Keys to Music Learning
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.
Episodes
63 episodes since 2021
Music Moves for Piano: Deep Dive with Janna Olson Part 3
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
May 16, 2024
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25:16
Music Moves for Piano: Deep Dive with Janna Olson Part 2
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.
May 09, 2024
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45:20
Music Moves for Piano: Deep Dive with Janna Olson Part 1
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,...
May 02, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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37:46
Neuroscience: Deep dive with Gregory Chase Part 2
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 importa...
March 14, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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34:28
Neuroscience: Deep dive with Gregory Chase Part 1
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 horm...
March 07, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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40:33
Running an Audiation-Based Music School: Deep dive with Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie Part 2
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 ...
February 01, 2024
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22:57
Running an Audiation-Based Music School: Deep dive with Sarah McCaffrey Ritchie Part 1
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 fi...
January 25, 2024
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32:49
Season 3 is coming!
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
November 16, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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4:29
Community Chat with Jenny Fisher (Part 3)
In our final community chat episode with Jenny, she shares incredibly important advice for both new and seasoned teachers.Webinar LinksMovement MotivatorsMake Wa...
April 13, 2023
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21:16
Community Chat with Jenny Fisher (Part 2)
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.Webinar Links
April 06, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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33:12
Community Chat with Jenny Fisher (Part 1)
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 f...
March 23, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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26:07
Q&A with Krista and Hannah (Part 3)
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
March 02, 2023
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43:28
Q&A with Krista and Hannah (Part 2)
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.Video
February 23, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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29:52
Q&A with Krista and Hannah (Part 1)
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 stud...
February 16, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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24:49
Community Chat with Greg Chase (Part 3)
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.
February 09, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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38:34
Community Chat with Greg Chase (Part 2)
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...
February 02, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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37:06
Community Chat with Greg Chase (Part 1)
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 ...
January 26, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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27:29
Community Chat with Janna Olson (Part 3)
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 t...
December 22, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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30:40
Community Chat with Janna Olson (Part 2)
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 su...
December 16, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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38:14
Community Chat with Janna Olson (Part 1)
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 ...
December 08, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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24:37
Community Chat with Felicity Breen (Part 3)
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, ...
December 01, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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12:42
Community Chat with Felicity Breen (Part 2)
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 a...
November 25, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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24:11
Community Chat with Felicity Breen (Part 1)
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...
November 17, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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23:23
Community Chat with Scarlette Kerr (Part 3)
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...
November 10, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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19:24
Community Chat with Scarlette Kerr (Part 2)
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 c...
November 03, 2022
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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33:21