Keys to Music Learning: Recent Episodes
Krista Jadro and Hannah Mayo
The Keys to Music Learning podcast discusses common goals and challenges in the piano studio, and offers research-based ideas and solutions to guide every one of your students to reach their full musical potential with audiation.
Hannah and Krista continue their discussion with Celeste Watson and Scarlette Kerr, talking about the importance of a growth mindset when learning new skills and the similarities between the Lister-Sink Injury Prevention program and Music Moves for Piano.
Scarlette's Webinars
The Embodiment of Rhythmic Audiation at the Piano
Technique and Young Beginners : Development of motor skills and application to Keyboard Games
The Technique Checklist: Sequencing Tips to Monitor and Guide Student Technical Development
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
Ready to learn more about audiation-based piano instruction and Music Moves for Piano? Visit Music Learning Academy for online courses, webinars, and resources.
Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
We're back from summer break with Scarlette Kerr and Celeste Watson. They joined us to discuss their experience with the Barbara Lister-Sink method and applying this injury prevention technique to Music Moves for Piano lessons.
Scarlette's Webinars
The Embodiment of Rhythmic Audiation at the Piano
Technique and Young Beginners : Development of motor skills and application to Keyboard Games
The Technique Checklist: Sequencing Tips to Monitor and Guide Student Technical Development
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
Ready to learn more about audiation-based piano instruction and Music Moves for Piano? Visit Music Learning Academy for online courses, webinars, and resources.
Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
In this last episode with Janna Olson, she discusses the amazing skills developed in Books 4 and 5 of Marilyn Lowe's Music Moves for Piano curriculum.
Use the code AUDIATE for 25% off Janna's webinars Learning through Play: Games and resources for activities to reinforce skills and build audiation and Beyond the Notes: An enriched aural approach to piano repertoire.
Links:
Janna's Q&A on the Music Learning Academy YouTube channel
Janna's community chat on the Keys to Music Learning Podcast - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Janna's mini-webinar on Music Aptitude on the Music Learning Academy YouTube channel
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
Ready to learn more about audiation-based piano instruction and Music Moves for Piano? Visit Music Learning Academy for online courses, webinars, and resources.
Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
In this episode, Hannah and Krista continue their chat with Janna Olson, finishing their conversation about the Music Moves for Piano Christmas books and moving on to a deep dive of Book 3.
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
Ready to learn more about audiation-based piano instruction and Music Moves for Piano? Visit Music Learning Academy for online courses, webinars, and resources.
Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
In this deep dive into the Music Moves for Piano curriculum, Krista and Hannah talk with Janna Olson, a veteran Music Moves teacher, about Marilyn Lowe's understanding of the skills needed to play repertoire and develop a love for music making, what exactly is high level music making, broadening the perspective of the piano teaching journey and the possibilities for students, and separating oneself from the "polished performance" goal of our culture.
Links:
Alberta Piano Teachers Association
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
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Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
In Part 2 of our episode with Gregory Chase, we dive into the neuroscience research that validates audiation based-music lessons. Everything from the science of BAH and BUM, the importance of rhythm in the first months of life, why it's important to sing songs many times in the same keyality and in various tonalities and meters, and why students make the same mistakes over and over and how we can support them.
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
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Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
In part 1 of this deep dive, Gregory Chase joins Krista and Hannah to discuss how neuroscience can help us understand how children learn music, including structuring lesson time, the importance of first three years, and the impact of hormones on learning.
How the Brain Learns - David Sousa
Bright from the Start - Jill Stamm
Boy Smarts - Barry McDonald
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In this episode, Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie continues the discussion with managing teachers and students, parental involvement in music lessons, the school's philosophy for practice, making music practice a habit, and the importance of discipline and joyful learning.
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
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We are so excited to talk to Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie once again for our first episode of Season 3! In this episode, Sarah discusses her music school, Songs with Sarah, including the the importance of outreach, managing 10 teachers (including five Music Moves for Piano teachers) and 400 students, summer camps, and professional development. Whether or not you run a music school, this conversation will leave you eagerly waiting for Part II!
