Doremi Membership
The full package of support for piano teachers who want to deliver fun and effective Kodály Piano Lessons with confidence
Active Singing
Ready to transform your teaching and put active singing and movement at the heart of your lessons by bringing all the benefits of Kodály musicianship to your young beginner piano students?
Enjoyable & Effective
Helen’s approach is child-centred, engaging, enjoyable and accessible for all, whilst being the most effective way to teach and learn music. Your students will succeed as pianists, well rounded musicians and solfa superstars.
Helen's Microsteps to Success
When you follow Helen’s carefully progressive microsteps with her unique, personalised support, every child will feel like a winner. And so will you!
Hi, I'm Helen!
Hi, I’m Helen Russell and I created Doremi Teach Piano because I’m obsessed with helping you create the most effective and fun lessons for your students, so your time and energy can be spent creating lightbulb moments and your students will feel confident and successful.
Before I discovered the Kodály Approach I often struggled to explain complex musical concepts and didn’t have a reliable strategy to identify where a student was going wrong in their understanding or performance. It was hard work.
Over the last 10 years I have studied Kodály pedagogy and applied it to piano teaching. Innovating, trialling and refining with hundreds of students just like yours, and I can’t wait to share my expertise with you.
Want to get to know me better? There’s more about me on my About page.
What do Doremi Members think?
It has changed how I approach everything
Ever since I found Helen and Doremi Connect I have felt part of such a supportive community. Everyone is so knowledgeable and happy to share their teaching experiences. I am absolutely transformed and it has changed how I approach everything! Thank you to Helen and fellow members for all of your wonderful support. Read more “It has changed how I approach everything”
The lesson plans are amazing
I have learnt so much from Helen. It is a joy to participate in her classes and the online discussion groups are full of fun and learning. There is something there for Kodály enthusiasts at any level. Helen is always encouraging, non judgemental and full of energy and has made my Kodály teaching so much easier and more organised. Her “microstep” lesson plans are amazing. Read more “The lesson plans are amazing”
Warm, friendly and fun
Helen’s live sessions are so warm, friendly and fun! And so well structured. Helen is approachable and clearly knows her stuff! I started by dipping my toe into Kodály musicianship; now I’m using her Teach Piano Lesson Plans. I knew my students would love them, but I didn’t realise HOW much they would love them! Read more “Warm, friendly and fun”
What's Inside Doremi?
Helen’s Doremi Teach Piano Course for Kodály Piano Teachers
46 lesson plans across 8 modules that integrate the best of Kodály musicianship into your piano lessons. The lesson plans contain detailed, step-by-step instructions so you will know exactly what to do, and when, to lead your beginner students to success not only as pianists but as rounded musicians and solfa superstars.
Each lesson includes downloadable plans and resources, plus video walkthroughs with Helen.
Plus BONUS access to the Kodály Kickoff for Piano Teachers course
Helen’s Doremi Teach Music Course for group and class teaching
24 lessons across 4 modules to get young musicians started on their Kodály journey, using their singing voices. Perfect for extra curricular music groups or classroom teaching since Helen’s fully progressive curriculum exceeds the expectations of the National Curriculum.
Got a question you want answering? Need help getting started? Looking for inspiration? Want to connect with like-minded teachers and be sociable? Then join our live Q&A Coaching Calls for members. Times vary to accommodate different schedules and time-zones.
Secure members-only online forum full of teachers just like you, where you can…
- Ask for advice and help each other
- Get stuck into a discussion
- Share your wins
- Connect with other members
Join in with one of our live musicianship sessions, watch the recording later or check out one of our access anytime courses.
Available inside Doremi right now…
- Anne Ralph’s Musicianship Series where Anne takes a famous piece of classical music and takes us through fun practical musicianship activities for all abilities. From very easy to very hard. Pieces include Smetana’s Vltava from Ma Vlast, Bizet’s Carmen, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Mozart’s Rondo Alla Turca, Bartók’s Romanian Folk dances, Kabalevsky’s Clowns, Ravel’s Boléro and Dvořák’s New World Symphony.
- Rebecca Willson’s innovative Solfa Scales recordings. Practising your solfa fluency has never been so much fun with sessions themed on music from Musicals, David Bowie, ABBA, Folk Music and more. Including introductory sessions to get you started.
- And so much more including courses on folk songs, dictations and recognising intervals.
Access our valuable library of interviews with fascinating expert Kodály musicians and educators
- Esther Hargittai – Growing up with the Kodály approach in Hungary
- Nate Holder – Decolonising the music classroom
- Lucy Clement-Evans – Teaching music in Welsh language schools
- Naheed Cruickshank – Music teaching in Glasgow and India
- Ruth Keggin Gell & Dr Chloe Woolley – Music and the Manx language on the Isle of Man
- Chris Andrews – Prep School Music
- Hilary Lawson – Early Years Music
- Anne Ralph – Teaching at the conservatoire in Cork, Ireland
- Len Tyler – His life as a music education specialist
- Claire Bowes – Teaching as a blind music teacher in Northern Ireland
- Emma Torry – Vocal health for teachers
- Jimmy Rotheram – His experiences as a spokesperson for primary music excellence
- Beth Brimmicombe – What it takes to become a world champion Barbershop Quartet
- Lindsay Ibbotson – Results from her Kodály Scientific Study
Courses and live sessions to support all the boring business bits that you need to pay the bills when you’re self-employed
- Rates – What are you worth?
