COVID forced academia to move online, increasing the loneliness fed by social media and revealing a dire need for powerful, in-person human relationships. Piano lessons are avenues excellently-suited to one-on-one communication and relationship-building, particularly as their unique language-music-already thrives on emotional awareness. Some of the longest-lasting teaching successes have come through mentoring-using emotional awareness to build powerful relationships with students, relationships that regularly blossom into friendships after graduation, often proving to be life-changing on both sides. Current pedagogy books focus on piano teaching/playing skills without delving into human connections-the meaningful cornerstone of excellent teaching. This piano pedagogy book includes piano-specific particulars AND shows examples of how those particulars have grown from and led to powerful human relationships between teachers, students, and alumni.
The text discusses the author's piano relationships and includes research on best practices in piano teaching, instrument-specific tips, alumni accounts about the benefits of human-focused mentorship and teaching, and quotations from renowned pedagogues, proving the inextricable links between piano study and the persons involved.
Piano TEACHeR
sheds light on piano teaching's human potential for current teachers and codifies the benefits of emotionally-aware teaching methods for college students preparing for teaching careers.