
MasterClass
Group Lessons
Tips and Tricks
for Building Confidence
4 -6 Students
30-45 minutes
Teaching Demo | Student Demo
Positive Praise | Constructive Comments

Performance is not about Perfection….
it’s about recovering from Imperfection.
Practice Strategies
MasterClass Group Lessons
are instructional group meetings
– students of different levels
– critique of selected repertoire
– incorporation of student demo with a quarterly Practice Strategy
This instructional opportunity provides students with exposure to
more repertoire and opportunities to share their pieces with their piano friends.
‘Cement It In’
Learning Strategy
March MasterClass Practice Protocol
Concrete Examples
Specific examples to illustrate and understand abstract ideas.
The D-Major Chord uses a white key, then a black key and then a white key…
just like this triple dipo ice cream cones has a chocolate scoop in the middle of two scoopes of vanilla.
The “Oreo Cookie Effect” transforms the white/black/white into
black/white/black ….D-flat major.



