The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast | Proven and practical tips, strategies and ideas for music teachers

Nicola Cantan

Practical and proven tips, ideas and advice for private music teachers. Listen in to improve your instrumental or vocal music studio business and find that oh-so-elusive feeling of balance in your life. Welcome to The Vibrant Music Teaching Podcast! This is the show for you if you’re an instrumental or vocal music teacher that wants friendly, creative and accessible advice. I’m your host Nicola Cantan. My membership site, Vibrant Music Teaching, helps teachers all over the world to include more games and creativity in their lessons, so that their students giggle their way through music theory and make faster progress. I also run a popular blog, Colourful Keys, where we write about creative ideas and teaching strategies and an interview show, Teaching Studio Stories. Every Monday I provide bite-sized bursts of inspiration and ideas for instrumental and vocal music teachers. The episodes are usually between 10 and 20 minutes – the perfect length of time to put away some of the music books scattered all over your studio and hide the rest of them in the piano bench. Listen to a few episodes and hit the subscribe button. When you come across an episode you love, make sure to tell your teacher-friends they can get it for free in any audio app that supports podcasts. https://vibrantmusicteaching.com https://colourfulkeys.ie https://instagram.com/colourfulkeys https://www.facebook.com/groups/vibrantmusicstudioteachers

I don’t want perfect “talented” students

00:12:24

Piano student quitters - taking it personally?

00:18:50

Returning adult piano students

00:15:30

Desirable difficulties in piano practice

00:16:19

Piano books for early intermediate students

00:16:34

History of piano method books

00:21:13

Ranking my pianos from best to worst

00:12:16

Why your child won’t practice piano in 2025

00:12:48

Keeping student attention in a digital world (Hey, is that a squirrel???)

00:19:24

Piano sight-reading resources

00:21:21

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