Time To Practice: Conversations for Parents & Teachers of Music Students

This week's we're speaking with Leslie Thackeray: violin teacher, parent, and owner of The Practice Shoppe (one of my favorite resources for practice games).

We talk about when to know it's time to add creative element to practice like a game or short-term project, the importance of performance opportunities, and how to help with motivation, which may be unique for each student.

Links in this episode:

The Practice Shoppe Website

From this episode: The bead counter that started it all, Practice Bingo Cards, and one of Christine's favorites: Practice Dice

Find the Practice Shoppe online on Facebook & Instagram

Leslie Thackeray's Scale Book

The launch event for the Musical Nest Community is this Saturday: Sign up to attend here

Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and/or join the waitlist: https://barbiewong.com/community/

Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode57

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We're excited to have Barbie Wong back on the podcast for a fun and helpful discussion about games in music practice. We discuss why games can help young musicians with practice and discuss 3 types of games to include in practice and specific examples for each of them.

Links in this episode:

The launch event for the Musical Nest Community is this Saturday: Sign up to attend here

Barbie Wong's website: https://Barbiewong.com

The Games Online Class can be found here: https://barbiewong.com/class/

Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and/or join the waitlist: https://barbiewong.com/community/

Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode56

Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle

This week on the Time to Practice podcast I'm excited to be speaking with Dr. Hannah Murray. We talk about the important roles teachers have in their student's lives, How her motivation changed from a young musician to her time at interlocken. We cover the benefit of movement as musicians and the importance of creating structure for students who need it as well as the importance of creating spaces where it's safe to share how what we're doing affects us, so that our teachers can help us find better ways.

I feel like we just scratched the surface of what we could have talked about, so I'm excited to have you listen and also to invite Dr. Hannah Murray back so we can talk more. Enjoy!

Links in this episode:

Dr. Hannah Murray's website: https://www.activeviolinist.com/

Corpsonore website

Find Hannah on Instagram Corpsonore & Activeviolinist

Hannah Murray's ActiveViolinist website

Youtube: The Virtuoso Music Academy.

Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode55

Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle

Join the waitlist for Christine & Barbie's Community

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It's easy to see and celebrate huge milestones along the way when our child is in music lessons. Milestones like book graduations are easy to spot, but what about all the hundreds of little milestones in between?

In this season's first solo episode, Christine Goodner shares 5 ways we can see our progress in music lessons from comparing recital videos from past years, lesson notes from the past and conversations to have with your teacher. The hope is you will find these ideas helpful and that putting them into action will help you feel encouraged as you see the progress that is happening, but may be hard to see!

Links in this Episode:

To read this podcast, in article format, click here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode54

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This week on the Time to Practice podcast , I'm excited to be welcoming back Kimberley Wong: Suzuki Teacher and expert on helping families with home practice sessions. We had such an interesting conversation about frustrations and how they can show up for young music students as well as specific ways that adults supporting them can help.

Links in this Episode:

Kimberley Wong's Linktree with all of her resources and ways to connect with her: https://linktr.ee/kimberleywongviolinstudio

Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode53

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This week on the Time to Practice podcast guest Barbie Wong joins me to talk about six things that can help us get back in our fall practice routine and set us up for a productive school year.

Even if you're listening to this episode and it's not the start of the school year where you are, we think these reminders will help you with your practice routine, whenever you try them.

Links in this episode:

Barbie Wong's website: https://Barbiewong.com

Learn more about the community that Christine & Barbie are starting and/or join the waitlist: https://barbiewong.com/community/

Find blog post & Transcript for this episode here: https://www.Suzukitriangle.com/ttpepisode52

Connect with Christine on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/suzukitriangle

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The Time to Practice podcast is back with new episodes for Fall 2024! We're excited to be talking once again to Dr. Molly Gebrian who is a violist with a background in Neuroscience and author of the new book Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practing.

This episode is packed with ideas you can use in practice and I hope will inspire you to read her new book to learn more. You can also follow along with Dr. Molly Gebrian's September practice challenge happening this month on both her Instagram and Youtube pages (links below).

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did!

Dr. Molly Gebrian's Website: https://mollygebrian.com/

To find the Link to buy the book & find the workbook: https://www.mollygebrian.com/music-and-the-brain

Connect with Dr. Molly Gebrian on Instagram

Dr. Molly Gebrian's YouTube Channel

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Today, we're speaking to Christopher Maloney of Practice Warriors. Christopher is a multi-instrumentalist who has performed and recorded with an impressive list of rock and pop musicians, some of whom he'll share at the start of our interview below. He's a former instructor and Department Chair at the world-renowned Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, a published author with Hal Leonard Publishing and runs a website called Practice Warriors where he shares tips about practice, interviews with musicians, and resources for music students as a part of the membership there. He also shares great articles and ideas about practice in his newsletter.

Links in this episode:

The Practice Warriors membership site: https://www.practicewarriors.com

YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@practicewarriors

Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/practicewarriors

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/practicewarriors

Connect with Christine on Instagram

The transcript and blog post for this episode can be found HERE

This episode is brought to you by my practice workbook, Positive Practice

This is second in a two- part series with violinist and pedagogue Amy Beth Horman. You can listen to part 1 on episode 48 (HERE). We talk about minds wandering in practice, continue our conversation on gratitude, and talk about parenting a musical child as well. There was such a great response to the first episode of this two-part series and I can't wait for you to listen to part two!

Link to supporting Talk : https://bit.ly/4at8lV5

Connect with Amy Beth Horman here: https://sfcm.edu/study/faculty/amy-beth-horman

Instagram: www.Instagram.com/hormanviolinstudio

Connect with Christine on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/SuzukiTriangle

Email Christine: [email protected]

Transcript for this interview can be found HERE

In this episode we start what is a two-part interview with violinist and pedagogue Amy Beth Horman.

We had such a fascinating conversation about practice, both from her perspective, which you will hear today, but also about how she works with and talks about practice with her daughter Ava and with her students (which we'll get into more in next week's episode). I found this conversation fascinating and I can't wait for you to join us!

This episode is brought to you by the Time to Practice Pep talk series. Our next event is for Instrumental teachers and more information can be found HERE

Connect with Amy Beth Horman here: https://sfcm.edu/study/faculty/amy-beth-horman

Instagram: www.Instagram.com/hormanviolinstudio

Connect with Christine on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/SuzukiTriangle

Transcript can be found at www.SuzukiTriangle.com/TTPEpisode48