Time To Practice

This week Christine and Barbie tackle a frequently asked question they hear when they are speaking to parents about music practice.

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This week I'm speaking with violinist, music educator, publisher, and recently retired professor Dr. Cora Cooper. We talk about incorporating women composers in our students' repertoire from the star…

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This week we are talking about music practice with violinist, parent, music educator, and the co-director of the Southside Suzuki Cooperative in Chicago, Andrew Miller. Andrew shares his musical jour…

This week we’re excited to have our monthly guest, Barbie Wong, who has done extensive research on the lives of professional musicians and especially their musical environments growing up. She is bac…

In this best of episode we're hearing from violinist, educator, entrepreneur, radio host, and filmmaker Dr. Quinton Morris. To highlight a few of his current roles: Dr. Morris is Associate Professor …

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Last month I gave six talks to different groups and there were two questions I was asked over and over again that I wanted to talk a bit about on this week's podcast episode. 

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On this week's episode of the Time to Practice podcast, we're speaking with cellist, composer, and music educator Bianca d'Avila do Prado about her journey to the cello and later composing music. We …

Barbie Wong is back on the podcast for our Monthly discussion and this month we're talking about practice challenges: what to keep in mind, how to decide what counts, and a few ideas you may want to …

Wishing all of our listeners a Happy New Year this week with a best of Episode from Cellist, Educator, and Suzuki Association of the America's teacher trainer  Dr. Shu-Yi Schott who originally came o…

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This week on the Time to Practice Podcast we're having a conversation with Flutist, Music Educator, and author Meret Bitticks. 

In our conversation we talk about her journey as a musician and what pr…

Barbie Wong and I recently had an interesting discussion on the topic of rewards and incentives that we recorded for the Time to Practice podcast, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts. You c…

To the parents, caregivers, grandparents and everyone who supports young music students in home practice:

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This week's short little episode is a note of encourage…

In this week’s episode we’re speaking with Kathryn Drake. Drake is a violin teacher, music educator and co-director of Ithaca Suzuki Music Education in Ithaca, New York. As I got this episode ready t…

This week we are hearing from Eloise Hellyer in part two of our series with her this month. Eloise shares many thoughts on the sacred responsibility that is teaching, the impact teachers have on thei…

Today we’re speaking with Eloise Hellyer - Eloise is a violin teacher who lives and teaches in Italy, is author of the Book 1 Teaches, 2 Learn: Private Teaching and You and violinteachersblogdotcom

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This week on the Time to Practice podcast I am sharing expert practice tips from our guests on the show who we heard from in early 2024. 

Each week I ask our guests the question: "If you could leave …