Time To Practice

This week's we're speaking with Leslie Thackeray: violin teacher, parent, and owner of The Practice Shoppe (one of my favorite resources for practice games).

We talk about when to know it's time to a…

We're excited to have Barbie Wong back on the podcast for a fun and helpful discussion about games in music practice. We discuss why games can help young musicians with practice and discuss 3 types o…

This week on the Time to Practice podcast I'm excited to be speaking with Dr. Hannah Murray. We talk about the important roles teachers have in their student’s lives, How her motivation changed from …

It’s easy to see and celebrate huge milestones along the way when our child is in music lessons. Milestones like book graduations are easy to spot, but what about all the hundreds of little milestone…

This week on the Time to Practice podcast , I'm excited to be welcoming back Kimberley Wong: Suzuki Teacher and expert on helping families with home practice sessions. We had such an interesting conv…

This week on the Time to Practice podcast guest Barbie Wong joins me to talk about six things that can help us get back in our fall practice routine and set us up for a productive school year.

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The Time to Practice podcast is back with new episodes for Fall 2024! We're excited to be talking once again to Dr. Molly Gebrian who is a violist with a background in Neuroscience and author of the …

Today, we’re speaking to Christopher Maloney of Practice Warriors. Christopher is a multi-instrumentalist who has performed and recorded with an impressive list of rock and pop musicians, some of who…

This is second in a two- part series with violinist and pedagogue Amy Beth Horman. You can listen to part 1 on episode 48 (HERE).  We talk about minds wandering in practice, continue our conversation…

In this episode we start what is a two-part interview with violinist and pedagogue Amy Beth Horman.

We had such a fascinating conversation about practice, both from her perspective, which you wil…

On this week's mini episode, Christine shares some thoughts on why transition rituals can be helpful leading up to practice, some ideas for where to start when you work on creating one of your own (f…

Christine is still traveling for the SAA/ASTA conference this week so here is part two of our listener favorite series with practice tips from Season 1 of the podcast. 

You can find the transcript an…

Christine is traveling to the SAA/ASTA conference this week so is excited to share this listener favorite episode with you. It's the first of two parts (you'll hear part 2 next week) with some of the…

This week we’re speaking with Jennifer Roig-Francolí: musicians coach, creator of the Art of Freedom Method, Alexander Teacher, and Bestselling Author of the new book Make Great Music with Ease!: The…

In this mini episode Christine Goodner discusses the importance of knowing both how far we've come AND where we're headed. Striking that balance as a musician and as an adult supporting a young music…

On this week’s episode, we’re speaking with long-time Suzuki parent Alan Duncan. Alan shares what he’s learned through the challenging starting phases of preschool beginner through letting go and hel…

On this week’s episode of the Time to Practice podcast, we’re speaking with music educator and speaker Barbie Wong. Barbie shares about the importance of community for young musicians (and their pare…

On this week’s episode of the podcast your host Christine Goodner is bringing you a mini-episode on one of the themes that keeps coming up this season: finding Joy in our musical lives.  

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On this week’s episode, we’re speaking to Violinist and Practice expert Susanna Klein. Susanna shares her own experience with music practice, how her perspective changed about music practice after in…

On this week’s episode of the podcast, your host, Christine Goodner, is bringing you our first mini-episodes for season 2, all about the practice it takes to flex our perseverance muscle in the pract…