Creative Piano Pedagogy

Creativity at the piano (or just in general) feeling a bit… 🥴? Grab this easy, step-by-step *free* improv prompt to shift your perspective, flex your creative muscles and reconnect with the piano by creating something beautiful.

👉 comment WAVE and I’ll send you the link to join the Piano Teacher Reset Retreat waitlist so you can get your freebie

👉 joining the waitlist is zero-commitment, $0, and gives you the freebie + lowest price registration WITH a $60 off coupon so you can be the first to signup and save your spot

No improvisation or composing experience necessary, and pianists/teachers of all experience/levels welcome 🤍 Let’s reset together.

We are hijacking CPP’s social media to host a gift shower for Elizabeth and her husband as they embark on a foster/adoption journey! They could have up to 3 children as soon as July! 🥹💕

No judgment for no make-up Friday. 😁😁😁

https://my.babylist.com/elizabeth-davis-everhart

🎶 Isn’t it amazing that we can take a simple chord progression, add a little RH melody and it results in something beautiful and memorable? 🥲

“Slow down, you’re doing fine…” is SUCH an appropriate reminder for teachers at the end of the school year.

☀️ If you feel the need to slow down and do some creating and playing of your own so you can feel refreshed for your students, comment JOIN and we’ll send you the link to join our virtual retreat waitlist.

☀️ Music doesn’t have to be complicated to be beautiful, and creating at the piano doesn’t have to be perfect to bring you joy- sometimes we just need to remember that we’re artists, too.

Tiny soapbox moment. I’ll admit, when I saw this headline I 🙄 🤦‍♀️ because the clickbait is real, but the assumptions here are quite grand indeed. To assume that…

Music study has somehow always been strict and something to dread or abhor?

That this is the very first teacher to EVER reinvent the wheel and teach with intentional creativity and individuality for each learner? 🤦‍♀️

I’m a natural questioner/skeptic and a “show me the data/research” gal, but I’m still not buying it. 😏 Because I (Elizabeth) personally know SO so many teachers who have been making music lessons enjoyable for decades! This isn’t a new concept for most (and for those who identify with the strict, unimaginative teaching described in the clip- I’m sorry that has been your experience, truly.)

*exiting soapbox* 😅 Keep doing what you’re doing, friends! Keep working to make lessons engaging, personable, individualized and full of life and creativity! 🎶

Episode #27 is out now! Respect, Clarity, Relationships and Teaching Teen/Adult Neurodivergent Students. Thank you, Anna, for submitting this question!