How to Practice Smarter: A Workshop with Erica Sipes
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Struggling in the practice room? You're not alone — and this workshop is built to change that.
Join pianist and professional practice coach Erica Sipes at Sound Hall Studios for a two-part workshop on making practice time actually work. Whether you're a student, a teacher, or a parent helping your kid get unstuck, this session gets honest about what practice struggles really look like — and gives you real tools to move past them.
📅 Sunday, October 18, 2026
🕑 2:00–4:00 PM
💵 $25/person (Members $22.50) — includes both sessions
👥 Limited to 30 participants
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
Session One (2–3 PM): Workshop/Discussion on Practicing — an honest look at what gets in the way of effective practice, and how to build sessions that are more efficient, encouraging, and easier to stick with.
Session Two (3–4 PM): Hands-On Practicing Workshop — a live coaching session where Erica demonstrates how to evaluate, quarantine, and solve a tricky passage quickly, painlessly, and musically.
Come for the discussion, stay for the hands-on coaching — or take in both and leave with a practice approach you can put to work right away.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Erica Sipes is a pianist, piano collaborator, and practice coach with degrees from the Eastman School of Music. She's the staff pianist and resident practice coach at Radford University, a founding member of the Alma Ensemble, and co-host of the YouTube channel Piano Music She Wrote. She regularly performs with the Roanoke Symphony, Roanoke Symphony Choir, and Opera Roanoke, and coaches practice, sightreading, and performance clients around the world.
Questions? Call us at 804-816-2350.
Mon–Fri: 3–9 PM | Sat: 10 AM–6 PM | Sun: 12–5 PM
Join pianist and professional practice coach Erica Sipes at Sound Hall Studios for a two-part workshop on making practice time actually work. Whether you're a student, a teacher, or a parent helping your kid get unstuck, this session gets honest about what practice struggles really look like — and gives you real tools to move past them.
📅 Sunday, October 18, 2026
🕑 2:00–4:00 PM
💵 $25/person (Members $22.50) — includes both sessions
👥 Limited to 30 participants
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
Session One (2–3 PM): Workshop/Discussion on Practicing — an honest look at what gets in the way of effective practice, and how to build sessions that are more efficient, encouraging, and easier to stick with.
Session Two (3–4 PM): Hands-On Practicing Workshop — a live coaching session where Erica demonstrates how to evaluate, quarantine, and solve a tricky passage quickly, painlessly, and musically.
Come for the discussion, stay for the hands-on coaching — or take in both and leave with a practice approach you can put to work right away.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Erica Sipes is a pianist, piano collaborator, and practice coach with degrees from the Eastman School of Music. She's the staff pianist and resident practice coach at Radford University, a founding member of the Alma Ensemble, and co-host of the YouTube channel Piano Music She Wrote. She regularly performs with the Roanoke Symphony, Roanoke Symphony Choir, and Opera Roanoke, and coaches practice, sightreading, and performance clients around the world.
Questions? Call us at 804-816-2350.
Mon–Fri: 3–9 PM | Sat: 10 AM–6 PM | Sun: 12–5 PM
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Where is it happening?
2821 N. Parham Rd.; Suite 204, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23294, 2821 N Parham Rd, Henrico, VA 23294-4412, United States
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