Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning
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Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning is a education podcast hosted by Ashley Danyew. It has 100 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
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.
education ·en ·100 episodes
094 - The Curious Mind of Pianist Josef Hofmann
093 - What We're Doing for Informances This Year
092 - Beauty, Artistry, and Intention (A Tribute to Marvin Blickenstaff)
091 - Seven Black Composers in the Piano Teaching Repertoire
090 - Nine Supplemental Books for Elementary and Early Intermediate Piano Students
089 - The Science of Practicing: What I’m Learning from Molly Gebrian's Book
088 - The Art of Practicing: What I’m Learning from Madeline Bruser’s Book
087 - 9 Creative Lesson Activities You Can Do with a Broken Arm
086 - Teaching Keyboard Skills to Students of All Ages
085 - Everyone Can Improvise (+ 3 Examples From My Studio)
084 - Recital Recap & Year-End Reflection
083 - Bernstein & Bill Evans: Inside My Recent Intermediate Studio Class
082 - What Art Is Teaching Me About Music
081 - Celebrating Women in Music Month: An Inside Look at Our Studio Informances
080 - 14 Ways to Practice Away From Your Instrument
079 - From Technique to Musical Identity: Six Things I’m Focusing on in Lessons
078 - The Days of Auld Lang Syne: A Year-End Reflection for Music Teachers
077 - A New Approach to Teaching Group Classes
076 - 7 Things to Carry Into the New School Year
075 - What I'm Working on This Summer
074 - What a First Piano Lesson Looks Like (Here's My Lesson Plan)
073 - How to Prepare for a Consult with a Prospective Student
072 - The Case for Consultations in the Music Studio
071 - 3 Things I Learned from Hosting a Musical Informance
070 - The 3-Month Studio Recital Plan
069 - A Musical Informance to Celebrate the Solar Eclipse
068 - How to Plan a Musical Informance
067 - Six Things I'm Documenting in the Studio
066 - A Winter Improvisation Prompt for Elementary Piano Students
065 - How to Build a Musical Vocabulary Using Tonal Pattern Cards
064 - How I Plan a Year of Student Repertoire
063 - When the Teacher Becomes the Student
062 - The A-Ha Moments of Music Teaching
061 - 11 Pedagogy-Related Books for Music Teachers
060 - How Do We Approach Mistakes in Music Teaching & Learning?
059 - 7 Ways to Practice Rhythm
058 - Negotiated Spaces: Balancing Formal and Informal Learning in Music
057 - Women in Music Month in the Studio
056 - The Valentine Composition Project
055 - Begin Again: The Case for Experimentation in Your Music Teaching
054 - Here’s What I'm Learning: A Look Back on 2022
053 - 5 Things to Do When You Feel Burnt Out
052 - What Does Creative Music Teaching Look Like?
051 - The Pokémon Piano Lesson
050 - Simplified Organization for the New School Year
049 - What Every Music Teacher Should Know About Mindsets: Insights from Carol Dweck's Book
048 - Buddy Lesson Activities Based on Piano Safari Friends
047 - An Inside Look at My Lesson-Planning Process
046 - 6 Practical Tips for Designing Your Music Teaching Career
045 - The Blues Composition Project
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