At the end of the school year, we piano teachers often find ourselves saying goodbye to graduating seniors — students who may have spent years growing up in our studios.
In a recent email newsletter (P.S.: If you aren’t already on my email list, sign up here — I’ll send you blog post updates, along with a monthly newsletter with a personal note and other highlights), I shared about the final lessons I recently had with two students. I described a few things I did to make those last lessons feel special.
That email resonated with several readers, who wrote back to share what they have done for their own graduating students. I loved reading their ideas, and asked permission to pass a few of them along here.
Some of these ideas are simple, while others could become part of a recital or studio celebration. Either way, they give us a way to celebrate the time we’ve shared and mark the end of a student’s years in the studio.
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