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On this show, we talk with experts and influencers in music education who regularly work with children. For season 2, I'm now asking a bigger question, "Is music education designed correctly...
This is a great episode to share with a piano teacher friend. Push Back. It's simple, yet powerful. Don't avoid confrontation with a parent...
Loved doing this interview with Jon! He's just a great guy and I enjoyed getting the chance, like with most guests on the podcast, to ask de...
Pain relievers like aspirin can be taken if you have a headache and usually within 15 minutes the headache is gone. But what if there were a...
Yesterday I was working with a mother and her daughter and one simple piece of teaching advice left her speechless the second she tried it....
Today's podcast goes into the challenging world of how we as teachers help our students navigate more than just their troubles and anxieties...
In the education world, teachers sometimes can be overly focused on the results and outcomes in competitions and tests. And the question I h...
Talking about how small wins not only motivate students but can motivate their parent coaches as they make their way on the long journey of...
Trying a different format. Share it if you love it. The Tortoise always wins, Julian
Sample. Observe. Record. The child needs to sample a variety of activities and as their parent you need to be open and observant. Try to be...
Todays episode is a follow up on the concept talked about in yesterday's interview with Irina Gorin. She talked about "educating parents". W...
She's amazing. What else is there to say about Irina? :) Check out Tales of A Musical Journey and the rest of her work here - http://www.iri...
They did it! Many parents loved the experience of preparing, learning and performing with their child. My main goal is really to help them g...
This interview is a wonderful conversation with Michelle Conda of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM). She's spent the last 25 years...
Today I dive into the idea of how learning happens. For me, learning happens through an input that I call a "window". The window opens from...
Have you ever considered getting your parents, of your students, to teach in the lesson? What skills do they actually need to know in order...
Yep. I'm having parents play in a recital with their kids. The backstory really explains it all. But the main idea here is role shifting. As...
Great question! The standard answer would be for you to practice lower level pieces (i.e. level 3 if you're level 5). And do that every day...
I've always thought this. Weird, awkward and quirky things about people are the best things. The best. But for whatever reason, I've only re...
On this show, we talk with experts and influencers in music education who regularly work with children. For season 2, I'm now asking a bigge...
This is an episode from our Oclef Method. It's a series for parents wanting to help their children during practice. Find all the episodes fo...
Progress We all want it. But should it be shown to parents as a sign of things going well? I used to think so, but I've gotten to the point...
Discipline. It's the most important element you'll need to confirm or solve for before moving forward. Don't start looking for a piano or a...
"Can I teach my 7 year old sister how to play piano by myself?" - Peterson Normil Yes. Be consistent - practice 6–7 days a week for 10–15 mi...
Honesty It's a desirable quality. But the funny thing is how people often consider that NOT saying something because it's not positive, is a...
Reading. My best advice for a student just starting piano, at any age (5–105) is to develop your reading ability. While you're working on yo...
We posted a survey on our Instagram and got hundreds of responses. The question was: Does a student need musical talent to succeed in learni...
I'll answer in two areas: Headspace - mistakes in performance happen and they should be expected. You have got to start focusing on the char...
Welcome to Season 6! I know I've been away for the last couple months and we have so much to share with you! This season will be about how t...
This is what could happen if a parent or teacher places a student's point of reference outside of themselves. Be careful with comparisons be...
This is part of the collection of questions that I get so often. What's your advice on buying a piano? It's a very heavy question and I'm in...
This is week six of the Seven Deadly Sins of Learning Music. It's an intro to negativity. Although it's not very common, it can become a ver...
Last September I came across a campaign on Kickstarter. There was a guy selling a book called "You suck at piano". It was sort of an Anti-me...
Easily one of the most common mistakes of students and parents is the topic of today's podcast - predictability. If students have the same p...
On this show, we talk with experts and influencers in music education who regularly work with children. For season 2, I'm now asking a bigge...
Today's question comes from Sun Xexian. He asks why can't he hear the difference between types of pianos. I love this question because in a...
This is week 4 of the Seven Deadly Sins of Learning Music. And for this week, we're discussing complacency. It's the idea that the student s...
This question comes from Ngachanyo Shimray and I just love it. It's an important topic in piano education, but almost never talked about aft...
Hey listener friends! I just wanted to say that we are taking this week off of the podcast to prepare exciting news for all of you. If you d...
Claire asks how long does it take to become proficient at piano. Check out my answer to this common question. Follow us on instagram www.ins...
All this week we're talking about inconsistency and how it is one of the deadly sins of learning music. Today I wanted to shift the focus to...
Before today's show on the next of the Seven Deadly Sins of Learning Music we have an exciting announcement! We're launching a third podcast...
This is Episode 25 of the Oclef Interview series. On today's podcast we have El Sistema USA Board member Christine Taylor and Executive Dire...
It's so important for us to help students become the truest version of themselves. Every chance I get I try to help them pivot and shift int...
Week 2 of the Seven Deadly Sins of Learning Music is about Detachment. This one is what happens when music is not music, because it's void o...
Today I wanted to share a personal story of how one student and his mother chose impatience and short-term wins in learning piano and how th...
My current hypothesis is that impatience is a side effect which becomes a habit. As educators, we need to be very aware of how we guide, hel...
This is part of the seven deadly sins of learning music. A new series we're running on the Oclef Podcast. If you didn't catch the season ope...
I'm back from Bali! The trip has really helped me to recover and reignite myself for all the upcoming work that we're doing at Oclef. Here's...
Try it. Swimming with a life jacket is really hard, almost impossible to get anywhere. But if you have a top lifeguard watching you and teac...
Pushing students to stretch in piano is a great way to help them grow. But recently, I learned about how important it is to have milestones...