Episode 015: Teacher Interview with Hetty Jagersma

Hetty Jagersma, independent teacher from Edmonton, Alberta

Episode Highlights:

Hetty Jagersma is a piano teacher from the Edmonton, Alberta area.

Hetty teaches private piano lessons as well as Music for Young Children classes.

She can be reached at hettymyc@gmail.com

Student reminder: Exactly what constitutes a quality practice session. There is more to playing music than simply reading the notes, notice all the other markings like dynamics and articulations.

Parent reminder: Very few students ‘want‘ to practice. It is the parent’s responsibility to teach their children the life skill and discipline of practicing.

Teacher motivation: Building relationships with students and their parents.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Useful Apps:

Piano Maestro

Speak Beat

Contact Hetty:  hettymyc@gmail.com

Kids can learn more about Hetty’s favorite composer, Jennifer Eklund with Piano Pronto here.

Jennifer Eklund has a YouTube Channel where students can listen to many of her wonderful compositions.