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Katherine Peters
August 15, 2013
Practice

Practicing Outdoors

Katherine Peters
August 15, 2013
Practice

It's an absolutely fabulous day.  The sun is out, the temperatures are in the 70's, and my students have just had their first day of school.  Which means they've been inside... all day.  As much as I like the classroom where I teach private lessons, how could we stay inside on a day like this??  

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Katherine Peters
August 1, 2013
For Parents, Motivate, Practice

Motivating Kids to Practice at Home

Katherine Peters
August 1, 2013
For Parents, Motivate, Practice

 I'm regularly asked by parents how they can help motivate their kids to practice at home.

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Katherine Peters
June 8, 2013
Instrument Care, Practice

All Thumbs

Katherine Peters
June 8, 2013
Instrument Care, Practice

Clarinet and oboe players - does your right thumb hurt and look red after you've been practicing?  Flute players - does your left index finger feel sore

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Instrument Care

Marching Bands and Wood Clarinets

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Instrument Care

 see it every year - at some point in the marching season, a clarinetist comes to me saying their instrument isn't working.  A short investigation uncovers a crack in either the barrel or upper joint...

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Practice

Counting Out Loud

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Practice

A student of mine was in her lesson, and I asked about an exercise she had for homework.  She answered, "it didn't go so well."  "How so?" I asked.  "I just didn't get it.  It didn't make sense to me...

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Motivate, Perform

Playing After Graduation

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Motivate, Perform

You love playing your instrument, but you don't think you want to make a career out of it.  So, you'll play until graduation, then sell your instrument or put it away as a souvenir, right?  Wrong!

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Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Instrument Care

Pulling Through - swabbing out condensation

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Instrument Care

Watch the end of a band class in many schools and you'll see it - students in a hurry to get their instruments put away. Even when you’re short on time, pulling the swab through the instrument should be part of your pack-up routine...

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Instrument Care, Practice

Choosing Reed Strengths

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Instrument Care, Practice

All of your reeds look a little sad.  Some have a corner chipped off, some are cracked down the middle, one even looks like it got a spiky haircut!  Trendy, but not good for playing.  Time for a new box...

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
For Parents, Practice

FAQ's About Private Lessons

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
For Parents, Practice

The most often-asked questions about private lessons.

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Practice

There's An App For That

Katherine Peters
May 30, 2013
Practice

My students see me use it every week: the scale sheet comes out, my phone goes on the stand, and the metronome app opens and starts ticking.  But, the musical usefulness of your smart phone isn’t limited to just one app...

Katherine Peters
May 6, 2013
Perform, For Parents

Why Should Students Perform in Recitals?

Katherine Peters
May 6, 2013
Perform, For Parents

The only way to test students' ability to make music is to ask them to make music.  

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Meet Katherine

A teaching musician for over 20 years, Katherine Peters helps students, teachers, and fellow musicians learn, teach, and play better. She excels at packaging concepts into practical, applicable, useful strategies that can be delivered one-on-one in the studio or to a lecture hall full of musicians. The underlying message in her teaching: you can do this. Katherine is also a published composer/arranger. Her arrangements have been performed by middle and high school students, community ensembles, and church ensembles.


Katherine, her husband Matthew, and their daughter live in central Indiana. They sponsor a beautiful little girl in Nicaragua through Compassion International. Find out about Compassion here, and please consider releasing a child from the financial and emotional bondage of poverty.

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