Songs with Sarah Music School
Songs with Sarah Music School on Instagram @songswithsarahmlps
Audiate! Play Guitar through Audiation by Enrique Andino, Stephen Gunter, and Michael Weyck
Keyboard Games: A comprehensive course - Krista’s course through Music Learning Academy
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We are so excited to begin Season 3 of Keys to Music Learning! In this intro, Hannah and Krista discuss their summer highlights and the focus of the upcoming season. If you'd like to support the podcast, we'd love to have you join the community!
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
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In our final community chat episode with Jenny, she shares incredibly important advice for both new and seasoned teachers.
Webinar Links
Movement Motivators
Make Way for Play
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In this episode, Jenny talks to Krista and Hannah about her class piano at Eastern Michigan University, including how Music Learning Theory has changed their performances and the structure and books she uses in class.
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In this episode, Hannah and Krista talk to Jenny Fisher about her background and audiation journey. Jenny teaches functional piano classes for music majors/minors and group piano pedagogy at Eastern Michigan University and serves on the piano faculty for GIML (Gordon Institute for Music Learning).
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In this episode, Hannah and and Krista discuss a variety of topics including how they choose repertoire, teaching students to improvise and compose over chord progressions, and ways to guide your own audiation development.
Links
Pattern Power: Learning Piano Repertoire through Rhythm and Tonal Pattern Play: A free mini-webinar by Hannah
Experimental Songs and Chants, by Edwin Gordon, Beth Bolton, Wendy Valerio, and Cynthia Taggert
Improving Musician, videos by Andy Mullen
PDLC: Professional Development Levels Course by Gordon Institute for Music Learning
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In this episode, Hannah and Krista tackle questions talk about transitioning students to an audiation-based approach, reading ad writing music, and accelerated pacing of lesson plans.
VideoOverlapping Music Moves lessons with checklists
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In this episode, Hannah and Krista answer questions from the the Facebook community! Topics include: books to get when first starting with Music Moves for Piano, what the mysterious "Create with TP" really means, and tips for recitals when students are in Keyboard Games and beyond.
Links:
Music Moves for Piano Books for getting started (Teacher's books and Student books)
Keyboard Games Teacher's Edition
Keyboard Games Student Book A (and B optional)
Book 1 Teacher's Lesson Plans
Student Book 1
Pattern CD (from GIAmusic)
Rhythm and Tonal Patterns from the Pattern CD Book
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Our final episode with Gregory Chase explores advice for new teachers (remember...FIBAS), music aptitude testing, and Ars Nova, Greg's extensive resource for teaching notational audiation.
Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children, by Edwin Gordon
An Overview of Music Aptitude, a free mini-webinar by Janna Olson
Ars Nova de Audiation, resources by Gregory Chase
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In this episode, we welcome back Greg Chase to talk about how he jumped into Music Moves for Piano, including his challenges and successes. Greg also discusses the importance of early childhood music, how neuroscience supports Gordon’s research, and the important tie between Music Learning Theory, auditory processing disorder, and language acquisition.
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We are so happy to have Gregory Chase as our next community chat guest, a piano instructor and researcher from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Greg maintains a piano teaching studio of around 20 students, of all ages and levels and has developed a comprehensive website to assist students in notational audiation. In this episode, he shares his musical background and how his interest in how children learn led him to discovering Music Learning Theory (with a chance encounter with our friend and last guest Janna Olson).
Books
Bright from the start, by Jill Stamm
Boy Smarts, by Barry MacDonald
The Ways Children Learn Music, by Eric Bluestine
Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children, by Edwin Gordon
Learning Sequences in Music, by Edwin Gordon
Music Moves for Piano, by Marilyn Lowe
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In this episode, Janna shares her advice for new teachers, including overcoming the initial struggles, fearlessly stepping into musicianship development, enjoying the process, and how Dr. Gordon advised her to handle the overwhelm. Janna also talks about her thoughts on bringing music to life and her favorite thing about teaching using an audiation-based approach to piano teaching.
