamson

YouTube launched in May 2005. The first video posted on YouTube showed 18 seconds of cofounder, Jawed Karim talking about elephants at the zoo.Now, there are more than 31 million YouTube channels covering absolutely ANY topic you can imagine. It is second only to Google as the largest search engine online. 1 billion + videos are viewed each day.YouTube can be an important tool in musical education; from listening to performances and learning music theory, to sharing unlisted videos with loved ones.What is the most unusual thing you've learned to do by watching YouTube videos? Let me know in the…
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