SPARK Courses
SPARK Practice Courses
Welcome to SPARK Practice Courses, designed to elevate your skills, empower your mindset, and enhance your performance.
At SPARK Practice, we offer a diverse range of online Spark practice courses to support and guide you on your journey towards mastery. I want to make sure you have everything you need to boost your practice, cultivate supportive mindsets, and accelerate your performance.
Check out the online SPARK Practice courses below, let me know what you're working on - we'll find the perfect support for your big goals and musical dreams.
"There are no shortcuts, but there are better roads"
-Sarah Niblack
Wherever you are in your journey, there's a course to support you and cheer you on with proprietary, science-backed frameworks for you to boost your practice, make friends with your mind, and accelerate your performance!
Enrollment now open!
How to (SPARK) Practice
Fall 2024 Cohorts start October 7th!
Welcome to How to (SPARK) Practice: Foundations and Techniques for Neuroscience-based Practice. This is your Essential Toolkit for efficient, confident practice.
Register Here for How to Practice 2024
This course is designed to equip you with the essential skills, techniques, and strategies you need to boost your practice efficiency, make sustainable, faster progress, and develop resilient confidence - to revolutionize your practice, give you the right kind of support, and lay the groundwork for your best performances ever.
SPARK Practice is for Everyone.
SPARK Signature Courses
Practice, Mindset, & Performance Signature Group Classes
SPARK Self-Study & Planner
SPARK for Teachers
Classes and Support for Passionate Teachers
SPARK for Institutions
Do you want to support your students in their practicing and performance skills?
We currently offer three college-level classes to be integrated into your curriculum or taught remotely.
Practice Techniques: the Guiding Principles of Neuroscience-based Practice
SPARK Practice Techniques
Performance Skills and Techniques
SPARK Practice is brilliant!
⚡️SPARK Practice is brilliant! The system has helped both me & my students become more efficient practicers & more secure performers. It can be applied at every ability level & the results are tangible!"
Gwendolyn Cawdron
Associate Principal Viola, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Let's Find your Spark
Do you know the missing piece in your practicing, mindset, and performance?
Let me help you Find your Spark. I'll be your guide while we celebrate what's already working and together, discover the missing pieces in your musical journey. Whether you seek to build healthier practice habits, overcome self-doubt, or prepare for a significant audition, we offer tailored support to help you Find your Spark and achieve your musical goals.
Discover the perfect Spark Practice course for you and take the first step towards unlocking your musical potential.
Are you ready to enhance your practice, mindset, and performance?
I want to build healthy, science-backed practice habits
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I want to overcome negative self-talk and make friends with my mind
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I have a big audition coming up and need to level-up quickly
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I want an easy way to plan my practice and achieve mindful productivity
"It made my whole life better"
This revolutionary practice planner takes the mystery out of acheiving balance in our work and musical goals - with a digital planner and live support.
I want to push myself a little bit and have time to integrate new habits
The 100 days of Practice isn't just for the beginning of the year! Give yourself a boost with the 100 days of SPARK Practice anti-challenge! Find your Spark with 100 fun, expert practice strategies to try each day!
(We will be back Jan 1 2025 for Season 4 of #100daysofSPARKpractice, but don't wait until then to level-up!)
I want an innovative festival environment to boost my practice and level-up my playing
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I want to regulate my nervous system in performance conditions
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I want to support my students to help them practice better and become more autonomous
Ooof yes I hear you, and I'm proud of you for stepping up to support your students with science-driven expert practice.
Right now there are a couple ways to do this.
Take a SPARK Practice class to see how you can apply SPARK principles to your studios (SAA credit for some classes.)
Have your students take a SPARK class together
Bring me in for a Practice Boost workshop or residency
Let's start the conversation HERE!
I am looking for a supportive community with engaging activities
You're looking for The Practice Room!
The Practice Room is open to people in any SPARK Practice Class (even classes through your school!), the 100 days of SPARK Practice, and The Practice Planner, and you can subscribe for a monthly fee after your program participation ends (or take another SPARK step!).
I want an innovative festival environment to boost my practice and level-up my playing
You are looking for the International Practice Camp! (More info HERE.)
I can already feel it - you're going to have a blast!
I want to integrate SPARK Practice's innovative curriculum into my school
Great - I want that for you too! Let's talk HERE. We are currently booked up for fall semester 2024, but let's get the conversation started!
I want SPARK Practice at my festival or workshop!
Fun - let's do it! Please send me a message HERE.
Do you have a book club?
Yes, kindof. It's called Artist's Way Paris and it's part of Nervous System Neutral's 13 Weeks to Creative Recovery course. Check the Artist's Way Paris site HERE to find out dates for upcoming cohorts.
For Practice, Mindset, and Performance-related books and references, please check out the References page HERE.
I want to have better candidates for my auditions
I want that for you too! Let's talk HERE.
I am looking for Audition Club to do mock auditions in a supportive environment
You're looking for Audition Club! Find out more HERE.
I want a copy of the Musician's Conservatory Survival Kit
It's coming soon! But please sign up HERE to recieve a free copy when it's ready!
SPARK Practice is brilliant!
⚡️SPARK Practice is brilliant! The system has helped both me & my students become more efficient practicers & more secure performers. It can be applied at every ability level & the results are tangible!"
