Adult Piano Study Dept.

Question|Title Issue Authors
How do you find out what adults want from piano lessons? 1990, 1-1 Brenda Dillon, Elizabeth Isaacson, Martha Hilley, Fred Kern
How do you help your adult students develop realistic expectations? 1990, 1-2 Brenda Dillon, Richard Bradley, Larry Rast
What is the difference in the way you teach children and adults? 1990, 1-3 Reid Alexander, JoEllen DeVilbiss, Carol Walgren-Georgas, Rebecca Johnson
What are some of the pieces adults love to learn and why? 1990, 1-4 Jim Shanahan, Cathy Albergo
How do you handle diversity of levels in your group lessons for adults? 1991, 2-1 Joan Reist, J. Mitzi Kolar
Is it accurate to assume that all adult students study piano ONLY for personal enrichment? If adult students want to improvise, what are some activities which will get them started? 1991, 2-2 Jane Karwoski, Janeen Larsen
What has adult piano study done for you which has nothing to do with playing the piano? 1991, 2-3 Donna Iraneta, Russ Howell
What kind of playing opportunities do you plan for your adult students? 1991, 2-4 Brenda Dillon, Ellen Shapiro
How do you work piano lessons and piano practice into your daily schedule? 1992, 3-1 Kenneth B. Newton, Cora Hummel, George Dargo, Frank Holaday
What should be included in the curriculum for adults in addition to repertoire? 1992, 3-2 Alison Barr, Sue Collier
Can playing deficiencies in returning adult students be corrected without demoralizing them? 1992, 3-3 Rebecca Johnson, Judith Kotok
How is teaching teenage beginners different from teaching adult beginners? 1992, 3-4 Susan Ogilvy, May Jane Mann
Do you allow your adult students to work at their own pace? 1993, 4-1 Jerry Wallace, Brad Beckman
How do you handle the discouraging plateaus of adult piano study? 1993, 4-2 Louise Earhart, Mary Brostrom Stack
Are adults able to learn to play the piano as readily as children? 1993, 4-3 Michelle Robison
What are the opportunities for the music teacher in the retirement/nursing facility center? 1993, 4-4 Virginia Campbell, Rachel Kramer
What do you do when adults are determined to play repertoire they can't possibly play? Part 1: Shift to alternative choices. 1994, 5-1 Paul Sheftel, Robert Vandall
How do you keep your adults from using their lesson times as therapy sessions? 1994, 5-2 Diane Ballweg, Joseph Klice, Linda Spencer
How do you circumvent or counterbalance an adult's feelings of inadequacy? 1994, 5-3 Mary Stack, Susan Sonneborn, Mercena Henderson
What do you do when adults are determined to play repertoire they can't possibly play? Part II: Shift to transcriptions 1994, 5-4 Fred Kern, Phillip Keveren
Why is playing the piano beneficial for adults with arthritis? 1995, 6-1 Charlotte M. Frazier, RMT; Scott Zashin, MD
How do you begin an adult who has had no previous music study? 1995, 6-2 Fran Linhart, Charles Anderson
How do you prepare adults to play in public? 1995, 6-3 Matthew Harre, Victoria B. Harris
How do you prepare adults to play in church? 1995, 6-4 Judy davis, Steve Betts, Judith Cataldo
A question for publishers: How is your adult method different from your children's method? 1996, 7-1 Alfred, Hal Leonard, Warner Bros.