Book
Learning Sequences in Music, by Edwin E. Gordon
Webinars
Beyond the Notes: An enriched aural approach to piano repertoire
Learning through Play: Games and resources for activities to reinforce skills and build audiation
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
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Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
In this episode with guest Janna Olson, Janna focuses on the audiation-based piano method Music Moves for Piano, including connections to repertoire, challenges she had when first implementing the method, reframing the definition of success, the difference between counting and feeling rhythm, the importance of movement and shifting weight, and answering the most common question parents ask - when will the students read?
Webinars
Beyond the Notes: An enriched aural approach to piano repertoire
Learning through Play: Games and resources for activities to reinforce skills and build audiation
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
Ready to learn more about audiation-based piano instruction and Music Moves for Piano? Visit Music Learning Academy for online courses, webinars, and resources.
Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
Krista and Hannah are thrilled to welcome Janna Olson to the podcast. Janna has been using Music Moves for Piano in her studio for over 10 years. She is on the faculty of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning and is passionate about connecting piano pedagogy with recent research on how the musical mind works. In this episode, Janna discusses her music background, audiation journey, and how Dr. Gordon inspired her to dive into learning how her students learn music.
Webinars
Beyond the Notes: An enriched aural approach to piano repertoire
Learning through Play: Games and resources for activities to reinforce skills and build audiation
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Introduction to Audiation-based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
Ready to learn more about audiation-based piano instruction and Music Moves for Piano? Visit Music Learning Academy for online courses, webinars, and resources.
Want to dive into audiation-based piano instruction? Check out Music Moves for Piano by Marilyn Lowe.
In her final episode, Felicity shares wonderful advice for new teachers (check out the links below) and reflects on how Music Learning Theory has made it possible for her to successfully bring music into the lives of every one of her students, regardless of music aptitude or ability.
The Ways Children Learn Music, by Eric Bluestine
Mind, Muscle, Music & Myth, by Ron Malanga
Keyboard Games Course
The Gordon Institute for Music Learning
The Improving Musician, with Andy Mullen
Everyday Musicality, with Heather Shouldice
Music Moves for Piano
Introduction to Audiation-Based Piano Instruction and Music Moves for Piano
Music Moves for Piano Teachers (for teachers actively using the materials)
In this episode, Felicity discusses how she introduced Music Moves for Piano to her students and why she chose to delay telling parents. She also talks about specific challenges, such as overcoming the newness of moving, singing, and chanting and successes, such as her increased retention rate, the comfort students have at her recitals, and teaching a very special person in her life to play.
Notation Observations for Little Gems Pieces
Keyboard Games Course
In this episode, Hannah and Krista welcome Felicity Breen from Perth, Australia. Felicity shares her music background, including why, despite having a wonderful piano teacher in her younger years, she stopped playing and how she came back to it. She also discusses the questions that led her to music learning theory and how her teaching goals changed after learning about audiation.
In this episode, Scarlette talks about why she loves teaching using an audiation-based piano method and what it brings to the table that other methods might not.
Music Moves for Piano
Music Learning Academy
In this episode, Scarlette discusses the challenges of an audiation-based piano studio, and what she does to be one step ahead of parents questions and concerns. She also talks about the magic moments and how beautifully Music Moves for Piano complements her approach to technique.
Meet Scarlette Kerr! Scarlette is a piano teacher in North Carolina who specializes in the Barbara Lister-Sink method of technique. In this episode, she talks about her audiation journey and how Music Learning Theory and Music Moves for Piano captured her attention.
Music Learning Academy
Gordon Institute for Music Learning
The Ways Children Learn Music by Eric Bluestine
Audiation in the Wild podcast with Eric Rasmussen and Beau Taillefer
In our final episode with early childhood and piano instructor, Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie, we talk about teaching Music Moves for Piano, including the challenges and joys of learning the method. Sarah also gives great advice to those just getting started with teaching piano with an audiation-based approach.
In our second episode with Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie, we talk about the importance of early childhood music, running an audiation-based music school, and how to be one step ahead of skeptical parents.
Early Audiation: Creating a musical bath for our littlest learners
Hannah and Krista resume their community chats with Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie, owner and director of Songs with Sarah, a music school in Minneapolis offering audiation-based early childhood and piano classes. In this episode, Sarah talks about her audiation journey and discovery of Music Learning Theory and Music Moves for Piano.
