Adult Piano Study

Question|Title Department Issue Authors
How do you find out what adults want from piano lessons? Adult Piano Study 1990, 1-1 Brenda Dillon, Elizabeth Isaacson, Martha Hilley, Fred Kern
How do you help your adult students develop realistic expectations? Adult Piano Study 1990, 1-2 Brenda Dillon, Richard Bradley, Larry Rast
What is the difference in the way you teach children and adults? Adult Piano Study 1990, 1-3 Reid Alexander, JoEllen DeVilbiss, Carol Walgren-Georgas, Rebecca Johnson
What are some of the pieces adults love to learn and why? Adult Piano Study 1990, 1-4 Jim Shanahan, Cathy Albergo
How do you handle diversity of levels in your group lessons for adults? Adult Piano Study 1991, 2-1 Joan Reist, J. Mitzi Kolar
Is it accurate to assume that all adult students study piano ONLY for personal enrichment? If adult students want to improvise, what are some activities which will get them started? Adult Piano Study 1991, 2-2 Jane Karwoski, Janeen Larsen
What has adult piano study done for you which has nothing to do with playing the piano? Adult Piano Study 1991, 2-3 Donna Iraneta, Russ Howell
What kind of playing opportunities do you plan for your adult students? Adult Piano Study 1991, 2-4 Brenda Dillon, Ellen Shapiro
How do you work piano lessons and piano practice into your daily schedule? Adult Piano Study 1992, 3-1 Kenneth B. Newton, Cora Hummel, George Dargo, Frank Holaday
What should be included in the curriculum for adults in addition to repertoire? Adult Piano Study 1992, 3-2 Alison Barr, Sue Collier
Can playing deficiencies in returning adult students be corrected without demoralizing them? Adult Piano Study 1992, 3-3 Rebecca Johnson, Judith Kotok
How is teaching teenage beginners different from teaching adult beginners? Adult Piano Study 1992, 3-4 Susan Ogilvy, May Jane Mann
Do you allow your adult students to work at their own pace? Adult Piano Study 1993, 4-1 Jerry Wallace, Brad Beckman
How do you handle the discouraging plateaus of adult piano study? Adult Piano Study 1993, 4-2 Louise Earhart, Mary Brostrom Stack
Are adults able to learn to play the piano as readily as children? Adult Piano Study 1993, 4-3 Michelle Robison
What do you do when adults are determined to play repertoire they can't possibly play? Part 1: Shift to alternative choices. Adult Piano Study 1994, 5-1 Paul Sheftel, Robert Vandall
How do you keep your adults from using their lesson times as therapy sessions? Adult Piano Study 1994, 5-2 Diane Ballweg, Joseph Klice, Linda Spencer
How do you circumvent or counterbalance an adult's feelings of inadequacy? Adult Piano Study 1994, 5-3 Mary Stack, Susan Sonneborn, Mercena Henderson
What do you do when adults are determined to play repertoire they can't possibly play? Part II: Shift to transcriptions Adult Piano Study 1994, 5-4 Fred Kern, Phillip Keveren
Why is playing the piano beneficial for adults with arthritis? Adult Piano Study 1995, 6-1 Charlotte M. Frazier, RMT; Scott Zashin, MD
How do you begin an adult who has had no previous music study? Adult Piano Study 1995, 6-2 Fran Linhart, Charles Anderson
How do you prepare adults to play in public? Adult Piano Study 1995, 6-3 Matthew Harre, Victoria B. Harris
How do you prepare adults to play in church? Adult Piano Study 1995, 6-4 Judy davis, Steve Betts, Judith Cataldo
How can we develop a social hook for the adult studying piano? Adult Piano Study 1996, 7-2 Gail Masinda, Sandra Stewart
Is traditional notation the best approach for teaching beginning students? Adult Piano Study 1996, 7-4 Reid Alexander, Jean Warner
Do your adult students play ensembles with each other? Adult Piano Study 1997, 8-1 Peggy Morales, Martha Heminger
Do you have any ideas about turning a public performance into a satisfactory experience for adults? Adult Piano Study 1997, 8-2 Nancy Kraft, Anna Belle Bognar, Kerry Carlin
Do you teach adults to play by ear? Adult Piano Study 1997, 8-3 Carol Walgren-Georgas, Tom Stampfli
Is sightplaying important for adult leisure students? Adult Piano Study 1997, 8-4 Gail Bereson, Carole Thomas
How can piano lessons help adults who sing in the church choir? Adult Piano Study 1998, 9-1 Carole Flatau, Jack Walker, Cassandria Hanna
How do you make music theory practical for your adult leisure students? Adult Piano Study 1998, 9-2 Brenda Dillon, Deanne Harmon, Roma Eicher
What motivates adults to continue lessons? Motivation 1998, 9-3 Kris Johnson, Beverly Rineer, Brian M. Kent
