New website

My new website for my piano students is https://imaginationsmusic.musicteachershelper.com/. If you have not yet visited the site, go try it out and let me know what you think! I set it up not only to make billing easier, but to increase parent-teacher-student communication between lessons. This helps you to get the most value for your lessons,

From the main website, you see several options available before you sign in. One is "practice resources." Under practice resources, I have a list of free theory games that you can find on the Internet as well as other resources. Another option is "photos" where I have photos posted from some of my classes. There is also a link to this blog, where I will often write articles pertaining to piano study, performance and practice.

If you click on the log in button, this page appears, https://imaginationsmusic.musicteachershelper.com/login. Enter in the user name and password you should have received by email. Please let me know if you need me to resend your password. Some of my older students also have a user name as well as the parents. If the student is old enough to have an email address, they will also receive their lesson notes via email and be able to log in to have limited access to the site. Every email that the child receives, the parent also receives.

Once you log in, you will be on your own personal home page. Here there are several options. First you will see a listing of upcoming events that you are either registered for, or that are available for you to register for. You can click to choose your summer classes or lessons either here, or in a calendar view. If you are ever curious as to how many lessons you have left, or when classes are over, you can see it listed on your home page.

Under the "home" tab, there is a section called "file area." here you can download info about recital, studio policies, and other PDFs. If you child has had a lesson recorded, you can download it here as well.

Under "lesson" you can see your lesson history and some of the music your child has been working on. If you child has been taking for a few years, you can look here to see the progression through the literature. This is where you can track progress!

Under "practice" you can go in to log your practice time as well as what you practice. This helps me to know what to expect before I come to your child's lesson. I can view the practice time in between lessons so that I will have an idea of how much your child is working. This will help to save lesson time as well as help to make you aware of areas for improvement.

Under billing, you can check your account or even make a payment. Online payments will incur a $2.00 processing fee due to credit card fees. You also still have the option to pay by check or in cash. However, if your tuition is past due, I will require online payment. Starting in the fall, automatic invoicing will be set up through this site so that you will receive an invoice on the same day of each month. You then can choose to pay it online or in person. If you child has his own log in, they cannot access the billing area.

Please let me know what you think about the site. Try it out, and use it to help you get the most out of lessons each week. Let me know if you have any ideas for improvement or any questions. Also, be sure to tune into my blog. I often feel that I do not get to communicate enough with the parents, and so I tend to blog a lot! I have split my former blog up and now I am using this blog address only for piano and my other blog (http://imaginationsmusic.blogspot.com/) only for Kindermusik.