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Join guest podcast host, teacher Ariel Haubner, as she talks with cellist and author Brittany Gardner. They dive into the importance of creating a space in our studios where children feel safe to try, and trust their efforts will result in growth and beautiful music making. You’ll find ideas for connecting to your own wisdom as a teacher, and feel supported by Brittany’s wisdom, expertise and warmth.

Dr. Garrett Hope has made several pivots in his life as a musician – from composer to performer to teacher to consultant. And now he’s helping others do the same. In everything he does though, Garrett believes that musicians should do more than just trade time for money – musicians should craft businesses around their endeavors that efficiently repurpose their artistic output and properly reward them for their value. In our conversation, Garret offers philosophical convictions for this attitude as well as practical tips on how to achieve the vision he promotes.Visit Duet Partner to automate your music studio management.

Andrea Miller has always had a passion for business. Even as a young pianist and piano teacher, Andrea was intrigued by financial literacy and entrepreneurship. She turned her skills into her music studio coaching business, Music Studio Startup, where she is particularly known for advising on financial questions. Which makes her the perfect guide for preparing for tax day! In this episode, Andrea shares her best practices for staying on top of the paperwork and organization needed to make tax time less painful.Streamline and automate your music studio with Duet Partner.

Duet is delighted to be partnering with Kelly Riordan, a studio management consultant, to guide teachers through tax season. Are you maximizing your deductions? Wondering which forms you need to submit? Asking yourself if you need a CPA? This invaluable episode will help you feel confident as we approach tax season.Find more tips for taxtime preparation by joining Duet Partner.

As the founder of Violinist.com, Laurie Niles is an expert on building an online community of musicians. But how can we as teachers build that same enthusiasm and collaboration within our own music studios? Laurie talks competition, collaboration, sibling rivalry, and the unifying power of music in this episode.

The journey of a musician inevitably involves years of training. There's often lots of joy in this journey - inspiring teachers and colleagues, exciting interactions and performances - but there's one element that's universally disliked: the cost. Karen Poleshuck has had all of the good parts of the journey which she'll share with us, and she'll also offer reflections on what she might have done differently in getting to be one of the most accomplished cello teachers in New York.Sign up for Duet to focus on the music, not the management.

For those who teach children, the primary relationship is directly with the child. That's who the teacher spends the most time with, is invested in, and hopes will respond to their influence. However, there is a third party in the relationship: the parent. At the very least, parents are involved in the logistics of scheduling and transportation of the students. At the most, parents guide the student's practicing, are involved in repertoire choices and shape your approach to teaching. So what's the best way to navigate this relationship? Stacy Smith has a unique perspective on this question as both a mother of 5 musicians and a violin teacher herself. What do parents wish teachers knew, and what do teachers with parents knew? Stacy's here to tell us.Professionalize your studio with Duet Partner studio management tool.

At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, music teachers around the world scrambled to set up studios that could bridge their intensive, one-on-one skill set with the remote location of their students. Technology became a necessity, even if it had been resisted before. For some, it was daunting. And expensive to buy the necessary equipment. And there were challenges around sound quality and delays. Those challenges still exist, but for teachers like guitarist Jon Yerby, this new reality offered the opportunity to expand their studios. For Jon and other teachers who live outside urban areas, the practice of remote teaching opened up a whole world of students to him, literally around the world.Teaching isn't the only thing to go online. Digitize your studio management with Duet Partner.

As a teacher, you're giving so much of yourself all the time. Working with students and parents and schedules and billing can be stressful and uncomfortable even at the best of times. But on top of that, a music teacher is working to promote expression and artistic creation and self-discovery. It can be exhausting! And especially coming out of COVID, burnout is a real struggle. Join Mage Lockwood as she shares her tips for setting boundaries and self care.

When teachers say they "teach music," they most often mean that the introduce people to a specific instrument and instruct them on how to play it. But sometimes the underlying structure of the music we're playing goes overlooked. When do students learn to understand what the composer was actually doing when putting certain groups of notes together? When do students learn to appreciate the mathematical structures behind certain chord progressions or modulations? Is it necessary or even important to students to understand these things? The Ultimate Music Theory course creator Glory St. Germain answers these questions.Make your studio management easy and streamlined with Duet Partner.

Early music education has been touted for generations as a way to give young children a strong intellectual and emotional start in life. Many parents take babies to movement classes or engage them in rhythm exercises. Music is one of the first ways we communicate with and teach our babies.Emilie is the founder of Music Adventure Box, a subscription service that provides parents with the tools they need to introduce a musical foundation to their preschool and kindergarten children. She is truly an expert in how to introduce children to music in a way that strengthens the bonds of trust and joy between parent and child. Join us as we learn about the creative ways she is introducing young children to the lifelong benefits of music.Give your music studio a solid foundation with Duet Partner.

Most musicians spend hours in their youth practicing their instruments and learning how to perform. But it's more rare for a young music student to have stewardship over another's learning. Many musicians get through school not knowing much about how to teach another person to play their instrument, much less run a small business where they make money from their musical knowledge. Cellist Zachary Sweet teaches classes for several higher education institutions on how to launch your teaching career, so he's the perfect person to chat with today. Zachary Sweet is a registered Teacher Trainer with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. He is currently an instructor of cello at Nazareth College, Binghamton University, and on the faculties of Ithaca Talent Education and Music Together of Ithaca. Nationally, he is in demand as a clinician having lead workshops, masterclasses and institutes across the united states and Canada. Zachary performs extensively throughout the Tri-State area as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player. Zachary performs regularly with Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, the Society for New Music, and in a trio with mezzo-soprano, Ivy Waltz and pianist, Pej Reitz. Highlights this year include a recorded live recital for Civic Morning Musicals in Syracuse, NY in April 2021, and a recital with Nazareth College piano trio at the Eastman School of Music in October.