Last week, I posted a reel on Instagram of my annual planning process for my studio. At the end of the summer, I pull out all my books, curriculum charts, and other planning notes and spend several hours making repertoire plans for each of my students.

There are lots of ways to go about this—it takes time to try things and hone in on a process that makes sense to you, helps you feel organized and prepared, and works for your studio.

Today, I'll share a little more insight into my long-term planning process. I hope this inspires you and gives you a few new ideas or approaches to take back to your studio planning this year.

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Resources Mentioned

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My Instagram reel about repertoire planning

RCM Syllabi

Notability app

How to Use Notability for Assignment Sheets in Your Studio

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Ep. 039 - A Creative, Integrated Approach to Teaching Music Theory

Piano Safari, Repertoire Book 1

Piano Safari, Repertoire Book 2

Celebration Series, Preparatory A

Piano Teaching Music, Vol 1 (Florence Price)

Through the Windowpane (Chee-Hwa Tan)

Piano Safari, Repertoire Book 3

A Child’s Garden of Verses (Chee-Hwa Tan)

Let’s Quest 2 (Chrissy Ricker)

Perfect Patterns Plus (Chrissy Ricker)

Lyric Preludes (William Gillock)

Preludes in Patterns (Kevin Olson)

Sebastian Sessions (Andrea Dow)

Chopin Sessions (Andrea Dow)

Portraits in Jazz (Valerie Capers)

Disney Songs for Classical Piano (Phillip Keveren)

Melody’s Choice, Book 4 (Melody Bober)

Jazz, Rags, and Blues, Book 5 (Martha Mier)

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