Redefining Success! Successful Students - Successful Facilitators

Our classes for kids, teens and adults follow a "Participation" model of Recreational Music Making (RMM). Each class is an independent, non-sequential musical experience. Our objectives: 1) Students will have FUN! 2) Students will be engaged in motivating, musical activities, and, 3) Students will take ownership of their class, as a group. These objectives are measurable! Are students laughing? Are students focused? Are students offering ideas for tunes they want to play or tunes they want to learn next? These objectives are carefully considered as we strive to meet our Studios Mission Policy: It is our mission to encourage independent, life-long music makers by encouraging a love for music and a passion for music making, allowing students to play music they choose at any level of proficiency. If our mission statement is accomplished for our students, then, our students are SUCCESSFUL! And if we, as RMM facilitators, have helped our students get to this place, we are SUCCESSFUL! Happy Teaching! Happy Playing!

In RMM you can't get behind - It's not a race!

We're back in full swing with classes! Thursday night one of our adult students, who has been out of class since before Christmas break, was back in class. After class, she mentioned that she'd been apprehensive about returning . . . afraid that she would be too far behind to catch up. She was pleasantly relieved to find that she was able to play with the class and have a good time. Debra Perez used to say something like, "RMM (Recreational Music Making) is not a race - you can't get behind." This student's comments were a reminder as an RMM facilitator to continue spiraling back and to always be mindful of a comfortable pace for each student and for the class as a whole. Happy New Year Everyone! Happy Teaching!

WillBailyPianoTunes.com is now on Facebook

Just a quick invite - Check out our new Facebook page! While we'll continue to share video and thoughts about traditional and RMM teaching here on this Blog. The Facebook page will be easier for teachers to share ideas and comment about posts. The forum is completely open. Also, some free music and sound files are available on the website. Check us out at WillBailyPianoTunes.com and don't forget to click 'like' if you like. Happy New Year!!!