Gwendolyn Cawdron
Associate Principal Viola, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Practice, Mindset, & Performance
SPARK Signature Courses
How to (SPARK) Practice
Healthy Habits
Essential Toolkit for Boosted Practice
SPARK Practice Fundamentals
Next Cohort: Sept 2024
Practice for Performance: Mindsets For Musicians
Build the Bridge of Technique, Artistry, and Performance Skills
Nervous System Regulation & Training
Next Cohort: October 2024
Performance Accelerator
Feel Consistently Invincible on Stage When it Counts
Intense, Action-Based Course for Big Results
Next Cohort: November 2024
SPARK Practice is brilliant!
⚡️SPARK Practice is brilliant! The system has helped both me & my students become more efficient practicers & more secure performers. It can be applied at every ability level & the results are tangible!"
Gwendolyn Cawdron
Associate Principal Viola, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Self-Study with SPARK Practice
Want to get started today? Make some major moves in your musical journey - Sign up below to take the first step towards your musical potential.
Embark on a transformative musical journey with our self-study challenges and practice journal. Cultivate your creativity, develop disciplined practice habits, and celebrate your progress with interactive challenges and a supportive community to enhance your musical growth.
100 days of SPARK Practice
Give yourself a boost with 100 fun, expert practice strategies to try each day!
The SPARK Practice Journal
The revolutionary digital practice planner - with live support.
International Practice Camp
The online festival dedicated to practicing, since 2021.
Individual SPARK Practice
I offer several packages to support your musical path.
SPARK Practice for your School, Festival, Organisation
Cohort-based classes to do for yourself or with your practice pod. (This means that you are part of a group of learners during this class cycle.)
SPARK Practice Class in your Curriculum
Join the growing number of music schools and conservatories that incorporate SPARK Practice into their curriculum.
SPARK Practice Boost Workshops & Residencies
Quick Practice Boosts for your studio, online platform or festival to get people excited about the practice room and set up for success.
SPARK Practice for your current & future musicians
I love to support passionate teachers to support their students' practice with autonomy and confidence - to get even more out of your teacher/student relationship!
Example Curriculum: Practice Techniques - Guiding Principles for Neuroscience-Based Practice
Set a time to talk about how we can support your students! 👇
Cohort-based classes to do for yourself or with your practice pod. (This means that you are part of a group of learners during this class cycle.)
SPARK Practice is brilliant!
⚡️SPARK Practice is brilliant! The system has helped both me & my students become more efficient practicers & more secure performers. It can be applied at every ability level & the results are tangible!"
Gwendolyn Cawdron
Associate Principal Viola, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Which SPARK Practice course is right for you?
Take the first step towards musical excellence and personal growth by joining a SPARK Practice Course. Let us support you in your journey towards musical mastery, celebrate you in an inspiring community, and empower you to reach new heights in your musical endeavors.
For more information on our courses, enrollment details, or to discuss tailored support for your musical aspirations, click below to learn more today.
SPARK Practice Signature Courses
SPARK Practice signature courses are an engaging hybrid of live support and go-at-your-own-pace videos to get the best out of online learning with science-driven course design and encouraging weekly live meetups.
How to (SPARK) Practice
Your Essential Toolkit to Neuroscience-backed Boosted Practice / 6 weeks / 12 Hours
Everyone talks about practice efficiency, fun, and science-backed techniques. SPARK practice has the proprietary frameworks to transform your practice and help you become a better player every time you pick up your instrument.
Harness the power of neuroscience-backed practice techniques with our Essential Toolkit for Boosted Practice. Transform your practice routine and elevate your performance outcomes with our proven frameworks and strategies.
Dates & Details
Next Cohort: September 16 - October 21, 2024 (see course page for details)
Who can take this course?
Anyone who wants to practice better, improve more quickly, and learn the proprietary SPARK Framework for accelerated learning!
Perfect for:
Motivated musicians
Passionate teachers
Invested Parents
SPARK Mindsets & the Mental Game
Cultivate suportive mindsets and helpful self-talk with the SPARK Mindset framework / 6 weeks
Hearing "have a growth mindset" isn't helpful (and can be really frustrating) if you don't know how to put it into practice. Over 6 weeks you'll learn and put into practice the SPARK Mindset Framework and Daily Decisions to make friends with your mind, neutralize performance axiety, and move from doubtful to daring in your practice and performance.
Cultivate supportive mindsets and empowering self-talk with the SPARK Mindset framework. Over six weeks, learn to harness the power of your mind, overcome performance anxiety, and transition from self-doubt to self-assurance in your practice and performances.
Dates & Details
Next Cohort: August 2024
Who can take this course?
Motivated musicians and passionate teachers
Performance Accelerator
You'll be confidently performance-ready with the accelerated PATH to Performance / 6 weeks
There are no shortcuts, but there are better roads. The unique SPARK PATH to Performance takes you through the 4 proven phases of the SPARK performance cycle, accelerating your progress with sports training, and neuroscience, and mindfulness. Be awesome on stage and nice to yourself.
Supercharge your performance journey with the SPARK Performance Accelerator. Explore the proven PATH to Performance, incorporating sports training, neuroscience, and mindfulness to enhance your on-stage presence and elevate your self-confidence.
Dates & Details
Next Cohort: October 2024
Who can take this course?
Anyone preparing for an important performance, audition, jury, or application recordings. It's also ok if you don't have anything specific coming up but want to sharpen your preparation and performance skills.