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Best Practices for Teaching Piano Online Recap

Thanks so much to amazing piano instructors Beverly Cashin, Yee-Sik Wong and Veronica Gaudreau for sharing their experience and insights as part  of Lessonface’s  2023 TeacherFest roundtable on Best Practices for Teaching Piano at Lessonface. 

The three facilitators collaborated to create a list of helpful topics. Here’s a recap of the information shared: 

Best Practices for Teaching Languages Online Recap

Thanks so much to expert language teachers Carolina Amoruso and Charlie McNulty for sharing their experiences and insights in our Teacherfest Webinar on Best Practices for Teaching Languages Online at Lessonface.  

Here we’ve briefly summarized important points from the information shared and topics discussed in the session.

Best Practices for Teaching Guitar and Other Fretted Instruments Online

best practices for teaching guitar and other fretted instruments online

Our TeacherFest webinar “Best Practices for Teaching Guitar and Other Fretted Instruments” was hosted by top Lessonface instructors Matt Franceschini, Polly Bolton, and Leah Kruszewski. Facilitators drew from their experience teaching a variety of fretted instruments: Matt teaches ukulele and nearly all styles of guitar (metal, rock, blues, jazz, and more); Polly specializes in mandolin, banjo, clawhammer banjo, and Irish bouzouki; Leah teaches classical, flamenco, and Loog guitar.  

Best Practices for Teaching Strings Online

During the 2023 TeacherFest, Lessonface instructors Garrett Fischbach and Mike Mitchell led a roundtable discussion with other Lessonface String teachers. Below are some of the topics covered.

Best Practices for Teaching Voice at Lessonface

Thanks so much to amazing vocal instructors Aubrey Laurens, Jenessa Logel, and Jerrica Alyssa for sharing their experiences and insights in our Teacherfest Webinar on Best Practices for Teaching Kids at Lessonface.  

Here’s a summary of the information shared and topics discussed in the session.

Required technology and equipment for teachers 

Best Practices for Teaching Kids at Lessonface

Our 2023 TeacherFest webinar on Best Practices for Teaching Kids at Lessonface was hosted by expert instructors Leah Hinton (voice, piano), Brad Ward (guitar, Loog guitar, ukulele, bass), and Gina Sobel (guitar, Loog guitar, ukulele, flute, saxophone, songwriting, piano, voice).  

Here’s a recap of the information shared and topics discussed in the session.

Best Practices for Teaching Woodwinds Online

Erika Skye Andres and Willem Moolenbeek hosted our 2023 TeacherFest session on Best Practices for Teaching Woodwinds Online on Monday. With thousands of hours teaching online, these excellent teachers have an incredible wealth of knowledge about online flute and saxophone lessons, and so we are very grateful that they shared their excellent outline for the session with us. Thanks too to Jupiter, who generously sponsored this excellent session.

Now Enrolling Live Music, Language, and Arts Classes

Enrich your time, meet new teachers, and collaborate with fellow students in group classes on Lessonface! Class series are a perfect way to get an in-depth look into an instrument or topic. We also host recitals and open mics, free for our community members.
 

Best Practices for Teaching Arts & Crafts Online Recap

If you missed our recent TeacherFest session on Best Practices for Teaching Arts & Crafts Online, don’t worry, we took some notes! Lessonface & John C. Campbell Folk School instructors Terry Hale and Marjorie Langston invited participants to contribute their insights and experiences from teaching online. Below are some bullet points of what was covered.

Teacher Spotlight: Lindsay Artkop

Lindsay Artkop graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2016 with a B.A in Professional Music. While at Berklee, she concentrated on Drum Set Performance and Music Business. Her education also strengthened her skills in Music Theory, Harmony, Ear Training and Songwriting. This has certainly helped make her a student favorite since joining Lessonface in 2018. Lindsay has taught over 600 lessons and is praised for her teaching style, organizational skills and superb class materials. We caught up with this month's Teacher Spotlight via email from her home in Los Angeles. 

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