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• Title:The independent piano teacher's studio handbook : everything you need to know for a successful teaching studio / by Beth Gigante Klingenstein.
  
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• Variant Title:Everything you need to know for a successful teaching studio
  
• Author/Creator:Klingenstein, Beth Gigante, author.
  
• Published/Created:Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, ©2009.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ML3795 .K54 2009
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Piano teachers--Vocational guidance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Music trade--Vocational guidance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Music--Economic aspects.
  
• Genre/Form:Handbooks and manuals.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xi, 452 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
  
• Summary:Synopsis: This handy and thorough guide is designed to help the independent piano teacher in all aspects of running his/her own studio. Whether it be business practices such as payment plans, taxes, and marketing, or teaching tips involving technique, composition, or sight reading, this all-inclusive manual has it all! Topics include: Developing and Maintaining a Professional Studio, Finances, Establishing Lessons, Studio Recitals, Tuition and Payment Plans, Composition and Improvisation, Marketing, Communications with Parents, Make-up Policies, Zoning and Business Licenses, Teaching Materials and Learning Styles, The Art of Practice, Arts Funding, and many more!
  
• Notes:Includes resources and websites (at the end of each chapter), and index.
  
• ISBN:9780634080838 :
  0634080830 :
  
• Contents:Preface
  Acknowledgments
  Part 1: Development And Maintaining Professionalism In The Independent Piano Studio
  Chapter 1: Embracing professionalism
  Chapter 2: Professional studio documents
  Chapter 3: Setting up the ideal studio space
  Chapter 4: Office technology for the studio
  Part 2: Finances
  Chapter 5: Setting rates
  Chapter 6: Deeper look at tuition and payment plans
  Chapter 7: Marketing
  Chapter 8: Taxes, insurance, and retirement funds
  Part 3: Establishing Lessons
  Chapter 9: Interviews and communications with parents
  Chapter 10: Scheduling lessons
  Chapter 11: Make-up policies
  Part 5: Image
  Chapter 12: Public perceptions of the independent music teacher
  Chapter 13: Clarifying image: the of teacher surveys
  Chapter 14: Projecting a professional image
  Part 5: Zoning Laws And Ethical Issues
  Chapter 15: Zoning and business licenses
  Chapter 16: Ethics in teaching
  Part 6: Maintaining High Studio Standards
  Chapter 17: Studio atmosphere
  Chapter 18: Teaching materials and leaning styles
  Chapter 19: Professional development, professional organizations, and partnerships
  Chapter 20: Teacher certification through professional organizations
  Part 7: From Preparation To Performance
  Chapter 21: Art of practice
  Chapter 22: Art of memorization
  Chapter 23: Art of performance
  Chapter 24: Studio recitals
  Chapter 25: Additional performance, assessment, and testing opportunities
  Part 8: Teaching Skills-Not Pieces
  Chapter Timing and rhythm
  Chapter 27: Technique
  Chapter 28: Sight-playing
  Chapter 29: Fingering
  Chapter 30: Pedaling
  Chapter 31: Developing the ear
  Part 9: Unique Curriculum
  Chapter 32: Embracing national standards in studio teaching
  Chapter 33: Music history and performance styles
  Chapter 34: Music theory and harmony
  Chapter 35: Collaborative arts
  Chapter 36: Composition
  Chapter 37: Jazz, blues, and improvisation
  Chapter 38: Music of many cultures
  Chapter 39: Music camps
  Chapter 40: Workstations
  Chapter 41: Additional teaching options
  Part 10: Technology
  Chapter 42: Equipment
  Chapter 43: Studio uses for technology
  Part 11: Careers In Music
  Chapter 44: Performance
  Chapter 45: Composing and arranging
  Chapter 46: Education
  Chapter 47: Service
  Chapter 48: Business
  Part 12: Broader Picture
  Chapter 49: Arts funding
  Chapter 50: Arts advocacy
  Appendix A: Studio documents
  Appendix B: Sample survey
  Appendix C: Professional organizations
  Index.