- Business structure
- Contracts, terms & conditions, and cancellation policies
- Imposter syndrome
- Confidence building and empowerment
Helen’s a whizz at tech as well as music, so she’ll happily run sessions to solve all sorts of technical challenges. Giving you the same careful step by step instructions that she provides for her music students.
- Musescore for Music Teachers – learn the basics and how to create those great Kodály-style worksheets and resources using this free software
- Digital Lesson Notes – ditch those pesky notebooks and switch to a multimedia friendly, parent friendly solution that helps your students practise and helps you plan using this free software
Look Behind the Scenes
When you become a Doremi Member you are fully protected by our Money Back Guarantee. If you don’t feel like you’ve received value and you decide you want to cancel any time within the next 14 days, just let us know and we’ll send you a prompt refund. No hassles, headaches or hoops to jump through.
We’re confident that you’ll find Doremi Membership useful, and we won’t make you beg or invoke any silly rules or conditions – if you’re not satisfied within your first 14 days then we’ll refund you without any fuss.
Doremi Membership
7-Day Trial for £1
then £47 per month
Cancel any time in just 2 clicks of your mouse
Recurring payments after the trial period – you can still cancel any time
Hassle-free 14 day money back guarantee
- Doremi Teach Piano Courses for piano teachers
- Doremi Teach Music Courses for group and class teaching
- Live Online Coaching Sessions
- Doremi Sofa Online Member Community
- Personal Musicianship Development
- Guest Interviews
- Money Matters - Help pay your bills
- Technical Tutorials
- BONUS Solfa from Scratch (worth £60)
- BONUS Kodály Kickoff for Piano Teachers (worth £27)
Re-energised my teaching
Helen has re-energised my teaching in a way that is almost unexplainable. Helen is full of knowledge and experience of really teaching what she preaches and continuing to be reflective and outward looking. She goes above and beyond in support and resources and her expertise is hard to match. Read more “Re-energised my teaching”
Friendly and supportive
Helen has created such a lovely, friendly, supportive community where people can share their worries and speak their mind whilst knowing that they are always going to get helpful replies and be treated as a friend. It’s not always easy to find lovely places on the internet. It’s really special. Read more “Friendly and supportive”
My Kodály one stop shop
I love Helen’s live sessions where we not only get to practice our musicianship, but pick up really cool teaching tips and discuss topics such as setting fees, contracts & imposter syndrome. I also benefit loads from Helen’s detailed video explanations and adaptable lesson plans. Helen is not only a great teacher but a fabulous role model too! Read more “My Kodály one stop shop”
Frequently Asked Questions
The Doremi Teach Piano curriculum is exclusively inside the membership. That way we can support you to be the successful Kodály piano teacher you’ve always dreamed of.
Only the bonus courses are available separately, but accessing them as a member is better value, gives you all the support from Helen and the community and so much more.
You get access to everything already inside the membership straight away! No waiting for content to be released to you, just jump in. We regularly update and add new material too – so your content library will continue growing.
We have many members who aren’t piano teachers. Some are class teachers using the Doremi Teach Music curriculum in their lessons. Some aren’t teachers at all and enjoy taking part in our musicianship sessions. Some just love Kodály and enjoy being part of a community of like-minded musicians.
The courses, resources and live sessions are there for you to pick and choose. So you’re very welcome to join us, whatever your background.
Simple! You get access to everything that our members get for 7 days.
I’ll be in touch throughout your 7 days to make sure you are making the most of your week. And I’ll send you email warnings to remind you that your trial is coming to an end.
If you want to continue with your membership then you don’t need to do anything. After 7 days your first monthly payment will be taken and your membership will continue without a break.
If you don’t want to continue then just pop into your account before the end of the 7 day period and cancel your membership.
If you miss the deadline and get charged – don’t worry. I’m not trying to trick you. I still have my 14 day money back guarantee. So just email me within 14 days of starting your trial and I’ll sort out a refund for you.
We know you will LOVE being a Doremi member, however, if for whatever reason you’re not 100% satisfied in any way we have a 14 day money back guarantee (no questions asked). Before you do though, make sure you’ve thrown yourself into the opportunities, especially the live sessions and the community support because that’s where we add the magic.
After 14 days you can still cancel at anytime with two clicks of your mouse.
Obviously we’d love it if all of our members stuck around forever – but we know that that’s never going to happen! So, if you do decide to cancel obviously we’ll be very sad, but you’ll be able to do so with just a few clicks from within your account page.
Once cancelled you’ll retain access to the site for any remaining time paid for, after which you’ll lose access to all of the content, community and live sessions.
Doremi Membership
7-Day Trial for £1
then £47 per month
Cancel any time in just 2 clicks of your mouse
Recurring payments after the trial period – you can still cancel any time
Hassle-free 14 day money back guarantee
- Doremi Teach Piano Course for Kodály Piano Teachers
- Doremi Teach Music Course for group and class teaching
- Live Online Coaching Sessions
- Doremi Sofa Online Member Community
- Personal Musicianship Development
- Guest Interviews with expert Kodály practitioners
- Money Matters - Help pay your bills
- Technical Tutorials
- BONUS Solfa from Scratch course (worth £60)
- BONUS Kodály Kickoff for Piano Teachers course (worth £27)