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Partner lessons.(Forum Focus: Independent Music Teachers)(music education )(Viewpoint essay)

American Music Teacher

| April 01, 2007 | Immerman, Amy Rose | COPYRIGHT 2007 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Morgan hardly even touched the piano at home. You know, too busy with soccer, homework and tutors.

Karen had an attitude that would make any teacher cringe.

I was ready to reassign them to different teachers. Instead, I paired them up as piano partners. Goodbye attitude; hello happiness?

It takes me a long time to make a change in my studio. Sometimes I think about it for years. I collect ideas from colleagues, conferences and articles. I consider how I will explain the change to my students, when to prepare them for the change, whether to increase tuition and, if so, how to justify it. I went through this when adding technology in 1999, as well as last year when I replaced some regular "private lesson" weeks with group piano weeks. This year, I added a "partner" program. I'm ...

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