Piano Teaching Success Podcast
Helping piano teachers liven up lessons, Gillian Erskine and Paul Myatt explore how piano teaching is evolving for today’s learners. Blending neuroscience, Whole Body Learning, and innovative teaching strategies, this podcast helps teachers create engaging lessons in which students remember what they learn, practise with confidence, and stay with the piano long-term.
Episodes
When you hear the word ‘improvisation’, if you picture one of these smoky dens where these really cool jazz dudes sit in an almost meditative state, playing and improvising with their mates whilst being completely immersed and at one with the music? They have these crazy cool riffs at their finger tips and you think how on earth can you do that? How on earth could I ever teach that? I can...
Looking for something engaging, fun, and packed with real musicianship skills to bring into your studio?
This episode is a little different - and so much fun!
Paul recently ran this traditional Japanese clapping game with a group of teachers at Top Music Live in Sydney, and the room had an absolute ball. In this...
“Because we have keys [on a piano] we can press, it’s so tempting to turn the keys into a data entry exercise, and to think if we get the data wrong, the calculations will come out wrong. You could play all the wrong notes with the right rhythm, and it’s music.”
What if the way we've been teaching piano is actually getting in the way of real musicianship?
That's just one of the ideas Elissa Milne drops in th...
The children sitting in front of you right now have brains that work entirely differently to the way they did just a few years ago. They’re living in a world where information is accessible at all times.
In this podcast episode, Anita Collins says this will require us, as humans, to evolve. She talks about how we can work with devices and addiction w...
"I'd love to teach groups, but my studio's not big enough." If you've ever said or thought your space wouldn’t work for groups, this episode is for you.
In reality, you probably don't need a bigger space. You just need to see what's actually possible.
In this episode, we take you inside the real teaching spaces of Group Piano University graduates from around the world — from home studios and church halls to school ...
What does it actually look like to transition from a full private lesson schedule to a group piano studio, in real life, in under a year?
In this episode, I sat down with Caelyn, a young piano teacher from Wisconsin, who completed Group Piano University just nine months ago and has already transformed her studio, and her lifestyle, in ways she never knew were possible.
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When thinking about group piano, many teachers get stuck on one big question: “How do I teach pieces to multiple students at the same time?”
Because in private lessons, we naturally adapt to each individual student. But in a group setting, that approach simply doesn’t work.
So what’s the solution?
When thinking about starting groups many teachers get caught up in the “How will I do this?” question but what they should really be asking themselves is
What is important to me musically and professionally?
In other words, what do you want for your students and yourself from adding groups to your te...
Episode 5: The Must-Have Piano Teaching Tool for Today’s Kids (That Almost No One Knows About)
What’s the one teaching tool master piano teachers have used for decades - but many teachers forget about, underuse, or even feel slightly guilty about?
It’s using music to teach music.
The Skill Every Musician Needs, From Beginners to Professionals - That's Often Overlooked
Why do some students struggle to play in time — even when they can count perfectly? In this episode, we unpack one of the most fundamental (and overl...
Episode 3: The 3 M’s — The Real Secret to Making Piano Learning Stick (Even When They Don’t Practice)
Have you ever felt frustrated when students come back to lessons unable to remember what you worked on the week before - even when you know you taught it clearly?
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Episode 2: What Neuroscientists Discovered About Learning — Every Piano Teacher Must Know
Have you ever watched a piano student’s eyes glaze over — even though they’re “doing the work”?
In this episode, Gillian and Paul unpack groundbreaking neuroscience research that explains
In this episode, we unpack the real challenges today’s piano teachers face in an AI-driven, distraction-heavy world:
- Shorter attention spans
- Rising anxiety
- Overwhelmed students <...
Gillian and Paul are looking forward to sharing ideas, tips, and strategies for using the Whole Body Learning methodology to make piano teaching easier and effective.
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