Microcourse: Creating a Professional Piano Studio (from A Pianist's Guide to Studio Management)
Excerpted from A Pianist's Guide to Studio Management. Full microcourse completion time approx. 5 hours.
Topics include: Professional and financial goals, income and expenses, lesson structures, record keeping and accounting, setting rates, budgeting, and more!
How to use this course
Course Introduction
FREE PREVIEWWelcome Survey
Module Contents
Video 1: "Professional Goals" with Deborah How
Transcript (PDF): "Professional Goals" with Deborah How
Handout: "Professional Goals" Powerpoint Slides (downloadable PDF)
Web Exploration and Reflection Assignment: Professional Goals
Web Exploration and Reflection Assignment: Professional Goals - PDF version
Video 2: "Financial Goals" with Deborah How
Transcript (PDF): "Financial Goals" with Deborah How
Reflection Assignment: Financial Goals (Excel)
Module Contents
Video 1: "Income and Expenses" with Deborah How
Transcript (PDF): "Income and Expenses" with Deborah How
Reflection Assignment 1: Income and Expense Sheet (Excel)
Video 2: "Group Classes - An Interview with Deborah How" by Heather Smith
Transcript (PDF): "Group Classes - An Interview with Deborah How" by Heather Smith
Video 3: "Income from Group Classes" with Heather Smith
Transcript (PDF): "Income from Group Classes" with Heather Smith
Handout: "Income from Group Classes" Powerpoint Slides (downloadable PDF)
Reflection Assignment 2: Group Class Exploration
Reflection Assignment 2: Group Class Exploration - PDF version
Module Contents
Video 1: "Four General Reminders" with Heather Smith
Transcript (PDF): "Four General Reminders" with Heather Smith
Reflection Assignment 1: Accounting System Questionnaire
Reflection Assignment 1: Accounting System Questionnaire - PDF version
Video 2: "Accounting Systems" with Heather Smith
Transcript (PDF): "Accounting Systems" with Heather Smith
Handout 1: "Record Keeping and Accounting" Powerpoint Slides (downloadable PDF)
Handout 2: Sample Piano Studio Profit and Loss (downloadable PDF)
Reflection Assignment 2: Review Different Accounting Systems
Reflection Assignment 2: Review Different Accounting Systems - PDF version
Module Contents
Video 1: "Setting Tuition Rates for Your Studio" with Heather Smith
Transcript (PDF): "Setting Tuition Rates for Your Studio" with Heather Smith
Web Exploration Assignment 1: Setting Tuition Rates for Your Studio
Web Exploration Assignment 1: Setting Tuition Rates for Your Studio - PDF version
Video 2: "Raising Tuition Rates" with Heather Smith
Transcript (PDF): "Raising Tuition Rates" with Heather Smith
Video 3: "Budgeting for Your Studio" with Heather Smith
Transcript (PDF): "Budgeting for Your Studio" with Heather Smith
Handout: "Setting Tuition Rates and Budgeting" Powerpoint Slides (downloadable PDF)
Reflection Assignment 1: Budgeting for Your Studio (Excel)
Video 4: "Setting Tuition Rates for a Music School" with Deborah How
Transcript (PDF): "Setting Tuition Rates for a Music School" with Deborah How
Web Exploration Assignment 2: Setting Tuition Rates for Your Music School
Web Exploration Assignment 2: Setting Tuition Rates for Your Music School - PDF version
Video 5: "Budgeting for Your Music School" with Deborah How
Transcript (PDF): "Budgeting for Your Music School" with Deborah How
Reflection Assignment 2: Budgeting for Your Music School (Excel)
Exit Survey
Heather K. Smith, MM, MBA ’22, Music Studio Business Academy, Deborah H. How, PhD, MBA, Bravura Innovations.
This course will help teachers professionalize their studios by covering important business topics such as income and expenses, tuition, studio policies, tax structures, marketing, and more. This 10-session course takes approx. 10 hours to complete.
$79
Excerpted from A Pianist's Guide to Studio Management. Full microcourse completion time approx. 5 hours.
$30
Excerpted from The Beginner Course: Establishing Strong Foundations for Young Pianists. Full microcourse completion time approx. 5 hours.
$30
Strengthen your teaching and your studio. Build essential pedagogy skills while learning practical business, branding, and management tools—all at your own pace for a more confident, professional studio practice.
$109