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Teaching Adult Piano

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Overview

Teaching Adult Piano offers insights and practical advice for teaching piano to adults, a growing population in many studios. Topics explored include studio policies, how adults learn, repertoire, and the various health issues teachers may encounter when working with adults.

This is a fully online course comprised of video and written materials from the following sources: Keyboard Companion, Clavier Companion, Piano Magazine, Teaching Foundational Technique, Inspiring Artistry, From the Artist Bench, and webinars.

This is a self-guided microcourse. Questions at the conclusion of each session serve as a way to reflect on the content. You will not respond to these questions on the platform, but you may wish to complete the activities for your own personal use.

Syllabus

  • Adults and Health
    • This session will summarize teaching while considering the health factors in playing the piano.
  • Choosing Repertoire for Adults
    • This session will cover facilitating adult learning and choosing repertoire for adult students.
  • The Adult Studio
    • This session will cover the question "What is learning?," andragogy, to studio policies for adult students.
  • How Adults Learn
    • This session will cover teaching adults with Marvin Blickenstaff.

Taught by

Andrea McAlister, Michaela Boros and Anna Beth Rucker

Reviews

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  • Anonymous
    Overall a very informative training session. Course content got well covered and also demonstrated the concept very well. Thanks for such an informative and concept-clearing training session.

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