I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!
For this week's topic I thought we'd talk about how we teach our students new repertoire. When your students begin a brand new piece, how do you introduce it to them? What strategies do you use to teach it, and what practice techniques do you encourage? If it is to be a recital piece, when do you have them start memorizing it? What are the important elements of the piece that you stress right from the beginning? Do you have them initially only work on it in smaller sections, or do you encourage them to sightread the entire piece right away? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic!Labels: Jenny Boster, Repertoire, teaching new repertoire
