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Positive Piano Instruction for Students of Every Age – Located in Muncie, Indiana

Positive Piano Instruction for Students of Every Age – Located in Muncie, Indiana

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Two visits from WPS alums home from college in one Two visits from WPS alums home from college in one day? Yes, please!! 🥰 Add in a puzzle and I do believe a new studio tradition might be born.... 💡💡💡 #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianoteachernation #legacy
...a gob of sick middle schoolers meant our final ...a gob of sick middle schoolers meant our final performance class had to be postponed, which gave this talented guy the honor of being my last lesson of the decade! ❤️ Bring on the 20’s; they’re looking bright. 😎🤩 #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteaching #pianoteachernation
Oh what fun to hang with this crew last night! 🎶❤️🎶 December Performance class #2 = ✔️!! Middle schoolers, we’ll see you Friday!! 🤩 #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteaching #pianoteachernation
How great of a group is this? December performanc How great of a group is this? December performance class #1 is a wrap. 🥰 2 more to go this week! 🎶🎶🎶 #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteacher #pianoteaching #pianoteachernation
...passing through the studio this Monday morning ...passing through the studio this Monday morning and am reminded that even though this month is CRAZY, there is so, so, so much beauty in it all. ❤️ #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife
Congrats to this hard-working girl for being the f Congrats to this hard-working girl for being the first WPS student to play her ENTIRE Christmas book for me this year! ❤️🎄😇 I love knowing we are spreading tons of musical cheer this time of year! ☺️ #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteachernation
Studio tree 2019! ❤️🎄🎶 Student ornaments Studio tree 2019! ❤️🎄🎶 Student ornaments will go home next week 🥰#whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife
K has been working hard to improve his consistency K has been working hard to improve his consistency in triple meter. Much progress here! 👏🏻❤️🎶 (Night Ride, Faber) #whitlockpianostudio #thatgumthough 🤣🥰
Guess who made it through tonight’s Escape Room Guess who made it through tonight’s Escape Room with a little over a minute to spare?! 🎶🎉🎃 Lots of teamwork and memorable performances tonight! 🎹#whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianoteachernation
...aaaaand we are Escape Room ready 40 mins before ...aaaaand we are Escape Room ready 40 mins before today’s first class begins. It might be a new record 😅🤣🎃 I’m ready to have some music fun with a few of my favorite middle schoolers! 🎶 #whitlockpianostudio #escaperoom #middleschoolpianostudents #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteachers
...the Fortnite Llama came for a lesson today! 🤣 Who knew he was so talented? WPS students really are the best 🥰 #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteachernation
...not a typical WPS Alumni update... This sweet g ...not a typical WPS Alumni update... This sweet girl was the first student I independently contracted with upon moving to Muncie. @desireemisha continued lessons with me through the completion of her undergraduate degree and is one of two students who hold “founding member” legacy status. She - and her precious family - have been in my life longer than my husband. ❤️ She’s also having major surgery this morning because, just a few weeks after her 30th birthday, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. 💔 You all know I consider my studio a family, and since many of my current students can be traced back to referrals of referrals from this family, I thought it only fitting to let you know that one of our own needs a lot of love and prayer today, and in the months to come. ❤️ No one is better at celebrating life than @desireemisha, so I’m looking forward to watching her get on with the party. 🎀
Back home 🏡 again after another life-giving IMT Back home 🏡 again after another life-giving IMTA State Conference! 🎶🎹💖 🌸As usual, my brain is spinning and I am ready to play, teach, and read ALL the things. 🌸. I was reduced to tears by being asked to repeat the mantra, “I have time”. 🌸 I did not get enough sleep last night because @amystudio88 and I have far too much to talk about. Always. 🌸 @kateboyd1756 is a rockstar, and her reaction to being named IMTA Teacher of the Year was a blessing to witness. 🌸 If you weren’t there, I missed you 💖 🌸I would tag all of you who make conference life so much fun, but I’d miss someone and feel bad. Suffice to say, thanks to my conference buddies who put up with my excitement when I am exclusively in the presence of adults. 🤣 🌸 I got to drop the “immediate” from my title of “immediate past president”. 🌸 I’m pretty sure the Independent Music Teachers in IMTA could solve the world’s peace problems, and it was once again an honor to chair the IMTF Forum. 🌸 Pianist phenom Drew Peterson puts on a great show. First you want to pinch his cheeks, then he knocks your socks off. 🌸If you don’t have a piano/voice/whatever teacher in your life, you are missing out. I am blessed to have well-over 100 in mine and they all make my world a better place 💕
A great start at a new school scored this guy the A great start at a new school scored this guy the first Shout-Out Board signing of Fall 2019! ❤️ I love celebrating student accomplishments inside AND outside the studio! 🥰🎶🎹 #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteachernation
...because when a determined toddler lives in your ...because when a determined toddler lives in your house, your “piano pets” don’t stand a chance... 😂 I’m so happy my students don’t mind playing with trunkless elephants, panda heads, half-hedgehogs, snout-less pigs, and more 🤣 #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianoteacher #pianoteachernation #pianoteachermom
...when you KNOW that cartoon clown is not going t ...when you KNOW that cartoon clown is not going to fly with your preteen student, you get creative with your favorite swag stickers and aim for abstract art 🤣❤️ #whateverittakes #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianoteachernation
This crew stumbled onto a beautifully-relatable co This crew stumbled onto a beautifully-relatable conversation about negative self-talk and practice time frustration in Performance Class this week. 👍🏻 They laughed when they realized each of them has the same struggle with being too hard on themselves during practice time. ❤️ Side-note: Middle schoolers can get a bum rep...but I have a tried-and-true two step guide to working with this age: 1, heap relentless, affirming, unapologetic love on them, and, 2, don’t let their hard-to-please exteriors keep you from cracking lots of silly jokes. They still enjoy them, even if they don’t appear to. 🤣❤️ I love, love, love my WPS middle schoolers 🎶🥰🎹
What does a piano teacher do on Labor Day Weekend? What does a piano teacher do on Labor Day Weekend? Work on a year’s worth of repertoire assignments for 36 students, of course! 🤣❤️🎶 This is one of those parts of the job that brings me an unusual amount of joy. 🤓 AND - since my kitchen has been overtaken with music books, it’s a reasonable conclusion we will go out for dinner, right? 🤣🎹❤️ #whitlockpianostudio #pianoteacherlife #pianoteachernation
Five kids from four schools are now Piano BFF’s, Five kids from four schools are now Piano BFF’s, thanks to August performance classes! 🤗🎶🥰 We are sad to see our month of group classes come to an end, but are also PUMPED for solo lessons to resume next week! (And, have no fear, our Halloween-Week classes will be here before we know it 🧡). #whitlockpianostudio #AugustPerformanceClasses #pianoteacherlife #pianolessons #pianoteachernation
‼️ Local friends! ‼️ I’d been considerin ‼️ Local friends! ‼️ I’d been considering starting some local preschool music/movement classes this fall...but just as my plate was looking a little-too-full, @tiffanyjarnold announced she was going to offer Suzuki preschool classes for ages 0-4. 🎶❤️🎶 You can currently join a class on Wednesday or Saturday mornings. 🎶 Message me for details!! 🤗 PS: you can find Ava and I in the Wednesday morning class! ❤️
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