HTML BOOK DESCRIPTION After teaching piano lessons for many years, pianist Kathy Yiu shares her secrets to success in this easy-to-follow teaching guide. A question-and-answer format reveals the keys to proper instruction and the tricks to getting results with students.
Kathy didn't always have all the answers about teaching piano lessons and motivating kids. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario, she started teaching piano lessons, but she struggled to inspire her students to practice outside of class. She also faced criticism from parents. Some students quit. As she gained more experience, she figured out the best piano-teaching techniques and learned how to motivate students to excel. Her students started winning competitions and acing exams. The complaints dwindled. Her students finally stuck with her.
If you're a piano or music teacher who can relate, this book is for you. It will boost your confidence and answer all your piano-teaching questions-even ones you didn't know you had. You will gain many new teaching ideas and tools, along with music recommendations. Best of all, your students and their parents will thank you.
About the Author: Kathy Yiu, a native of Hong Kong, studied piano from a young age. While living in Hong Kong as a young girl, she attended St. Paul's International School and Hotung Secondary School, where she was the pianist for their award-winning choir.
She then attended Capilano College in Canada to study music and was the first runner-up in the school's music competition. She transferred to the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, and earned her bachelor of music degree. At the time, she was mentored by Ronald Turini, who studied under well-known pianist Vladimir Horowitz. She also studied with Tina Yanchus, who attended the Juilliard School of Music.
Her accolades include an outstanding teacher award from Parsons Music in Hong Kong, an outstanding teacher award in the 2015 Second Hong Kong Youth Piano Competition, and first place in the British Columbia Conservatory of Music piano competition.
