Sykes Piano Teacher Training
Creates teachers that are powerful, successful, inspiring, motivating; that create students that are passionate about playing piano, extremely capable musicians with a love of piano that lasts forever
Sykes Piano
Sykes Piano is the best way to learn piano. There is no other piano method that is as comprehensive as Sykes piano. It teaches students how to read music, play by ear, arrange music, compose their own music, the theory of music, good technique, learn to sing, aural development based on Kodaly, and students gain a deep understanding and appreciation of music. It has all genres of music including – classical, jazz, movie, gaming, contemporary and world music; and is fantastic for all learning styles and ages.
Students progress quickly, become fantastic musicians and develop a love of piano that lasts a lifetime.
Sykes Piano Teacher Training
If you are passionate about your students becoming amazing musicians, then Sykes Piano Teacher Training is for you.
Every piece and exercise in training is made up of 4 components:
1. Pedagogical Purpose
2. How to teach
3. Typical difficulties and strategies to help students overcome these
4. Extra notes.
There are many, many other general aspects of teaching included to help you become the best teacher that you can be. There is a mix of practical and written assignments, teacher manuals and 100's of videos to watch. You also receive personal feedback on your teaching and have video calls with your instructor.
A beautiful thing about teaching Sykes Piano is that it has everything that you need to teach your students. You don't need to pick bits and pieces from many different sources. You don't need to spend thousands of dollars buying teaching resources nor do you need to spend hours looking for material and preparing for lessons. With the Sykes Piano everything is provided for you.
Your Instructor
Julia Sykes
Julia Sykes is a very successful and in high demand piano teacher and piano teacher trainer. She began teaching piano when she was 14, has a degree in music education, has taught 100’s of students and trained many piano teachers. She has published multiple Sykes Piano books, Teacher Manuals, and created recordings and videos. Many of her students have been successful in exams, music competitions and become musicians that worked in the music industry or have just developed a love of playing piano that stays with them throughout their lives. She has a knack of helping piano teachers reach their full potential, leading teachers in a way that helps them to create confident students and deliver excellent quality piano lessons. She provides teachers with a well stocked tool box full of ideas to use to help them teacher pieces and exercises and to help overcome their student’s difficulties. She’s is very supportive of teachers, provides invaluable feedback for them and helps teachers become well rounded musicians so that they can become well rounded teachers.
