Supporting a Suzuki student’s home practice can be a unique challenge for piano teachers, as it requires bridging the gap between weekly lessons and the daily commitment of the “home teacher.” Maintaining consistency and enthusiasm throughout the week often feels like an uphill battle.
You didn’t start teaching music to spend your evenings chasing late payments, untangling schedule conflicts, and copying lesson notes from sticky notes into a spreadsheet.
How you charge matters almost as much as what you charge. The billing models you choose shape how steady your income feels, how much time you lose to admin, and how committed your students stay.
Every music teacher wants the same thing: a full, steady roster of students who show up, stick around, and love what they’re learning.
Here’s a confession most studio owners will recognize: the hardest part of running a studio often has nothing to do with music.
A student was sitting on his front steps crying. It was summer, and I was on my way in for a lesson.
If you’re spending time shopping for studio management software, you have probably run into Opus1. It shows up on the comparison sites, in the music teacher Facebook groups, in the “we finally got organized” testimonials.
Most people reading this are not shopping cold. You already use My Music Staff, or you have lost count of how many colleagues have told you to.
Picture a parent in your town deciding, tonight, that it’s finally time for their kid to start lessons. What do they do?
If you’re looking for Fons, you’re in the right place. Fons is now MakeMusic Studio: the same platform you trust for scheduling, billing, and client management, with the same team behind it and the same login you already use.