New Course Coming in Winter 2026: Optimizing Online Music Teaching Technology
Dr. Ian Howell
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Framework & Mindset
Optimization over dogma: Align your tools with your artistic, cultural, logistical, and financial needs.
“Don’t compromise in advance”: Keep your pedagogy primary, Fix your tech instead of changing your teaching.
Upgrades ≠ expensive: many improvements are procedural or low-cost. When money helps, I’ll name how and why.
Skills & Outcomes
Design and run high-fidelity online lessons. Learn how to be tier-one tech support for your clients.
Diagnose and solve the usual pain points: gain staging, echo troubleshooting, mic choice and placement, network and internet considerations, etc.
Choose the right platform and technology per use case and set clear upgrade paths for you and your clients.
Format & Resources
Multi-module progression from values —>tech literary —>audio optimization —>deep info dives —> synthesis
Concrete tools: intake & inventory forms, checklists, decision trees for tech use and echo feedback, curated gear lists by price points. This and more in a 40 page workbook.
Online community to share best practices.
Pricing & Enrollment
Core: Asynch + Community
Full course + worksheets/checklists
Community access and updates
Lifetime of the course access
$600
Core + Coaching (2 sessions)
Everything in Core
Two 60-min 1:1 sessions (setup review + consolidation) within 90 days
$1,000
Certificate of completion available: Requires completing the capstone tech-stack audit and checklist submission
Core + Coaching (3 sessions)
Everything in Core
Three 60-min 1:1s (intake audit, mid-course tune-up, final consolidation) within 120 days
$1,200
Certificate of completion available: Requires completing the capstone tech-stack audit and checklist submission
Founding cohort (limited to 10 seats) available at a discount.
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“I came to this workshop hoping to recharge my teaching batteries, even just for the short term. Instead, I’m walking away with a total shift in thinking—reignited, reenergized, and reminded of the excitement I had as a brand-new educator. It was deep, rigorous, transformative work. Add to that the professional connections and networking with some of the best in the field.
– Robert Finch (EML Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop attendee)