This book is a must for the beginning music teacher, not only of piano but other instruments, too, for it deals with all aspects of teaching and the relationships of the teacher with the pupil and the parents of pupils. Chapters include: Lesson Planning; How to Memorize; How to Handle Transfer Students and Adult Students; Ornamentation; the Business of Piano Teaching; Demonstration Lessons for Beginners; Resources; Repertory Lists; and much more. The author, a pianist, teacher, lecturer, author and educator, graduated with distinction from the Julliard School and was a scholarship student of the great Olga Samaroff Stokowski.