On September 16, 2022, we lost our dear friend and mentor Marilyn Lowe. Words cannot express how much she will be missed.
In the final episode with Sarah, she discusses the importance of continuing education and her experiences as she completes her graduate degree and heals playing related injuries with Dr. Barbara Lister-Sink. Our chat concludes with great advice from Sarah about how to balance it all and suggestions for getting started with audiation-based piano teaching.
In this episode, Sarah discusses tackling those first challenges of starting an audiation-based piano studio, including what she learned about diving in head first, how to communicate with skeptical parents, and words of wisdom that kept her going when she questioned her decision to use Music Moves for Piano.
In the first of three episodes, Sarah reflects on her audiation journey and how she introduced audiation-based piano teaching into her studio.
In this episode, Bo Yon talks about handling parent skepticism and her favorite thing about audiation-based piano instruction. She also gives not-to-be-missed advice to teachers just getting started!
In this episode, Bo Yon shares her teaching philosophy, what sets Music Moves for Piano apart from other piano methods, and the challenges of running an audiation-based piano studio.
Meet Bo Yon Koh, accomplished pianist and co-director of the community music school of Music Inside Out in Toronto, Canada.
In this episode, Bo Yon reflects on her audiation journey and how she introduced audiation-based piano teaching into her studio.
In this episode, Paul talks about 4inspiration.org, a growing community that supports audiation-based piano studios with fun and creative recitals and events for students.
In our second episode with Paul Jensen, we discuss the value of Music Learning Theory in the piano lesson and why the piano can be considered the composer's instrument.
Meet Paul Jensen, a piano teacher in San Antonio, TX, and a wonderful member of the Music Moves for Piano community that Hannah and Krista met at the 2018 GIML PDLC. In this episode, Paul shares his audiation journey and experiences teaching MM4P to his own three children.
What a joy talking to, the one and only, Andy Mullen about GIML PDLC’s and the upcoming Piano Level 1 and 2 courses in Burlington, MA. Listen and learn about what a PDLC is, logistics of the summer courses, how you can register, and why you should consider attending. Even if it’s not in the cards for you this summer, this is a great conversation with an important member of our audiation community.
If you have any questions for Andy about the PDLC this summer in Burlington, MA (Piano Level 1, Piano Level 2, or Elementary General), contact him at amullen@bpsk12.org.
In the kick-off episode of Season 2, Hannah and Krista discuss the importance of community and how the community of audiation-based piano teachers has helped them over the years.
It's time for Season 2 of Keys to Music Learning. Listen to this short trailer to find out what this season will bring (we are SO excited)!
In the Season 1 finale of the podcast, Hannah and Krista share performances of their student's compositions, improvisations, and arrangements. Sit back and enjoy this first Keys to Music Learning recital!
In this episode, Hannah discusses how audiation-based piano instruction approaches reading music notation and gives an overview of the Reading and Writing Music Notation Books 1-3.
During formal instruction, it is vital that we teach our students rhythm and tonal pattern vocabularies. These "words" of music are necessary for understanding and audiation. In this episode, Krista and Hannah discuss two important supplements for building pattern vocabularies in Music Moves for Piano Books 1-5, the Pattern CD and the Rhythm and Tonal Patterns from the Pattern CD book (also known as the Pattern Book).
In this episode, Hannah and Krista discuss the performance pieces of Music Moves for Piano Books 1-5, including the evolution of the checklist, the role of the folk tunes, and the connections of the pieces to piano repertoire.
In this episode, Krista and Hannah discuss the Music Moves for Piano Exploration/Creativity/Improvisation projects, including why creating is important, how to use the student book and teacher's lesson plan activities, and the scope of the activities from books 1 through 5.
In this episode, Hannah and Krista talk about the first two sections of the Music Moves for Piano lesson plan units. Dive into Activity Time, as Krista describes the activities seen in each unit, including pattern instruction and the Song to Sing, and discusses how these activities develop and support audiation growth through the books. Then, Hannah tackles Keyboard Geography and Technique, with an in depth look at the importance of cadences and arpeggios and how the musical alphabet may not be the best place to begin.