How can we develop a social hook for the adult studying piano? 1996, 7-2 Gail Masinda, Sandra Stewart
A question for publishers: How is your adult method different from your children's method? Part II 1996, 7-3 Carol Noona, Virginia Koun, Fay Barss, Wesley Schaum, kevin M. Coan, Michelle Krell
Is traditional notation the best approach for teaching beginning students? 1996, 7-4 Reid Alexander, Jean Warner
Do your adult students play ensembles with each other? 1997, 8-1 Peggy Morales, Martha Heminger
Do you have any ideas about turning a public performance into a satisfactory experience for adults? 1997, 8-2 Nancy Kraft, Anna Belle Bognar, Kerry Carlin
Do you teach adults to play by ear? 1997, 8-3 Carol Walgren-Georgas, Tom Stampfli
Is sightplaying important for adult leisure students? 1997, 8-4 Gail Bereson, Carole Thomas
How can piano lessons help adults who sing in the church choir? 1998, 9-1 Carole Flatau, Jack Walker, Cassandria Hanna
How do you make music theory practical for your adult leisure students? 1998, 9-2 Brenda Dillon, Deanne Harmon, Roma Eicher
What do you teach adults in groups? 1998, 9-3 Amanda Byars, Gail Masinda
How important is technique for adult leisure students? 1998, 9-4 Scott McBride Smith, Janet Vogt, Laurel Ince
What technology do you use with your adult and teenage students? 1999, 10-1 Polly Shaw Feitzinger, Andrea Stennett, Dan Severino
What resource materials are available for teachers of adult leisure students? Part I 1999, 10-2 Pamela D. Pike, William Budai, Julie Sondag
What resource materials are available for teachers of adult leisure students? Part II 1999, 10-3 Graduate students at the University of Oklahoma
What advice do you have for other adults who plan to begin taking piano lessons? 1999, 10-4 Beverly A. Rawles, Susan Thurin, Betty Oka
What are your best success stories about adult students? 2000, 11-1 Betty Oka, Nicole Tobin-Donnelly, Sandra Stewart, Lisa Iwasaki-McGowen
How is your teaching manner and approach different when you teach adults? 2000, 11-2 Wynn-Anne Rossi, Doug Hanvey, Linda Sorrell
What advice do you have for adults who plan to begin taking piano lessons? 2000, 11-3 Sybil Barnaby, Patricia Bulko, Lucille Reifman
What do you do when an adult's self-criticism prevents normal progress? 2001, 12-1 Judith Aldstadter, Mercy Hwang, R. Nicholas Tobin
What are the rewards and challenges of teaching adults? 2001, 12-2 Brad Beckman, Ramona Kime Graessle
Is the willingness and ability to teach adults a moral issue? 2001, 12-3 Michelle Conda, Victoria Johnson
Is there a process versus product in teaching adult amateur students? 2001, 12-4 Lillian Livingston, Jane Magrath
How can I find happiness with a cigarette-smoking, nervous little piano teacher? 2002, 13-1 Florence Grossman
How can we bridge the adult's gap between wishing and doing? 2002, 13-2 Brenda Dillon
What can be learned about teaching children from teaching adults? 2002, 13-3 Matt Harre
What benefits do adult piano students report receiving from their piano study? 2002, 13-4 Pete Jutras
What are the compositional considerations that motivate adult piano students? 2003, 14-1 Mary Sallee, Paul Sheftel
How can the Internet and websites assist the adult piano student? 2003, 14-2 Tom Stampfli
How can teachers help the over-analytical piano student? 2003, 14-3 Cheryl Everett, Pamela D. Pike
How does studying the piano become a path to the Fountain of Youth?  2003, 14-4 Florence Grossman
What are the questions (and answers) that impact adults' piano study?  2004, 15-1 Barbara English Maris
What is involved in teaching adult piano students in gerontology and retirement center programs?  2004, 15-2 Martha Hilley, Paola Perin, Carol Sailer
What motivates adults to continue piano lessons? 2004, 15-3 Sandra Leibowitz
What do you do to promote learning outside of the piano lessons? 2004, 15-4 Pete Jutras
"Lucy Tells All" - A report on an adult learning presentation at the 2003 NCKP 2005, 16-1 Victoria Johnson, Pamela Pike
Do you cross the line between professional and personal when teaching your adult students?  2005, 16-2 Matt Harre, Amy Rose Immerman
How has your adult teaching changed since you first started teaching adults? 2005, 16-3 Victoria B. Harris, Tom Pearsall
Ten years later - What are your adult students doing now? 2005, 16-4 Diana Belland, Mary Sallee
Why am I so passionate about adult teaching? 2006, 17-1 Michelle Conda
What pieces do your adult students like to learn the most? 2006, 17-2 Vicki McArthur, Kenon Renfrow, Scott Price
What is the buzz about the Oakton Six Piano Ensemble? 2006, 17-3 Glenna Sprague
From the other side of the bench - What would you like for your piano teacher to know that would help your learning?  2006, 17-4 Michelle Conda

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