What do you teach adults in groups? Adult Piano Study 1998, 9-3 Amanda Byars, Gail Masinda
How important is technique for adult leisure students? Adult Piano Study 1998, 9-4 Scott McBride Smith, Janet Vogt, Laurel Ince
What technology do you use with your adult and teenage students? Adult Piano Study 1999, 10-1 Polly Shaw Feitzinger, Andrea Stennett, Dan Severino
What resource materials are available for teachers of adult leisure students? Part I Adult Piano Study 1999, 10-2 Pamela D. Pike, William Budai, Julie Sondag
What resource materials are available for teachers of adult leisure students? Part II Adult Piano Study 1999, 10-3 Graduate students at the University of Oklahoma
What advice do you have for other adults who plan on taking piano lessons? Adult Piano Study 1999, 10-4  Beverly A. Rawles, Susan Thurin, Betty Oka
What are your best success stories about adult students? Adult Piano Study 2000, 11-1 Betty Oka, Nicole Tobin-Donnelly, Sandra Stewart, Lisa Iwasaki-McGowen
How is your teaching manner and approach different when you teach adults? Adult Piano Study 2000, 11-2 Wynn-Anne Rossi, Doug Hanvey, Linda Sorrell
What advice do you have for adults who plan to begin taking piano lessons?  Adult Piano Study 2000, 11-3 Sybil Barnaby, Patricia Bulko, Lucille Reifman
What do you do when an adult's self-criticism prevents normal progress? Adult Piano Study 2001, 12-1 Judith Aldstadter, Mercy Hwang, R. Nicholas Tobin
What are the rewards and challenges of teaching adults? Adult Piano Study 2001, 12-2 Brad Beckman, Ramona Kime Graessle
Is the willingness and ability to teach adults a moral issue?  Adult Piano Study 2001, 12-3 Michelle Conda, Victoria Johnson
Is there a process versus product in teaching adult amateur students?  Adult Piano Study 2001, 12-4 Lillian Livingston, Jane Magrath
How can I find happiness with a cigarette-smoking, nervous little piano teacher? Adult Piano Study 2002, 13-1 Florence Grossman
How can we bridge the adult's gap between wishing and doing?  Adult Piano Study 2002, 13-2 Brenda Dillon
What can be learned about teaching children from teaching adults?  Adult Piano Study 2002, 13-3 Matt Harre
What benefits do adult piano students report receiving from their piano study?  Adult Piano Study 2002, 13-4 Pete Jutras
What are the compositional considerations that motivate adult piano students? Adult Piano Study 2003, 14-1 Mary Sallee, Paul Sheftel
How can the Internet and websites assist the adult piano student?  Adult Piano Study 2003, 14-2 Tom Stampfli
How can teachers help the over-analytical piano student?  Adult Piano Study 2003, 14-3 Cheryl Everett, Pamela D. Pike
How does studying the piano become a path to the Fountain of Youth?  Adult Piano Study 2003, 14-4 Florence Grossman
How is teaching adults to read music different than teaching children? Music Reading 2004, 15-1 Rebecca Johnson, Lillian Livingston, Matthew Harre
What are the questions (and answers) that impact adults' piano study? Adult Piano Study 2004, 15-1 Barbara English Maris
What is involved in teaching adult piano students in gerontology and retirement center programs? Adult Piano Study 2004, 15-2 Martha Hilley, Paola Perin, Carol Sailer
What motivates adults to continue piano lessons? Adult Piano Study 2004, 15-3 Sandra Leibowitz
What do you do to promote learning outside of the piano lessons? Adult Piano Study 2004, 15-4 Pete Jutras
"Lucy Tells All" - A report on an adult learning presentation at the 2003 NCKP  Adult Piano Study 2005, 16-1 Victoria Johnson, Pamela Pike
Do you cross the line between professional and personal when teaching your adult students? Adult Piano Study 2005, 16-2 Matt Harre, Amy Rose Immerman
How has your adult teaching changed since you first started teaching adults? Adult Piano Study 2005, 16-3 Victoria B. Harris, Tom Pearsall
Ten years later - What are your adult students doing now? Adult Piano Study 2005, 16-4 Diana Belland, Mary Sallee
Why am I so passionate about adult teaching? Adult Piano Study 2006, 17-1 Michelle Conda
What pieces do your adult students like to learn the most? Adult Piano Study 2006, 17-2 Vicki McArthur, Kenon Renfrow, Scott Price
How do you use technology with adults? Technology 2006, 17-3 Amy Rose Immerman, Shana Kirk
From the other side of the bench - What would you like for your piano teacher to know that would help your learning? Adult Piano Study 2006, 17-4 Michelle Conda

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