{"podcast":{"title":"Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning","slug":"field-notes-on-music-teaching-learning-265376","podcast_index_feed_id":265376,"rss_url":"https://www.ashleydanyew.com/episodes?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.ashleydanyew.com/episodes/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c710603596e2c47dad93e/1676469296913-E6Y2ESYKXHE6TL3M58LD/Field+Notes+on+Music+Teaching+%26+Learning+Cover+-+Ashley+Danyew.jpg?format=1500w","author":"Ashley Danyew","episode_count":103,"summary":"This podcast is a collection of creative ideas, practical strategies, and thoughtful observations from the field of music teaching and learning. Music educator Ashley Danyew will dive into topics like how we learn, developing musicianship, time management, teaching sequences, planning tools and strategies, the art of teaching, practicing, and the creative process, and share personal stories from her own experiences and observations. You’ll find creative and pedagogically-sound teaching tips; fresh, new approaches you can use in your teaching; and insight into a few tried-and-true systems and creative processes designed to help you do your best work.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T00:18:52.276354+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/field-notes-on-music-teaching-learning-265376"},"episode":{"title":"077 - A New Approach to Teaching Group Classes","slug":"077-a-new-approach-to-teaching-group-classes","published_at":"2024-10-30T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/field-notes-on-music-teaching-learning-265376/077-a-new-approach-to-teaching-group-classes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/field-notes-on-music-teaching-learning-265376","url":"https://www.ashleydanyew.com/episodes/077","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585c710603596e2c47dad93e/t/671ff3daabe7350da22b30ae/1733501987125/077+-+A+New+Approach+to+Teaching+Group+Classes.mp3","summary":"I have a love/hate relationship with studio classes. I love the idea of them, and I love being able to offer them to my students. But I’ve never found a structure or approach that works.  At the school where I teach, I’m limited to a classroom with a single piano, which means students have to take turns or do activities that don’t involve an instrument. In addition, having a group of 6-8 students in a room together for 45-60 minutes (again, with one instrument) was challenging. It’s difficult to keep everyone engaged and focused, give directions, facilitate meaningful learning activities, and assess each student individually. As an introverted teacher, it can feel a little chaotic and overwhelming. This year, I was committed to figuring this out. I decided to offer more classes than last year, limit the number of students in each group, and plan more level-specific musicianship activities. Today, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes look at one of my studio classes from this month and as always, a few things I’m experimenting with this year. For show notes + a full transcript, click here . Resources Mentioned *Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made through links in this post. Teaching Piano in Groups (Christopher Fisher) Frances Clark Library for Piano Students The Music Tree, Part 1 Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style (William Gillock) Chord Inversion Worksheet (Chrissy Ricker) Preludes in Patterns (Kevin Olson) If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review in Apple Podcasts >> Find me on Instagram: @ashleydanyew","meta_description":"I have a love/hate relationship with studio classes. I love the idea of them, and I love being able to offer them to my students. But I’ve never found a s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":753,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/field-notes-on-music-teaching-learning-265376/episodes/077-a-new-approach-to-teaching-group-classes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/field-notes-on-music-teaching-learning-265376/077-a-new-approach-to-teaching-group-classes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}