In this episode, the second in a series on formal instruction, Krista discusses Gordon’s definition of formal instruction, how it differs from informal guidance, and how tonal and rhythm patterns are used to teach students to sing, chant, perform, create, read, and write music with understanding.
In this episode, Hannah discusses a few vital realizations she has had in recent years while teaching her students formally using Music Moves for Piano books 1 and above. She also gives a brief overview of a formal Music Moves lesson to set the stage for this series.
In this episode, Hannah and Krista discuss taking a short break from the podcast to focus on playing events, workshops, vacation (yay!), and the next Keys to Music Learning series on formal instruction AND summer learning opportunities at Music Learning Academy. We hope to see you at Book Club or Study Group!
In this episode, the last in the series of teaching beginners, we take the three main informal guidance activities, activity time, performance pieces, and improvisation, and discuss how they can be "repackaged" in a way appropriate for older students.
Looking to bring creativity and improvisation into your beginner piano lessons? In this episode, we give you ways to bring improvisation into your studio with fun and engaging activities that your students will love. Don't forget to download "Time to Improvise," an activity you can do with your students in your very next lesson!
Before playing a piano piece, preparing your student with playful and purposeful activities can ensure a positive and successful experience. In this episode, the fourth in a series of teaching audiation-based piano to beginners, we focus on five elements that guide students to learn performances pieces in meaningful, fun-filled, and frustration-free ways.
Be sure to download the workbook that accompanies this episode from the show notes! In it, you will find the five steps discussed in the episode as well as preparation activity ideas.
In this episode, the third in a series of teaching audiation-based piano to beginners, we focus on a part of the lesson called activity time, an important part of the lesson for acculturation to tonalities, meters, singing, chanting, patterns, and different types of movement to develop tonal and rhythm audiation.
If this is completely new to you, take it one song, one chant, one pattern, or one movement at a time. There is no rush.
But if you keep up with it, you will notice something. Your students will become more independent, free, and creative. They will feel comfortable singing, chanting, and making music. They will learn to coordinate their breath and bodies, and keep a steady beat naturally. They will begin to understand.
Be sure to download the workbook that accompanies this episode! In it, you will find ideas to help you create an Activity Time for beginner piano lessons, including songs, chants, tonal patterns, rhythm patterns, and movement.
In this episode, Krista defines informal guidance, a necessary type of instruction that guides students to learn how to audiate, and discusses what it looks like in a piano lesson with Marilyn Lowe's Keyboard Games, part of the Music Moves for Piano method.
In this episode, Hannah discusses the importance of informal guidance in piano lessons, how it prepares her students for formal instruction, and the positive impact of providing a rich musical environment that guides music learning with play, freedom to explore, and appropriate technique.
In this episode, we take a step back and look at the big picture of Music Learning Theory to answer this question: How does one learn music?
Have you ever wondered why your student just isn’t getting something? Perhaps they are having a really hard time reading music, keeping a steady beat, or playing a specific rhythm. Chances are you can find your answer in sequencing. In this episode, Hannah shares experiences from her studio that highlight the importance of knowing and utilizing Gordon’s learning sequence and how sequencing helps when choosing activities and piano repertoire to support success and alleviate frustration.
Episode 1.3: In this episode, Krista defines what is means to understand music through audiation, as defined by Dr. Edwin E. Gordon. Make sure to listen through to the end to step into Krista's piano lessons and hear three activity examples with a student: resting tone, patterns, and improvisation.
Episode 1.2: In this episode, Hannah talks about how she trialed audiation-based activities in her piano studio for many years before fully committing to Music Learning Theory in her piano instruction. Learn what changes she saw in her students, and her own musicianship, through this transition.
Episode 1.1: In this episode, host Krista Jadro talks about her experiences with Music Learning Theory and gives listeners three ideas to support learning more about audiation-based piano instruction.
Full episodes begin on February 4, 2021! Join Krista Jadro and Hannah Mayo in this one minute introduction to Keys to Music Learning, the podcast dedicated to helping piano teachers unlock their students' musical potential with audiation.