Why TBMA Uses the Faber Piano Lesson Curriculum

Why TBMA Uses the Faber Piano Lesson Curriculum

by | Mar 29, 2013 | Music Education, Music Lessons, Music Teacher Resources, Music Teacher Tools, Piano Lessons, Piano Method Curriculum, Tampa Music Lessons, Tampa Music Teachers, Tampa Piano Lessons, Tampa Piano Teachers, TBMA Curriculum, TBMA Original Articles, Video

  At TBMA, our favorite method series for piano students is the Faber Piano Adventures method. We love this method because it promotes both good technique and musical artistry from the very beginning. In this post, we want to take a closer look at the Faber...
Taking the Terror Out of Sight-Singing

Taking the Terror Out of Sight-Singing

by | Feb 28, 2013 | Music Lessons, Sight Reading, Singers, Singing Technique, Tampa Music Lessons, Tampa Music Teachers, Tampa Singing Lessons, Tampa Voice Lessons, Tampa Voice Teachers, TBMA Original Articles, Voice Lessons

When I was studying music in college, my most-feared class was sight-singing lab. Ten or twelve of us students would sit in a music lab with our professor and be graded on sight-singing a line of notes from a book. In solfege. You’ve never heard as many warbly notes...

Finding an Exceptional Music Teacher

by | Oct 5, 2012 | Guitar Lessons, Music Lessons, Piano Lessons, Saxophone Lessons, Tampa Brass Lessons, Tampa Brass Teachers, Tampa Guitar Lessons, Tampa Guitar Teachers, Tampa Music Lessons, Tampa Music Teachers, Tampa Piano Lessons, Tampa Piano Teachers, Tampa Saxophone Lessons, Tampa Saxophone Teachers, Tampa Singing Lessons, Tampa Singing Teachers, Tampa String Lessons, Tampa String Teachers, Tampa Violin Lessons, Tampa Violin Teachers, Tampa Voice Lessons, Tampa Voice Teachers, Tampa Woodwind Lessons, Tampa Woodwind Teachers, TBMA Original Articles, Violin Lessons, Voice Lessons

Google “music teachers in Tampa” and you’ll get over 2 million results. It’s not hard to find a teacher. But it can be more challenging to find a great teacher. What separates the competent from the exceptional? Let’s take a look. Experience We’ll start with the...

Does Music Education Matter?

by | Sep 7, 2012 | Guitar Lessons, Music Appreciation, Music Education, Music Lessons, Piano Lessons, Saxophone Lessons, Tampa Brass Lessons, Tampa Guitar Lessons, Tampa Music Lessons, Tampa Piano Lessons, Tampa Saxophone Lessons, Tampa Singing Lessons, Tampa String Lessons, Tampa Violin Lessons, Tampa Voice Lessons, Tampa Woodwind Lessons, Tips for Parents, Violin Lessons, Voice Lessons

“Aw, Mom! All my friends are playing soccer! Do I really have to practice the piano?” Any parent whose child takes music lessons has dealt with questions like this—sometimes daily. Maybe you’re questioning your decision to enroll your child in music lessons in the...

VIDEO: John Tracy Interview Part 2 – What Most Music Students Overlook

by | Jul 27, 2012 | Guitar Lessons, John Tracy, Music Appreciation, Music Lessons, Music Teacher Resources, Music Theory, Pianists, Piano Lessons, Piano Technique, Rhythm, Saxophone Lessons, Saxophone Technique, Singers, Singing Technique, Tampa Brass Lessons, Tampa Brass Teachers, Tampa Guitar Lessons, Tampa Guitar Teachers, Tampa Music Lessons, Tampa Music Teachers, Tampa Piano Lessons, Tampa Piano Teachers, Tampa Saxophone Teachers, Tampa Singing Lessons, Tampa Singing Teachers, Tampa String Lessons, Tampa String Teachers, Tampa Violin Lessons, Tampa Violin Teachers, Tampa Voice Lessons, Tampa Voice Teachers, Tampa Woodwind Lessons, Tampa Woodwind Teachers, TBMA Original Articles, Tips for Parents, Video, Violin Lessons, Violin Technique, Voice Lessons

This is the second video of four that was taped as part of an interview with Mimi West, the founder of “My Dream Teacher.”  You can check out the website by clicking here.  I had a lot of fun answering a variety of questions about my music education in...